Author Archives: vhk10

What’s a lady like me doing in a joint like this?

Posted on December 4, 2007 by vhk10

So asked Felicity Lott at the end of the recital in Bath’s Guildhall. I bet she saves that particular encore for all the plushest, most chandelier-laden venues. Many of the songs in her programme of Mozart, Strauss, Barber and Poulenc … Continue reading →

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The Sacrifice

Posted on November 22, 2007 by vhk10

Welsh National Opera used to tailor letters to members of their mailing list based on what they had booked for in the past. I can see them writing to me: ‘Dear Dr Knight, We see that you have a liking … Continue reading →

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a final trip to the Undercroft

Posted on November 9, 2007 by vhk10

The new choir room at Wells Cathedral wasn’t quite ready when the Erleigh Cantors visited to sing Evensong, so we used the Undercroft to rehearse. Actually I don’t think I’ve ever rehearsed there; the Bath Camerata Good Friday events haven’t … Continue reading →

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a funeral, a concert and a service

Posted on November 3, 2007 by vhk10

The last couple of weeks have been busy. There was a funeral at which the music included Stanford’s Blue Bird, performed at the end as the coffin was carried out. I did the solo in this and hadn’t encountered it … Continue reading →

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Medici Arts TV

Posted on October 28, 2007 by vhk10

I have been looking at – and listening to – their website here: http://www.medici-arts.tv/ At any given time there is one concert which you can both view and listen to. So far the calibre of performances (in the musical sense) … Continue reading →

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do I want to post a slug?

Posted on October 19, 2007 by vhk10

I am offered the chance to do this in the margin as I compose this. Much as I dislike slugs (and we certainly have too many of them) I don’t think I’d want to do this to anyone! I suppose … Continue reading →

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pushing the envelope

Posted on October 19, 2007 by vhk10

Or thinking out of the box, or some other piece of management-speak. What I mean is doing something I don’t usually do – in this case singing some Gilbert and Sullivan. I only do this rarely, but when I do … Continue reading →

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a double booking?

Posted on October 19, 2007 by vhk10

We had a brief panic this week concerning a forthcoming Cathedral Chamber Choir booking. A member of the choir heard that another choir she sang in was going to the same place at the same time! I have checked with … Continue reading →

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two anniversary concerts

Posted on October 13, 2007 by vhk10

Nigel Perrin’s 60th birthday concert is happening next month, but former members of the Bath Camerata aren’t automatically included. I suppose that we got our celebratory concert at the choir’s 20th birthday bash last year and that if everyone who’d … Continue reading →

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a launch at Merton

Posted on October 1, 2007 by vhk10

I went to the fund-raising concert which launched the new choral foundation at Merton College Oxford. Having said ever since I left the College that Oxford colleges lagged way behind Cambridge in this area, I thought I should put my … Continue reading →

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second-hand sheet music

Posted on September 24, 2007 by vhk10

I was in Oxford at the weekend and, since I needed to get hold of a vocal score of the Mikado, thought I might look for a second-hand one. But second-hand sheet music is now hard to find on sale … Continue reading →

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Composers’ political compass

Posted on September 17, 2007 by vhk10

I’ve had my attention drawn to this page on the Political Compass website. It is, as they say, ‘largely for amusement’. I’m not sure they really have Elgar right – I think his position is derived from judgements based on … Continue reading →

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