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the Coronation Mass in Worcester

Posted on February 23, 2006 by vhk10

Same Mass, but a different Cathedral and a different choir (Priory Voices). Of course this meant that the Mass was very easy after last weekend, the main problem for me now being resisting the impulse to come in at the … Continue reading →

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the Coronation Mass in Peterborough

Posted on February 13, 2006 by vhk10

This weekend I went with the Cathedral Chamber Choir to Peterborough, a Cathedral I have not sung in for a long time (I sang evensong there a couple of times with my Cambridge college choir, there being a College connexion … Continue reading →

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minus 20 for Louise

Posted on February 3, 2006 by vhk10

Ever since the Metropolitan Opera began relaying its matinee broadcasts to us via the BBC, we’ve been keen listeners to the Opera Quiz in the interval. In fact, most years I send in a question, though to date they’ve never … Continue reading →

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a dozen a day

Posted on January 27, 2006 by vhk10

A couple of weeks ago my daughter started having piano lessons. I don’t intend to document her progress regularly here, but the experience of watching someone starting out is proving fascinating. It’s all so far in the past now that … Continue reading →

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evensong broadcast from Bath

Posted on January 16, 2006 by vhk10

This Wednesday’s Choral Evensong broadcast comes from Bath Abbey. Someone from the Abbey told me that there had been broadcasts from there before, but the last one was in 1984. Certainly I cannot remember ever hearing one. A number of … Continue reading →

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failure

Posted on January 12, 2006 by vhk10

This entry is an attempt to explain further one of my musical New Year’s resolutions. From time to time, there’s been something in my choral life that didn’t work out as I’d have liked. E.g. being dropped from a choir … Continue reading →

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a calendrical plea

Posted on January 9, 2006 by vhk10

This isn’t really related to music, but someone reading it may be able to help. Every year I buy a calendar with photographs of British Cathedrals. The format has varied – perhaps they haven’t all been produced by the same … Continue reading →

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Mein Gott, Vorsprung durch Technik

Posted on January 7, 2006 by vhk10

This was the name of an imaginary cantata in Private Eye‘s version of the Radio 3 listings during the Bach Christmas, in which only J.S. Bach was broadcast on Radio 3 for ten days. When there was a similar exercise … Continue reading →

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2005’s and 2006’s resolutions

Posted on December 30, 2005 by vhk10

2005 was bound to be a pretty quiet year for singing and I didn’t make many resolutions. So I didn’t get to any new cathedrals, or sing anything from the wishlist (though I did sing several pieces new to me). … Continue reading →

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carols inside and out

Posted on December 25, 2005 by vhk10

This Christmas I did some outdoor carol singing, something I don’t do every year. First came half an hour of carols to the shoppers at Bath’s Christmas market. We got some appreciative comments as we explored the limits of the … Continue reading →

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how conductors react to this blog

Posted on December 20, 2005 by vhk10

There are two main responses: some can’t wait to read my writeups of performances and tell other choir members to read them too. Others aren’t so keen on any potential source of publicity for the choir that isn’t under their … Continue reading →

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an Exultate Singers Christmas concert

Posted on December 17, 2005 by vhk10

On Wednesday I went to a Christmas concert in aid of cancer research at St. Mary Redcliffe church (for the first time in years I’m not singing in such as concert myself this year). Carol concerts lie on a continuum … Continue reading →

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