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Bath’s Mozartfest

Posted on November 13, 2003 by vhk10

The Bath annual Mozartfest is in full swing and I’ve been to a couple of concerts. Last Friday I heard Barbara Bonney in the Assembly Rooms singing a Masonic cantata by Mozart, some Liszt songs (none in my repertoire), Berlioz’ … Continue reading →

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back with the Chantry Singers

Posted on November 6, 2003 by vhk10

Last night I attended my first rehearsal back with the Chantry Singers (see an account of the audition here). I last sang with the choir in 1998 and about half of those at last night’s rehearsal remembered me from then. … Continue reading →

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casing the joint at Winchester

Posted on October 27, 2003 by vhk10

On Saturday I went to Winchester (driving, as the railway service was disrupted by engineering works) to sing evensong with the Erleigh Cantors in the Cathedral. We did my favourite set of responses, the Lloyd second set. If only I … Continue reading →

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Wimborne Minster choir

Posted on October 22, 2003 by vhk10

On Saturday I went to hear the choir of Wimborne Minster sing Evensong in Bath Abbey. I sang in Wimborne Minster myself in 2000 during the usual choir’s break after Easter. The choir had lots of boys and girls on … Continue reading →

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CCC excursions for 2004

Posted on October 17, 2003 by vhk10

These seem to be sorting themselves out. As well as our New Year booking at Westminster Abbey and week at Winchester in the summer, we are (provisionally) going to sing a Saturday Mass at Westminster Cathedral in the spring (date … Continue reading →

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Dyson’s Canterbury Pilgrims

Posted on October 13, 2003 by vhk10

On Saturday I sang in a performance of this given by the St. Mary’s Festival Chorus (an choir expanded around the choir of the other church in the parish). This work is sufficiently good not to disappear into obscurity but … Continue reading →

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Vivaldi’s Gloria in Derby

Posted on October 9, 2003 by vhk10

On Saturday I sang in a ‘come and sing’ performance in Derby Cathedral of Vivaldi’s Gloria and Fauré’s Requiem, in aid of a local hospice. My reasons for performing in this event were explained in the last entry. Come and … Continue reading →

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Cathedrals

Posted on October 2, 2003 by vhk10

I have an ambition to perform in all 42 Church of England Cathedrals in England. This formed while I was singing with various Cambridge college choirs in the late 1980’s and visiting a lot of cathedrals on days out or … Continue reading →

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Bruckner

Posted on September 22, 2003 by vhk10

We had a special evensong on Saturday to end an ‘open day’ at church. We sang Walmisley in D minor and for an anthem, Locus Iste by Bruckner. We don’t usually do anthems but when we do it’s often Bruckner … Continue reading →

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Parish choir singing

Posted on September 15, 2003 by vhk10

Yesterday I sang ‘Panis Angelicus’ during Benediction at church. I am unusual among the singers in the local choirs I know well, in that I sing regularly in a parish church. From my knowledge of the Chantry Singers, Bath Camerata … Continue reading →

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Brandon Hill Singers

Posted on September 12, 2003 by vhk10

Until last Christmas I sang with the Brandon Hill Singers, a chamber choir based in Bristol. I greatly enjoyed this, but unfortunately the choir went into a sudden decline and disbanded. The prevailing opinion seems to be that there were … Continue reading →

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a wedding

Posted on September 9, 2003 by vhk10

On Saturday I sang at a wedding at church. The main thing the choir was needed for was the choral part of the Lohengrin wedding march. When I do this I am always amused that the words make it pretty … Continue reading →

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