Category Archives: booking visiting choirs

Lætentur cœli – but not set by Byrd

Posted on November 28, 2006 by vhk10

This time the words come from Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio, which I’m singing on Saturday with the Chandos Singers. Meanwhile, I sang at a concert of anthems with St. Mary’s Bathwick choir in Acton Turville, a place with a connexion to … Continue reading →

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two disappointments

Posted on November 6, 2006 by vhk10

I was one of a number of people who turned up at Bath Abbey at 5 o’clock on Saturday to hear evensong sung by the Spectrum Singers. This was advertised on the Abbey’s website and on the lists of services … Continue reading →

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planning ahead

Posted on October 10, 2005 by vhk10

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to plan some singing engagements for the next few months. Two fixtures I haven’t sung in recently may reappear: a Requiem in Paddington on All Souls’ Day and Good Friday in … Continue reading →

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back in the choir stalls …

Posted on August 19, 2005 by vhk10

This is really just a holding message. Over the next 10 days or so I’ll be singing in Chester Cathedral and York Minster. I’ll report back afterwards! Then in September I’ll have to chase up various places on behalf of … Continue reading →

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back in the saddle

Posted on April 25, 2005 by vhk10

I hadn’t done any singing since Magnus was born apart from joining in hymns, but I got an appeal to be part of the choir for a special service; ‘I’ve written an Ave Maria for the curate’s final service … … Continue reading →

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what I gave/got for Christmas

Posted on January 10, 2005 by vhk10

Various CDs got distributed at Christmas time. I received a set of the Beaux Arts trio playing Beethoven’s piano trios which I’m gradually working my way through. As well as the canonical works it contains some rarities such as the … Continue reading →

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Britten and Duruflé for Holy Week

Posted on February 25, 2004 by vhk10

I’ve accepted invitations to take part in in a couple of concerts in Holy Week. On Palm Sunday I shall be singing Rejoice in the Lamb for the first time in over a decade. I remember it accurately enough, but … Continue reading →

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memory

Posted on February 20, 2004 by vhk10

This year, for the first time, I’m entering the Mid-Somerset Festival. I am competing in two classes, singing a Handel aria and a song by Copland. I took part in a similar event years ago, and didn’t enjoy it, perhaps … 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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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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