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The WholeNote

Posted on June 27, 2012 by vhk10

On a visit to Canada last month I found a copy in our hotel room of a publication called The WholeNote. It’s a monthly magazine about classical music (also covering jazz, musical theatre and world music) in the Toronto area. … Continue reading →

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a quiz at St. George’s

Posted on May 14, 2012 by vhk10

I took part in a piece of Bristol University research, held one evening at St. George’s Bristol, after picking up a flyer about it in a local music shop. The researchers were looking at concert programming – what makes an … Continue reading →

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2011 and 2012’s resolutions

Posted on December 31, 2011 by vhk10

There were no obvious musical high points to 2011 but a lot of things I’d wanted to do for a while actually happened. I sang in Leicester Cathedral and Wakefield Cathedral; this means that Bradford Cathedral is the only Church … Continue reading →

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2010 in review – from WordPress

Posted on January 2, 2011 by vhk10

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: Crunchy numbers A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. A Boeing … Continue reading →

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In the stalls at the Lord Mayor’s Chapel

Posted on May 2, 2010 by vhk10

I finally achieved my ambition of sitting in these, sadly not for a service, but as part of the audience at a talk given to a meeting of the Friends of Cathedral Music in Bristol. It came after a concert … Continue reading →

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an apology to commenters

Posted on February 1, 2010 by vhk10

I was recently contacted by someone who’d tried and failed to post a comment on one of my blog articles. It turned out that his comment had, for no very obvious reason, been classified as spam. As I haven’t had … Continue reading →

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getting classical ringtones

Posted on January 25, 2010 by vhk10

My daughter now has a mobile phone and wants a piece of classical music to use as a ringtone. I’ve been looking at various sites but found the selection rather limited, unless you go for a converted MP3 file from … Continue reading →

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2009 and 2010’s resolutions

Posted on December 31, 2009 by vhk10

I have to admit that 2009 was a quieter year than I’d have liked on the vocal front. There were some highlights: I revisited Spem in Alium for the first time in a long while, and though between New Year … Continue reading →

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carillons

Posted on November 13, 2009 by vhk10

Our half-term excursion to the Netherlands didn’t include any musical performances, but I did notice one musical aspect of Dutch life; the carillon melodies played by church clocks. In town centres you never seemed to be very far from a … Continue reading →

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National composers

Posted on June 24, 2009 by vhk10

I can’t get much of a musical angle on my recent short trip to Norway. I didn’t for example see the new opera house in Oslo or attend a church service (this country provides plenty of work for organists). Another … Continue reading →

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