Category Archives: category-defying

my Assembly Rooms fantasy

Posted on May 26, 2009 by vhk10

I can’t go to a concert in Bath’s Assembly Rooms without imagining what it would be like to swing on one of the large chandeliers that hang in the middle of the room. How heavy would you have to be … Continue reading →

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an exhibition at the Bodleian

Posted on April 4, 2009 by vhk10

I went today to an interesting little exhibition at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. On display are scores of choral music from mediæval times to the present day, from the Bod’s own collections or on loan. They include the Eton … Continue reading →

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2008 and 2009’s resolutions

Posted on December 31, 2008 by vhk10

Back again in the final hours of 2008 to review the year just past. 2008 would have done well to live up to 2007, and unfortunately it didn’t, although there were quite a few highlights from my point of view. … Continue reading →

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100 years of atonality

Posted on December 21, 2008 by vhk10

After the centenary celebrations for Messiaen and Elliot Carter, another centenary has passed unremarked: that of the first performance of Schoenberg’s second string quartet, which fell today. Surely a notable date in musical history, and worth commemorating unless you reject … Continue reading →

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Name that tune (1)

Posted on December 17, 2008 by vhk10

The tune notated in this PDF was used as dance music during my daughter’s school play. I heard it again on a compilation tape as background music to the office Christmas party. We would like to know what it is! … Continue reading →

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silent spring

Posted on January 14, 2008 by vhk10

I spent part of an evening last week emailing people to turn down requests to sing. I was a bit sorry to do this, although of course it is nice to get the requests in the first place. But the … Continue reading →

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this blog is lonely!

Posted on January 1, 2008 by vhk10

I moved this blog in the autumn but Google hasn’t yet caught up with it, although I’ve twice submitted the site for inclusion. So the visits have come from my regular readers or via links on my web page or … Continue reading →

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2007’s and 2008’s resolutions

Posted on December 31, 2007 by vhk10

Time for the annual review of the year and some resolutions for 2008. 2007 taught me that you simply cannot guess at New Year what the next twelve months might bring. I couldn’t have imagined that in June I’d be … 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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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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