Category Archives: category-defying

Master of the Queen’s Music

Posted on March 10, 2004 by vhk10

At last it’s been announced that Peter Maxwell Davies will hold this post for the next ten years. I met him once (at least, we were in the same room!) when he was director of the Dartington summer school. For … Continue reading →

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which composer are you sitting on?

Posted on February 16, 2004 by vhk10

We’re buying a new sofa and found that several models in a local shop were named after composers. (We think that it may have been the same shop which used to have on sale – quite without irony – an … Continue reading →

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my musical resolutions for 2004

Posted on December 31, 2003 by vhk10

a) to sing some more things on the wishlist b) to get to sing at last with the Bath Festival Chorus c) to sing in at least one new Cathedral. As I have bookings for Gloucester and Sheffield, this resolution … 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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Starting up….

Posted on August 12, 2003 by vhk10

This is just to get the ball rolling. If you’re not interested in choral music you probably won’t find this very exciting. I have just been singing in Salisbury Cathedral and am about to go to Southwell Minster.

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