Category Archives: going to services

Pfaffing around

Posted on August 31, 2026 by vhk10

We were on holiday in Bavaria at the end of August, and our local church was S. Katharina in Pfaffing. I duly went along to Mass one Sunday. This being Germany, we were issued with treble-line hymnbooks and there was … Continue reading →

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a memorial service in Wells

Posted on July 15, 2026 by vhk10

I was invited to attend a memorial service for Martin, who was a long-standing member of a choir I visit Cathedrals with; we often found ourselves travelling home together on the train. It was held in the quire at Wells … Continue reading →

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fizz and cake for volunteers

Posted on June 5, 2026 by vhk10

It was Volunteers’ Week and there was a special evensong at the Abbey, with the men and boys singing Stanford in G and For lo, I raise up. It was well attended, possibly helped because there was a party at … Continue reading →

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Advent and Christmas 3: Rutter-tide in St David’s

Posted on December 26, 2025 by vhk10

We went as usual to the Nine Lessons and Carols in St David’s Cathedral. There was more John Rutter than usual, probably because as already mentioned he has a major birthday this year. It included what I think is one … Continue reading →

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a memorial Requiem at Merton

Posted on November 12, 2025 by vhk10

I had not returned to hear a service in Merton College Chapel, or indeed set foot in the College, since 2016. I came back for a memorial requiem Eucharist for a former Chaplain. I was at Merton mid-way through his … Continue reading →

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a Capitular Mass

Posted on October 25, 2025 by vhk10

Visiting Sardinia in mid-October, I went to Mass in the Duomo in Cagliari. We’d visited the building earlier and explored the network of subterranean chapels. I attended the ‘Capitular Mass’ which I think means the Bishop is supposed to be … Continue reading →

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a service for PSOs

Posted on June 25, 2025 by vhk10

PSO in this context stands for ‘Parish Safeguarding Officer’, a job I’ve been doing at my church for four years. This year Bath & Wells, for the first time, organised social events specifically for us (some other Dioceses have been … Continue reading →

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round-up of 2024

Posted on January 7, 2025 by vhk10

2024 will not rank as a particularly vintage year for me I think – I didn’t go to any operas and there were no major works I sang for the first time (maybe this is because the ones that I … Continue reading →

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hosting a visiting choir

Posted on September 5, 2024 by vhk10

We aren’t on the visiting choir circuit (the last one to come I think was a joint effort 11 years ago), but we did have a guest choir at the end of the summer break, Suzi Digby’s Voce Chamber Choir … Continue reading →

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an electronic hymn board

Posted on May 25, 2024 by vhk10

Next stop was Prague, a city I’d never previously visited. On Sunday I went to the main Mass at Our Lady before Týn, where the choir located in the west gallery) was accompanied by an orchestra of significant size – … Continue reading →

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Three churches for Holy Week and Easter

Posted on April 5, 2024 by vhk10

I sang at or attended choral services in three different churches in Holy Week, including the Easter weekend. Bath Abbey Chamber Choir sang two of these services, Evensong for Palm Sunday and a Eucharist for Maundy Thursday. The novelty for … Continue reading →

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another Christ Church

Posted on October 14, 2023 by vhk10

My action-packed October featured a musical event on every Saturday. On the first Saturday I wasn’t actually performing myself – I was in Oxford for a birthday celebration and then went to the installation of an old friend from my … Continue reading →

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