Category Archives: going to services

a choir returns in Milan

Posted on August 16, 2020 by vhk10

We managed to escape the UK for a short break in Italy and I was able to get to Sunday Mass in the Duomo in Milan (which has featured before here). They are keen to make you pay to see … Continue reading →

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two carol services

Posted on December 27, 2019 by vhk10

I’ll do a very quick round up of Christmas music. I miss the carol burn-out suffered by many people I know by going away for Christmas but I did sing in our Advent carol service. The new piece this year … Continue reading →

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My first Tridentine Mass

Posted on August 30, 2019 by vhk10

This summer we went to Austria, my first visit there which did not include a stay in Vienna. We were in the far west of the country, and the local church is one of a few dozen in Austria which … Continue reading →

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Confirmation bias

Posted on June 2, 2019 by vhk10

A late-night series of trains got me to Cambridge from Reading a little after midnight, ready for my godson’s confirmation in King’s College Chapel on the Sunday morning, part of a group from King’s College School. The presiding Bishop was … Continue reading →

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keeping that candle going

Posted on December 31, 2018 by vhk10

Back in St David’s for Christmas again, and this time we arrived at the Cathedral for 9 Lessons and Carols soon after the doors opened and were able to sit at the back of the nave (next to someone who … Continue reading →

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rejoining a couple of former choirs

Posted on November 13, 2018 by vhk10

I did a bit of moonlighting at a couple of churches I used to sing in. First came a service for All Souls’ Day in Bathwick. We were in the side aisle, but this time for the good reason that … Continue reading →

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two religions in Kentucky

Posted on October 7, 2018 by vhk10

We went on a very short trip to the USA to attend a family wedding in Lexington, Kentucky. This was conducted according to Indian tradition, with a two-hour Hindu ceremony one morning and a secular reception the following day. Much … Continue reading →

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being outed as a singer

Posted on September 2, 2018 by vhk10

Our recent summer holiday included a couple of occasions where I revealed myself to be a singer or at least someone knowledgeable about music. We were in SW France near the border with Spain, and in fact both occasions were … Continue reading →

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9 Lessons and Candles

Posted on January 14, 2018 by vhk10

Most 9 Lessons and Carols services are not lit by candles held by the congregation, the reason being that it is hard work keeping one alight for nearly two hours (in practice they have to be lit a little before … Continue reading →

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sung once before, long ago (3): the Chichester Psalms

Posted on June 29, 2017 by vhk10

Bristol Choral Society’s final concert of the season was a programme performed to a large audience in Bristol Cathedral. I didn’t know Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs, an early work originally written as solo songs for his future wife, … Continue reading →

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