Category Archives: repertoire

responses

Posted on May 14, 2007 by vhk10

I’ve sung quite a few different settings of these recently, and about 30 altogether, so here are some overall verdicts, as I haven’t a recent performance to write about. (For one thing, church is full of scaffolding!) My favourite set: … Continue reading →

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You know you’re a Purcell fan when …

Posted on May 8, 2007 by vhk10

you can’t log into your blog and see the little checkbox with the question ‘Remember me?’ without mentally carrying on ‘but ah! forget my fate’.

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at the school jumble sale

Posted on March 27, 2007 by vhk10

This year I helped to run the bookstall at the school jumble sale. Among all the chick-lit, thrillers, airport reading and the like there was just one book relating to music: the Cambridge Opera Guide to Wozzeck. As I withdrew … Continue reading →

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the greatest monotone I’ve performed

Posted on January 24, 2007 by vhk10

I got the chance to sing this recently: the long note in the treble line which sets the letter ‘Beth’ in Tallis’ Lamentations of Jeremiah.

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2006’s and 2007’s resolutions

Posted on December 31, 2006 by vhk10

In the closing minutes of 2006, it’s time to review my ambitions for the year and to look ahead to 2007. The musical highlight of this year was (as I suspected a year ago) joining the Bath Camerata on Good … Continue reading →

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a chant by Verdi

Posted on November 6, 2006 by vhk10

Recently the Erleigh Cantors have been using some chants from Richard Marlow’s Trinity Chant-Book. These are mostly adapted from other works, by quoting a phrase or two rather than forcing a longer passage into a metrical straitjacket. They can be … Continue reading →

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il metodo pratico

Posted on June 30, 2006 by vhk10

I’ve been rediscovering the ‘Metodo Pratico’ by Vaccai, which I first encountered some years ago with another teacher. It’s a set of short Italian songs, each designed to test at least aspect of technique, mostly articulation (which is what we … Continue reading →

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two new languages

Posted on March 29, 2006 by vhk10

Rehearsals have now started for the Bath Camerata Good Friday concert in Wells Cathedral. The two main pieces I am singing in are Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Otce Nas by Janacek. From my point of view, these have a certain … Continue reading →

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a reunion in Gloucester

Posted on March 3, 2006 by vhk10

I went to an old girls’ event held at Gloucester Cathedral by my old school (which actually wasn’t in Gloucester, or even Gloucestershire). After a guided tour and tea, we heard the choir sing evensong, for which they laid on … Continue reading →

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2005’s and 2006’s resolutions

Posted on December 30, 2005 by vhk10

2005 was bound to be a pretty quiet year for singing and I didn’t make many resolutions. So I didn’t get to any new cathedrals, or sing anything from the wishlist (though I did sing several pieces new to me). … Continue reading →

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Descants

Posted on August 5, 2005 by vhk10

Despite being a soprano, I’m not totally in favour of these. The best ones complement the melody they sit on top of, and are interesting and melodic in themselves. But if you are unlucky they are made up by stringing … Continue reading →

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pieces I’ve sung: Spem in Alium

Posted on July 18, 2005 by vhk10

A comment on my last posting prompts me to write about Tallis’ Spem in Alium. This was something of a cult piece when I was in Cambridge and all three performances I’ve sung in were there. The only one under … Continue reading →

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