Category Archives: singing at services

All Souls Day at Bath Abbey

Posted on November 11, 2025 by vhk10

The Abbey Chamber Choir sang evensong for a transferred observance of All Souls’ Day. I’m not sure whether this was a first for Bath Abbey, but we were able to submit names of the departed in advance and they were … Continue reading →

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why you have to collate editions

Posted on October 30, 2025 by vhk10

I hadn’t sung in St Albans Cathedral in quite a few years, although at one time I did so several years in a row with different choirs. I visited the city three years ago but to rehearse in another church. … Continue reading →

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why there are no posts in September

Posted on September 27, 2025 by vhk10

Of course that isn’t true because this will be the only September 2025 post in my blog. September, like January, is always a rather slack time for performances and this September just saw me singing in an evensong at church … Continue reading →

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lots of 5/4 at Llandaff

Posted on July 31, 2025 by vhk10

One theme running through the Erleigh Cantors’ choice of music for our visit to Llandaff Cathedral was pieces with bars in 5/4 time. I got quite used to it. The most ambitious piece we did was a reprise of Frank … Continue reading →

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Abbey interregnum

Posted on July 27, 2025 by vhk10

It’s now time to quickly cover some services I sang at Bath Abbey during the gap between the departure of Dewi and the arrival of Adam. (Much of the Abbey Chamber Choir’s 4-year existence to date, including one period of … Continue reading →

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Morley at Passiontide

Posted on April 8, 2025 by vhk10

Bath Abbey Chamber Choir’s final performance with Dewi Rees (an evensong originally planned for Holy Week was cancelled) was one of music and readings for Passiontide. The music included a couple of pieces from our repertoire (Elgar’s O salutaris hostia, … Continue reading →

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the 15th evening at Exeter

Posted on March 18, 2025 by vhk10

Bath Abbey Chamber Choir joined forces with our opposite number at Exeter Cathedral, the St Peter’s Singers, for an evensong in Exeter. Exeter is one of the few Cathedrals now that does the BCP psalms for the day (Christ Church … Continue reading →

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3 kings in Latin and English

Posted on January 19, 2025 by vhk10

Bath Abbey Chamber Choir began the year with the fixed point in our annual schedule: the Epiphany Carol service, with two pieces I hadn’t done before. Byrd’s 5-part setting of Reges Tharsis appears to be an early work, using the … 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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autumn and Advent round-up

Posted on December 21, 2024 by vhk10

I sang at various services during the autumn and here’s a quick summary of some musical highlights. Back in September Bath Abbey Chamber Choir introduced me to another setting of Ego sum panis vivus, this time by Palestrina. Later in … Continue reading →

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