Category Archives: singing at services

two disappointments

Posted on November 6, 2006 by vhk10

I was one of a number of people who turned up at Bath Abbey at 5 o’clock on Saturday to hear evensong sung by the Spectrum Singers. This was advertised on the Abbey’s website and on the lists of services … Continue reading →

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At last! Lætentur Cœli!

Posted on October 27, 2006 by vhk10

The Erleigh Cantors were visiting Winchester Cathedral last weekend, arriving as the Knights of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Equestrian Division) were holding a service of their own in the Cathedral. This time, there was no music I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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a visiting choir at Exeter Cathedral

Posted on September 7, 2006 by vhk10

I rather dropped into and out of the Cathedral Chamber Choir’s week at Exeter Cathedral. This week was keenly awaited because the choir has not (as far as I can tell) been to Exeter before, and had indeed been trying … Continue reading →

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walking on Ted Heath

Posted on August 3, 2006 by vhk10

You may now find yourself doing this while processing in and out of evensong at Salisbury Cathedral, which I returned to last weekend with the Erleigh Cantors. Looking back, I see that my last trip there, three years ago, was … Continue reading →

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the land of fruit, hops, cider and poets

Posted on July 26, 2006 by vhk10

Herefordshire, according to the side of a punnet of raspberries in the fridge. I’ve returned from a weekend of services at Hereford Cathedral with Priory Voices. On a visit some years ago, I was collared as I emerged from the … Continue reading →

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a double dose of Tchaikovsky

Posted on July 5, 2006 by vhk10

I performed Tchaikovsky’s Hymn to the Trinity during an ordination service on Sunday night. There was more choral music at the first mass the following night: I sang Byrd’s Tu es Petrus for the first time and also a rare … Continue reading →

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the Coronation Mass in Worcester

Posted on February 23, 2006 by vhk10

Same Mass, but a different Cathedral and a different choir (Priory Voices). Of course this meant that the Mass was very easy after last weekend, the main problem for me now being resisting the impulse to come in at the … Continue reading →

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the Coronation Mass in Peterborough

Posted on February 13, 2006 by vhk10

This weekend I went with the Cathedral Chamber Choir to Peterborough, a Cathedral I have not sung in for a long time (I sang evensong there a couple of times with my Cambridge college choir, there being a College connexion … Continue reading →

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carols inside and out

Posted on December 25, 2005 by vhk10

This Christmas I did some outdoor carol singing, something I don’t do every year. First came half an hour of carols to the shoppers at Bath’s Christmas market. We got some appreciative comments as we explored the limits of the … Continue reading →

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casing the joint at Exeter

Posted on November 4, 2005 by vhk10

As two years ago, the Erleigh Cantors’ autumn half-term venue anticipates that of the Cathedral Chamber Choir for the following summer. I had the usual transport problems as at Winchester and Lichfield, to say nothing of Sheffield, in past years: … Continue reading →

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the missing church choirs of Manchester

Posted on September 16, 2005 by vhk10

In a previous post I described what happened when I tried to join a chamber choir in Manchester in the mid-1990’s. To summarise, there seemed to be a great shortage of places in such choirs, at least for sopranos. Now … Continue reading →

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Psalms at York

Posted on September 9, 2005 by vhk10

York Minster must – in the words of our conductor – have known that I was coming with Priory Voices, as they laid on lots of psalms. In addition to the full whack for the 27th evening, we got all … Continue reading →

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