Category Archives: singing at services

the sounding of thy bowels

Posted on March 24, 2022 by vhk10

The phrase in the title used sometimes to be replaced by other words in performances of O Lord look down from heaven by Battishill, but not when I heard Merton College choir sing it at evensong in Bath Abbey earlier … Continue reading →

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no Tenebrae at the Bachfest

Posted on February 23, 2022 by vhk10

We had tickets to hear Tenebrae at the Bath Bachfest, but the concert was cancelled as it proved impossible for the choir to reach Bath on the day when Storm Eunice struck. I was not the only person in Bath … Continue reading →

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a Epiphany carol service

Posted on February 5, 2022 by vhk10

This was a new development at Bath Abbey and the Chamber Choir was singing. One novelty for me The Magi’s Dream by James Whitbourn, better known to me as a producer of Choral Evensong broadcasts, with words by Robert Tear, … Continue reading →

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Bath Abbey in December

Posted on December 23, 2021 by vhk10

To complete the picture of what I was up to in December, I sang more services with the Bath Abbey Chamber Choir. Almost all the music the choir has sung this term has been already known to me, but an … Continue reading →

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three carol services and a wedding

Posted on December 22, 2021 by vhk10

After the Christmas Oratorio at the beginning of December I didn’t have any more Christmas concerts, but I had more carol services than usual: Advent, a special one on behalf of the local hospital, and the church Christmas one (which … Continue reading →

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as long as the sun and moon endureth

Posted on December 9, 2021 by vhk10

These were rather appropriate words in our psalm at evensong in Bath Abbey today. An installation consisting of a large suspended model of the Moon has appeared in Bath Abbey, similar to the one of the Earth that was doing … Continue reading →

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Brahms in Doynton

Posted on November 28, 2021 by vhk10

Sadly two supporters of the music at our church died recently and were commemorated with appropriately musical services. Dawn, a gifted pianist who had given up playing professionally when she married, had lived in Doynton and her well-attended memorial service … Continue reading →

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a 30th birthday present

Posted on October 30, 2021 by vhk10

The Erleigh Cantors began in 1990, and for their 30th anniversary an anthem was commissioned from Andrew Millington, formerly of Exeter Cathedral. Our October visit to Bristol Cathedral was our first opportunity to perform his setting of My spirit yearns … Continue reading →

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a choir which should have existed years ago

Posted on October 15, 2021 by vhk10

Ever since moving here I’ve been frequently asked ‘Do you sing in Bath Abbey?’ And for a long time I not only didn’t, but couldn’t, as there was no Abbey choir containing adult women. But that has changed with the … Continue reading →

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Portsmouth pointing: 2

Posted on September 14, 2021 by vhk10

We returned from our dumb day (in our case, a first visit to the Isle of Wight) to the second half of the Portsmouth week. This had delighted the script/diacritical mark nerd in me (I update the choir’s website) as … Continue reading →

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Portsmouth pointing: 1

Posted on September 3, 2021 by vhk10

Finally I got to sing my first choral evensong in 18 months. The Cathedral Chamber Choir was in residence at Portsmouth Cathedral (rearranged from Salisbury) for a week, many of us staying in Rees Hall towards Southsea. It’s a very … Continue reading →

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encouraging the congregation

Posted on August 15, 2021 by vhk10

As restrictions have been lifted so recently, during August any members of the church choir who are around are free to turn up and sit in the choir seats and encourage the congregation in hymns and service setting. We are … Continue reading →

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