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LPs: batch 7 – Holy Week

We don’t have huge amounts of sacred music in our LP collection, but I managed to find some appropriate to the season. Firstly, two settings of the Stabat Mater. The Rossini (conducted by Giulini with the Philharmonia) must be one … Continue reading

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a launch at Merton

I went to the fund-raising concert which launched the new choral foundation at Merton College Oxford. Having said ever since I left the College that Oxford colleges lagged way behind Cambridge in this area, I thought I should put my … Continue reading

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two familiar pieces for Ash Wednesday

Just a brief note until I can prepare some longer entries. On Ash Wednesday we sang two very familiar pieces: Allegri’s Miserere and parts of Byrd’s 4-Part Mass. I know both pieces very thoroughly, but as it happens I haven’t … Continue reading

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