Tag Archives: Bach

Bach cello suites at the Festival

Posted on June 16, 2016 by vhk10

Philip Higham played all six Bach cello suites in three lunchtime concerts and between us we got to all of them. The venues were scattered around the city centre: Argyle St URC church, St Swithin’s and the Masonic Hall. This … Continue reading →

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the Evangelist jinx

Posted on March 22, 2016 by vhk10

I wonder whether I should be allowed to sing the St Matthew Passion at all, given that I seem to bring illness with me when I perform it. The first time I did so, the Evangelist was unwell and his … Continue reading →

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three recordings of the St Matthew Passion

Posted on March 8, 2016 by vhk10

I’ve been preparing for a performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, the first I’ve sung in for nearly ten years, and only the third I’ve ever been involved in. I know the notes of my part thoroughly as they were … Continue reading →

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Trumpet and organ in Bathwick

Posted on July 9, 2015 by vhk10

St. Mary’s Bathwick is beginning a fundraising campaign for its organ (I think this is at least the third such campaign since I’ve been in Bath). It’s a Willis, and still at old Philharmonic pitch, which makes some performers baulk … Continue reading →

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The Bachfest 2015

Posted on March 22, 2015 by vhk10

The Bachfest is the descendant of the Bach festivals which were once built around the Chantry Singers, and which has outlived them. My husband went to hear the Academy of Ancient Music under Bojan Čičić playing mostly J. S. Bach … Continue reading →

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the frivolous time of year

Posted on June 26, 2014 by vhk10

At this season the music I’m asked to sing tends to lighten up a bit. First up was Rossini’s Messe Solennelle with Bristol Choral Society – the first time I’d performed with them in Bristol Cathedral, so there was new … Continue reading →

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My 13

Posted on February 18, 2014 by vhk10

The new Op13 music shop in Bristol has some posters inside, each showing 13 composers chosen by local musicians, some known personally to me. I couldn’t see them without thinking of what my own list would be and have used … Continue reading →

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Bath Festival 2013: Berlioz at the Forum

Posted on July 1, 2013 by vhk10

I went to only one Bath Festival concert this year because most of the other interesting ones were around the first weekend of the Festival when I was away or busy. There were certainly some other concerts I’d have gone … Continue reading →

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The Art of Fugue on a Fazioli

Posted on December 8, 2012 by vhk10

We went to hear Angela Hewitt make one of her fairly frequent visits to Bath to give a recital in the Mozartfest. Last time I went she moved some distance from her usual stomping ground of Bach; this time she … Continue reading →

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a reunion with Cambridge Voices

Posted on September 21, 2012 by vhk10

On the Sunday of my Ely visit, Cambridge Voices (described in their publicity as ‘one of Europe’s finest choirs’!) came to rehearse Bach’s B minor Mass in the Lady Chapel under the direction of Ian de Massini. I dropped in, … Continue reading →

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