Tag Archives: Bath Abbey

Priory Voices at the Abbey

Posted on April 17, 2023 by vhk10

A social media post alerted me to a weekend visit by Priory Voices to Bath Abbey and I went along to Sunday evensong. It is a few years since I sang with this choir, and although I went to many … Continue reading →

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a home-grown St John Passion

Posted on April 12, 2023 by vhk10

I was given a ticket to Bath Abbey’s Holy Week performance of Bach’s St John Passion, given by the Abbey girls and men with Ruairi Bowen as the Evangelist and Rejouissance playing. The Abbey is still unheated (a part has … Continue reading →

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three services at the Abbey

Posted on March 31, 2023 by vhk10

I’ll roll the three most recent outings of Bath Abbey’s Chamber Choir into one post. On 5 March we sang Peter Philips’ Ave verum and Purcell’s Remember not, Lord at the earlier sung Eucharist. A week later we were back … Continue reading →

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observing the Weelkes anniversary

Posted on February 10, 2023 by vhk10

I foresee a lot of Tudor repertoire this year, with anniversaries both of Byrd and of Weelkes. I observed the latter by singing his ‘First Service’ canticles at Bath Abbey (doing a number of the first treble verse parts) with … Continue reading →

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the rise of the carol service

Posted on January 30, 2023 by vhk10

Time was when a carol service meant Christmas carols. (It has a sister in the ‘carol concert’, a format I’ve never really enjoyed because it feels wrong to pay for something that is often very similar to a service.) Advent … Continue reading →

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At last! Tribus Miraculis!

Posted on January 15, 2023 by vhk10

This piece by Marenzio had been on my wishlist for a while, after I’d heard it on numerous broadcasts at Epiphany time. It came round in the Epiphany Carol service at Bath Abbey this year. More florid in style than … Continue reading →

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Advent/Christmas (1): Spanish music on Advent Sunday

Posted on December 2, 2022 by vhk10

December is often not as busy a month for me as it is for many choral singers, but this year there were two concerts and several carol services. Advent Sunday (not December, I know) was a busy day, beginning at … Continue reading →

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a Remembrance concert

Posted on November 18, 2022 by vhk10

The Chamber Choir was involved in Bath Abbey’s concert for Remembrance for the first time. This concert was logistically quite an undertaking as the various pieces used different combinations of performers. Indeed Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs (the third recent … Continue reading →

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A busy morning at the Abbey

Posted on September 15, 2022 by vhk10

Although I have sung a number of morning services at Bath Abbey with its Chamber Choir, I don’t think I’ve sung two back to back. It makes for a long morning! We met at 8.30 to rehearse, and sang an … Continue reading →

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a brief burst of Philips

Posted on September 4, 2022 by vhk10

I only gave one performance in August – a Eucharist (including a baptism) at Bath Abbey with the Abbey Chamber Choir.  Our anthem was a piece new to me Peter Philips’ Ave verum.   We were sparse because of people being … Continue reading →

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a launch and an ordination

Posted on July 24, 2022 by vhk10

The last weekend of June began with the launch of Gloucester Choral Society’s 2022-23 season at a reception in the Chapter House. A chance to reminisce about the Veneto tour, enjoy the bring & share food and sing a few … Continue reading →

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scholarly fiddling

Posted on July 11, 2022 by vhk10

My musical activities for a mid-June weekend began with a solo recital of folk fiddle given by Sam Sweeney (sometime of Bellowhead) in church.  This is repertoire that I don’t know at all and Sam’s introductions revealed that it can … Continue reading →

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