Tag Archives: Bath Abbey

What happened in April

Posted on April 29, 2008 by vhk10

I apologise for the relative lack of postings recently. There’s less incentive to write when you know fewer people are going to read it, and the blog stats still aren’t anywhere near the levels they used to be before it … Continue reading →

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Lassus – or is it?

Posted on February 9, 2007 by vhk10

For Candlemas last week we sang a Mass setting new to me: Lassus’ Mon cœur se recommande à vous. I’ve sung surprisingly little by Lassus – I’m not really sure why not – and it’s arguable that I still haven’t … Continue reading →

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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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evensong broadcast from Bath

Posted on January 16, 2006 by vhk10

This Wednesday’s Choral Evensong broadcast comes from Bath Abbey. Someone from the Abbey told me that there had been broadcasts from there before, but the last one was in 1984. Certainly I cannot remember ever hearing one. A number of … Continue reading →

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planning ahead

Posted on October 10, 2005 by vhk10

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to plan some singing engagements for the next few months. Two fixtures I haven’t sung in recently may reappear: a Requiem in Paddington on All Souls’ Day and Good Friday in … Continue reading →

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Henley at the Abbey

Posted on October 20, 2004 by vhk10

I went to hear the choir of St. Mary’s, Henley, sing evensong at Bath Abbey on Saturday (their conductor is the usual organist for the Erleigh Cantors); it was the first time I’d been to hear a visiting choir since … Continue reading →

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Biber in the Festival

Posted on May 26, 2004 by vhk10

I’m not going to very many concerts in the Bath Festival this year – I don’t have many free evenings, and also this is another year when the Bath Festival Chorus is not performing. I usually get to a concert … Continue reading →

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aimez-vous Brahms?

Posted on March 25, 2004 by vhk10

I read the novel of this title recently, though Brahms’ music doesn’t really feature in it except as a chat-up line. Last Saturday I sang in his German Requiem in Bath Abbey. For this the Chantry Singers joined forces with … Continue reading →

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Handel in the hymnbook and out

Posted on January 20, 2004 by vhk10

It is at this time of year that I wonder ‘What is it about the hymn Brightest and best that attracts tunes with awkward intervals?’. What I think of as the standard tune, ‘Epiphany’, is straightforward enough. But I have … Continue reading →

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cutting the Messiah

Posted on December 12, 2003 by vhk10

On Saturday I went to hear the Bath Choral Society perform the Messiah in Bath Abbey. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard anyone else sing this work live before as I get to perform it myself every three years or … Continue reading →

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Bath Abbey

Posted on December 2, 2003 by vhk10

The Rector of Bath Abbey, Simon Oberst, has just resigned with immediate effect. I can’t comment further on this but I am sorry to see him go and I hope it doesn’t take as long to find a new Rector … Continue reading →

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Wimborne Minster choir

Posted on October 22, 2003 by vhk10

On Saturday I went to hear the choir of Wimborne Minster sing Evensong in Bath Abbey. I sang in Wimborne Minster myself in 2000 during the usual choir’s break after Easter. The choir had lots of boys and girls on … Continue reading →

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