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friendly and unfriendly choirs

Posted on April 6, 2007 by vhk10

Most choral singers must have had this experience: of trying to engage another in the choir in conversation, who has clearly decided that you aren’t in their league and can safely be ignored. I’ve already written about the time I … Continue reading →

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2006’s and 2007’s resolutions

Posted on December 31, 2006 by vhk10

In the closing minutes of 2006, it’s time to review my ambitions for the year and to look ahead to 2007. The musical highlight of this year was (as I suspected a year ago) joining the Bath Camerata on Good … Continue reading →

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two concerts for Holy Week

Posted on April 15, 2006 by vhk10

I’d been meaning to go to an Exultate Singers concert for a while, and missed a couple including one with a new cantata to commemorate Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s anniversary. I hope that this contained lots of suspensions, especially as it … Continue reading →

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two new languages

Posted on March 29, 2006 by vhk10

Rehearsals have now started for the Bath Camerata Good Friday concert in Wells Cathedral. The two main pieces I am singing in are Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Otce Nas by Janacek. From my point of view, these have a certain … Continue reading →

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2005’s and 2006’s resolutions

Posted on December 30, 2005 by vhk10

2005 was bound to be a pretty quiet year for singing and I didn’t make many resolutions. So I didn’t get to any new cathedrals, or sing anything from the wishlist (though I did sing several pieces new to me). … Continue reading →

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what’s the choir called?

Posted on December 2, 2005 by vhk10

From time to time I’m recruited to a performance at a sufficiently late stage that I don’t find out the name of the group I’m singing with till the day! This happened last Saturday when I joined the Marshfield Bach … 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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2004-5 seasons on Web pages

Posted on October 29, 2004 by vhk10

I’ve been surfing around some websites for Bath choirs/music to see what they’re performing this season. I started doing this because I hadn’t received the mailshot I usually get from the Bath Camerata around the beginning of October. Their website … Continue reading →

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CCC excursions for 2004

Posted on October 17, 2003 by vhk10

These seem to be sorting themselves out. As well as our New Year booking at Westminster Abbey and week at Winchester in the summer, we are (provisionally) going to sing a Saturday Mass at Westminster Cathedral in the spring (date … Continue reading →

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Parish choir singing

Posted on September 15, 2003 by vhk10

Yesterday I sang ‘Panis Angelicus’ during Benediction at church. I am unusual among the singers in the local choirs I know well, in that I sing regularly in a parish church. From my knowledge of the Chantry Singers, Bath Camerata … Continue reading →

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