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Hear my prayer

Posted on March 9, 2009 by vhk10

I celebrated my birthday by going and singing Mendelssohn’s anthem with a visiting choir (the combined forces of St. Peter’s Caversham and St. John’s Mortimer) in Bristol Cathedral. It seems to be one of those anthems that is famous, but … Continue reading →

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Descants

Posted on August 5, 2005 by vhk10

Despite being a soprano, I’m not totally in favour of these. The best ones complement the melody they sit on top of, and are interesting and melodic in themselves. But if you are unlucky they are made up by stringing … Continue reading →

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music for labour

Posted on April 7, 2005 by vhk10

Despite the market in Mozart for Mothers-to-be and the like I’m not sure anyone has produced any discs for labour and birth (and if they had, I suspect my choice of music might be very different from their suggestions!). Actually … Continue reading →

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