Tag Archives: Bristol Choral Society

Ho ho ho ho ho ho

Posted on February 21, 2020 by vhk10

I get to about half of the BCS Come and Sing events (there’s one every year, invariably sold out). I made a point of getting to this year’s, on most of the choruses from Dido and Aeneas. I’ve never performed … Continue reading →

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What is orange? The second sopranos are orange….

Posted on January 14, 2020 by vhk10

The nation’s recording engineers in the field of choral music must have been very busy around now, as several different ensembles I know of have all been recording. Bristol Choral Society (with Music Makers of London, Bristol Youth Choir and … Continue reading →

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Other recordings I’ve made

Posted on January 11, 2020 by vhk10

As I’m on the verge of recording a CD, it’s time to look back at other recordings I’ve made. The new recording with Bristol Choral Society will be the sixth professional one I’ve made. The others (mostly recorded when I … Continue reading →

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rehearsing but not performing

Posted on November 25, 2019 by vhk10

Fortunately I rarely have to pull out of performances because of illness, but a number of times in the last few years I’ve gone to rehearsals for a concert I wasn’t singing in. Twice the work concerned was the German … Continue reading →

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In the beginning

Posted on July 12, 2019 by vhk10

Bristol Choral Society’s 2018-19 season, themed around ‘War and Peace’, ended with reflection on hope and new beginnings in Bristol Cathedral. I’d never sung (or I think even heard) Copland’s In the Beginning before. It’s a setting of the Genesis … Continue reading →

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this blog’s first Mozart Requiem

Posted on March 21, 2019 by vhk10

It was gratifying to sing once again to a full Cathedral for Bristol Choral’s most recent concert. Our first half was a piece I’d never sung before: Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum. I recall this being quite popular on concert programmes … Continue reading →

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my Clifton Cathedral début

Posted on December 29, 2018 by vhk10

I could have performed in Clifton Cathedral on a number of occasions – for example, if I’d joined the Bath Festival Chorus – but have never actually done so. The Cathedral doesn’t host many concerts, and I believe that Bristol … Continue reading →

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a memorial and a Requiem

Posted on December 8, 2018 by vhk10

17th November turned out to be a busy day musically. In the morning I was in the choir for a memorial service for the parents(-in-law) of two members of my church choir, in the small parish church in Winsley. I … Continue reading →

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The Serenade to Music

Posted on November 12, 2018 by vhk10

Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music has been another piece on my wishlist. A while back there was a proposal to perform it in Bath with me and 15 other singers, but it didn’t happen. It can be done also with … Continue reading →

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memory test

Posted on April 28, 2018 by vhk10

It is my boast (and this is a bit of a boast) that I almost never totally forget a piece of music that I’ve performed, however long the interval until I perform it again. Unfortunately I usually don’t remember it … Continue reading →

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