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two commemorations I missed

In the summer present and past members of the Chandos Singers met to commemorate their recently departed conductor, Malcolm Hill. Although I hadn’t sung with them for a decade, I was invited back, but wasn’t able to sing because I … Continue reading

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RIP Malcolm

I was sorry to hear of the death of Malcolm Hill for whom I used to sing in the Chandos Singers. In the half-dozen years I was in the choir I sang a huge number of different pieces from outside … Continue reading

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rehearsing but not performing

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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The Bath Magazine features choirs

@thebathmagazine We receive a free magazine ‘The Bath Magazine’ every month. (The other similar publication ‘Bath Life’ has changed its distribution – ‘it comes down to numbers’ is what I was told – and is no longer delivered to our … Continue reading

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In the Garden of God

Sadly the weather prevented us from enjoying the St. Mary Magdalen chapel garden, which has one of the best views in Bath. Instead, the Chandos singers performed an unusual programme of music setting mostly Catholic texts, or at least texts … Continue reading

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Lots of carol-singing: outside church

A few days before Christmas I did something I haven’t done before: joined the Chandos Singers for carol-singing at Bath’s Green Park Station (for non-Bathonians, this is a former railway terminus which now houses shops and a brasserie). One of … Continue reading

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O magnum mysterium

This was the theme of the Chandos Singers’ Christmas concert, which we put together fairly quickly after the Russian folk-song performances. The first half of the concert was built around Victoria’s mass and motet on this text, both familiar repertoire … Continue reading

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The Golden Apples

The Chandos Singers ventured outside the usual concert format and took part in performances of Russian folk-tales given by Fire Springs (alongside on one evening a one-act opera by our conductor, which I wasn’t involved in) at the Rondo Theatre, … Continue reading

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Liszt’s chaotic pendulum

The second half of the Chandos Singers’ concert opened with a Salve Regina by Liszt.  The rules governing the length of each beat, we were told, were very complex and the net effect on the beat was rather like that … Continue reading

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behind the Royal Crescent

The now annual ‘Party in the City’ which opens the Bath ‘MusicFest’ (as it is currently styled) booked the Chandos Singers to perform in the garden behind the Royal Crescent Hotel. We were the last performers at this venue and … Continue reading

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