Tag Archives: Chantry Singers

the singing revival

Posted on December 31, 2009 by vhk10

There’s been a lot of media interest recently in a national revival in singing. How has this affected me? When you look at where this revival is taking place, it’s mostly in the unauditioned sector, and though this isn’t where … Continue reading →

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some plans for 2010

Posted on November 23, 2009 by vhk10

We have now sorted out a weekend visit for the Cathedral Chamber Choir in 2010. Over the Low Sunday weekend we will be at Sherborne Abbey. Their bell-ringers seem to move in as soon as the Abbey choir takes a … Continue reading →

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three dead ends?

Posted on September 14, 2008 by vhk10

This September is a quiet month for singing, and in general this year so far has been quieter than I’d hoped despite the number of cathedral visits I’ve managed to fit in. I fell to reflecting on some sources of … Continue reading →

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an Exultate Singers Christmas concert

Posted on December 17, 2005 by vhk10

On Wednesday I went to a Christmas concert in aid of cancer research at St. Mary Redcliffe church (for the first time in years I’m not singing in such as concert myself this year). Carol concerts lie on a continuum … 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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what the stats tell me

Posted on September 27, 2004 by vhk10

I generated a stats page for the first year of this blog and have been perusing it with some interest, despite my well-founded reluctance to take website stats at face value. I have tried to exclude most spiders, robots and … Continue reading →

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the worst week of the year

Posted on July 11, 2004 by vhk10

… for concert-going in London, except possibly the week between Christmas and New Year. I am attending a meeting at the British Library tomorrow and my usual practice if work takes me to London is to end the day by … Continue reading →

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a longish Missa Brevis

Posted on May 7, 2004 by vhk10

The Chantry Singers have started rehearsing again. I have sung all three pieces in the next concert before, but in each case there’s a catch. Firstly, the Little Organ Mass by Haydn. We are doing this with the extensions to … 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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a large interval

Posted on January 29, 2004 by vhk10

Not the musical kind (though there are quite a few of those involved), but the length of time since I last performed Brahms’ German Requiem, which I am doing with the Chantry Singers this term. The only other time I … Continue reading →

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