Tag Archives: Charles Wood

Duruflé’s Requiem copies in Bath

Posted on October 20, 2008 by vhk10

It’s the time of year when church choirs dust off their scores of Requiem Masses, and for us it brings round the sad thought that we can no longer sing Duruflé’s Requiem, because a few years ago our copies were … Continue reading →

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Bairstow caused the First World War

Posted on September 12, 2008 by vhk10

This was the rather startling allegation made by a member of the congregation to one of the Cathedral Chamber Choir after we’d performed Let all mortal flesh keep silence at the Sunday morning eucharist in York Minster. It seems that … Continue reading →

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three days in Gloucester

Posted on September 5, 2008 by vhk10

The Erleigh Cantors did a long weekend this summer, including a Friday evensong. There were four services and a lot of music (we did introits) so I’ll just refer to some highlights. The only totally new piece to me was … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 3, 2008 by vhk10

I am performing Wood’s ‘Collegium Regale’ evening canticles shortly with the Erleigh Cantors, for the first time in a while. These pieces rather unusually have rehearsal letters in (I have a legally photocopied reprint of a 1920 ‘Year Book Press’ … Continue reading →

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three works I hope not to sing again

Posted on March 23, 2005 by vhk10

For reasons that will become clear I probably won’t be posting here an account of a performance of any of the following in future Holy Weeks: a) Maunder, Olivet to Calvary. I sang this at a local church a few … Continue reading →

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