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Advent/Christmas (1): Spanish music on Advent Sunday

Posted on December 2, 2022 by vhk10

December is often not as busy a month for me as it is for many choral singers, but this year there were two concerts and several carol services. Advent Sunday (not December, I know) was a busy day, beginning at … Continue reading →

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an Anglo-Spanish concert in Caversham

Posted on May 27, 2019 by vhk10

The Erleigh Cantors’ May concert this year reunited a number of pieces from recent Cathedral visits, by English and Spanish composers. It wasn’t all familiar territory to me, however. Having missed last July’s weekend in Hereford, I hadn’t previously sung … Continue reading →

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Weelkes in Winchester

Posted on November 12, 2018 by vhk10

It was a quick return to Winchester, this time with the Erleigh Cantors. Slightly worryingly, the place where we rehearsed in the summer was off-limits because of dodgy electrics, so we were displaced to Pilgrims’ Hall, an impressively old but … Continue reading →

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1 out of 37

Posted on September 8, 2018 by vhk10

There was lots of music that was new to me in the Cathedral Chamber Choir’s sojourn at Winchester Cathedral.  One piece that wasn’t was Tallis’ Latin Magnificat, which I’ve sung with a couple of other visiting choirs.  So I was … Continue reading →

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Bax and Josquin in St Davids

Posted on August 4, 2017 by vhk10

The Erleigh Cantors started out doing day-trips from Reading but have gradually ventured further afield. St David’s was definitely the furthest we’d been, though there are rumours that the choir’s next step might be to conquer the North. And then … Continue reading →

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This way to the telephones

Posted on May 16, 2013 by vhk10

I bet the auditorium to the Victoria Rooms in Bristol is the only concert hall left in Britain with a notice inside indicating which way to go out to find telephones. The concert hall is due to be renovated shortly … Continue reading →

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Pimm’s no. 3

Posted on December 18, 2006 by vhk10

That’s the ‘winter’ one, based on brandy. It was served (mixed with apple juice and warm) after our Advent carol service – the first time I’d tried it. But I should be writing about music. We sang a mixture of … Continue reading →

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mixed up in Westminster Cathedral

Posted on April 18, 2004 by vhk10

On Saturday the Cathedral Chamber Choir paid its first visit to Westminster Cathedral, to sing at the Saturday evening Mass. Most Roman Catholic Cathedrals in England don’t go in for visiting choirs the way that Anglican ones do, and it … Continue reading →

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