Tag Archives: Hilary Campbell

the Symphony of Psalms – at last!

Posted on November 15, 2022 by vhk10

The concert’s been postponed three times, the Stravinsky anniversary has come and gone, but at last Bristol Choral Society got to perform the Symphony of Psalms with members of the Bristol Ensemble. This found its way on to our concert … Continue reading →

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dodging the demo

Posted on November 26, 2021 by vhk10

Straight back from holiday, and hot-footing it from a church awayday deep in the Mendips, I dashed over to Bristol to sing in the first concert I’ve done with Bristol Choral Society since summer 2019. This event defied many potential … Continue reading →

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Vote for us!

Posted on September 9, 2021 by vhk10

It is an autumn of awards seasons, and Bristol Choral Society covered itself with glory at the Making Music awards, winning Best Project with a Focus on New Music for our carol competition in December 2020. Our conductor Hilary Campbell … Continue reading →

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Two remote recordings

Posted on July 31, 2020 by vhk10

As well as my weekly recording session for the church choir, I have recently made a couple of ‘distanced’ recordings for other choirs. This procedure is happier for me than Zoom rehearsals. I have now worked out why I don’t … Continue reading →

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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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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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a new chapter for the South West Festival Chorus

Posted on January 26, 2019 by vhk10

I used to sing quite regularly with this choir, which puts on ‘all-comers’ concerts preceded by intensive rehearsal twice a year. But I haven’t done so since 2013. I dropped out partly because various friends no longer sang in the … Continue reading →

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