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a time of penitence

Posted on March 13, 2010 by vhk10

The Chandos Singers broke some new ground with their latest poster, showing a couple of flagellants. The concert was built around two Masses by Adam Michna: his Lenten Mass and Requiem. The former of these is built on a repeating … Continue reading →

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Deborah

Posted on July 28, 2009 by vhk10

The Chandos Singers paid tribute to the Handel anniversary by performing this early oratorio. It’s a curious piece, based on one of the biblical episodes that you don’t usually hear about in church; not very much judging under the palm … Continue reading →

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another anniversary

Posted on March 27, 2009 by vhk10

Bet you didn’t know it was the tercentenary of Pergolesi’s birth this year! His dates are usually given as 1710-36, but the first of this is the registration of his birth in early January, rather than the birth itself, so … Continue reading →

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a monstrous crow

Posted on July 4, 2007 by vhk10

It was a busy week so I will be brief about my most recent outing with the Chandos Singers. All music new to me, with a mixture of the early (Michna, de las Infantas, Vivaldi and Handel) and the contemporary … Continue reading →

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G’s and Z’s

Posted on March 27, 2007 by vhk10

Plenty of these in the name of one of the composers in the most recent Chandos Singers concert: Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, whose Conductus (an assortment of settings of mostly funerary texts) we performed. The other substantial single piece was Lalande’s … Continue reading →

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après l’entracte, le Déluge

Posted on December 9, 2005 by vhk10

Last Saturday I joined the Chandos Singers again for a programme of French (composer or language) secular music (nice to have a concert in December that isn’t taken over by Christmas). I’d never sung any of it before. I say … Continue reading →

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