Tag Archives: Howells

a dodransbicentennial memory test

Posted on April 10, 2023 by vhk10

Howells Hymnus Paradisi is the major choral work which I had not sung for the longest time. I did it as a student, but never since then, although I have twice sung Howells’ Requiem, which is the source of some … Continue reading →

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a meaty interpretation

Posted on March 22, 2023 by vhk10

Preparing for my next concert I was directed to a YouTube recording of one of the pieces. In the ‘if you liked this, you might also like this’ column on the right, alongside two movements from the other piece in … Continue reading →

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At last! Tribus Miraculis!

Posted on January 15, 2023 by vhk10

This piece by Marenzio had been on my wishlist for a while, after I’d heard it on numerous broadcasts at Epiphany time. It came round in the Epiphany Carol service at Bath Abbey this year. More florid in style than … Continue reading →

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a Remembrance concert

Posted on November 18, 2022 by vhk10

The Chamber Choir was involved in Bath Abbey’s concert for Remembrance for the first time. This concert was logistically quite an undertaking as the various pieces used different combinations of performers. Indeed Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs (the third recent … Continue reading →

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a recap of a favourite evensong

Posted on November 8, 2022 by vhk10

I was back in Gloucester towards the end of October, not to rejoin Gloucester Choral Society (that comes later) but for a weekend of services with the Erleigh Cantors. Our programme had been adapted because the main organ was unavailable … Continue reading →

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as long as the sun and moon endureth

Posted on December 9, 2021 by vhk10

These were rather appropriate words in our psalm at evensong in Bath Abbey today. An installation consisting of a large suspended model of the Moon has appeared in Bath Abbey, similar to the one of the Earth that was doing … Continue reading →

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a choir which should have existed years ago

Posted on October 15, 2021 by vhk10

Ever since moving here I’ve been frequently asked ‘Do you sing in Bath Abbey?’ And for a long time I not only didn’t, but couldn’t, as there was no Abbey choir containing adult women. But that has changed with the … Continue reading →

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The Evening Canticles and me

Posted on April 16, 2020 by vhk10

Taking part in the ‘World Cup of Evensong Canticles’ has made me think about my personal history of singing them.* I didn’t start to sing evensongs until I was about 16, and for a few years after that I only … Continue reading →

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see you on the other side

Posted on April 6, 2020 by vhk10

Some kind of order is beginning to emerge out of the chaos. Bristol Choral Society has started having online rehearsals. Messages about ‘virtual choir pubs’ and ‘virtual pub choirs’ are dropping into my inbox, and social media is full of … Continue reading →

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a weekend with Mathias

Posted on February 8, 2020 by vhk10

I had a busy weekend with two extra services, both of which included anthems by William Mathias. On Saturday I revisited St Mary Redcliffe for the first time in several years, to join a visiting choir for the first Evensong … Continue reading →

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