Tag Archives: Howells

music for labour

Posted on April 7, 2005 by vhk10

Despite the market in Mozart for Mothers-to-be and the like I’m not sure anyone has produced any discs for labour and birth (and if they had, I suspect my choice of music might be very different from their suggestions!). Actually … Continue reading →

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2004’s and 2005’s resolutions

Posted on December 31, 2004 by vhk10

Time to revisit my musical resolutions for 2004 and see how I did. a) singing items on the wishlist. Priory Voices provided two of these: Purcell’s Jehovah, quam multi and Howells’ St. Paul’s Service. In addition there were other things … Continue reading →

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the Virginia Knight B & B choir

Posted on September 1, 2004 by vhk10

The Cathedral Chamber Choir was renamed to something like this on the car parking permits issued to drivers staying at King Alfred’s College during the week at Winchester Cathedral (because I’d made the booking there). I don’t think the name … Continue reading →

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Priory Voices (4): Durham

Posted on September 1, 2004 by vhk10

Firstly, apologies for some downtime over the last few days. The air conditioning in the room in which this server lives is faulty and the server had to be switched off during the Bank Holiday weekend in case it or … Continue reading →

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Priory Voices (3): Gloucester

Posted on July 18, 2004 by vhk10

I fulfilled two ambitions by singing at Gloucester this last weekend with Priory Voices. Firstly, I had never before sung at Gloucester Cathedral. Now I’ve done this, there are only five C of E Cathedrals in England I have yet … Continue reading →

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more on Mags and Nuncs

Posted on June 25, 2004 by vhk10

A quick calculation shows that the 21-CD Priory Records Mag and Nunc set (see my previous posting) contains some 188 different settings of the canticles (including a few instances of free-standing Mags or Nuncs). A few settings appear more than … Continue reading →

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Priory Voices (1): Lincoln

Posted on June 2, 2004 by vhk10

I haven’t written about Priory Voices before, but they are going to feature a lot this summer. The choir meets several times a year for a weekend singing in a Cathedral; its members come from all over (though many live … Continue reading →

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things I’d like to sing (1)

Posted on November 21, 2003 by vhk10

I haven’t much time this week, so I’m posting a list of pieces of church music which I’d really like to sing and which I’ve been sending to the conductors of some of the choirs I sing in when they’ve … Continue reading →

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Salisbury

Posted on August 13, 2003 by vhk10

So how was Salisbury? Very hot, especially as we had to wear cassocks and surplices! I sang four services, 3 x Evensong and a communion service. It was nice to sing Howells’ Westminster canticles again as the only other time … Continue reading →

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