Tag Archives: Judith Weir

Praise Him with Trumpets

Posted on January 31, 2025 by vhk10

We weren’t able to have an in-person launch of Bristol Choral Society’s first CD, so it was good to be able to inaugurate the second one this way. It was made with Delphian back in autumn 2023 and I sang … Continue reading →

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May is Mary’s month

Posted on May 16, 2024 by vhk10

The Erleigh Cantors usually perform a concert in May, and this year it was decided to honour the Marian connexion (our reader read the poem by Hopkins on this theme). We did so with a large number of mostly short … Continue reading →

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opposite the zoo

Posted on October 30, 2023 by vhk10

Bristol Zoo isn’t located in Clifton any more, but it seemed appropriate to be recording Rejoice in the Lamb with its menagerie just across the road from where it used to be, in the chapel of Clifton College. Almost everyone … 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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O Clavis David

Posted on December 27, 2013 by vhk10

Our Advent carol service used the O Antiphons and I was assigned O Clavis David, which posed the question of how to pronounce ‘sceptrum’. I decided on ‘ske-‘ with a rather soft k sound, which according to the rules is … Continue reading →

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