Tag Archives: Little St Mary’s Cambridge

have I sung everything in the Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems?

Posted on February 10, 2020 by vhk10

I recently claimed that I had, but that claim isn’t quite true. There’s one anthem that I’ve never sung, and it’s probably the least performed in the book: Byrd’s This day Christ was born. The problem is that it really … Continue reading →

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rejoining a couple of former choirs

Posted on November 13, 2018 by vhk10

I did a bit of moonlighting at a couple of churches I used to sing in. First came a service for All Souls’ Day in Bathwick. We were in the side aisle, but this time for the good reason that … Continue reading →

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three more funerals in May

Posted on June 9, 2017 by vhk10

I sang at four in all this month. I have already mentioned the first – the second was that of an old friend back in Cambridge. We sang Byrd’s four-part Mass, and I heard a voice from heaven by Tomkins, … Continue reading →

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a sad visit to Cambridge

Posted on February 1, 2015 by vhk10

I am not yet at the age where one regularly attends funerals of friends who were no older than oneself, but one such occasion took me to Cambridge early in the New Year. I had once been a member of … Continue reading →

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Rounds on the March

Posted on March 30, 2004 by vhk10

At the weekend I returned to Cambridge to take part in the March March march. Some of us enlivened the notorious Earith-Willingham stretch by singing rounds as we strode alongside the Great Ouse. A few years ago I compiled a … Continue reading →

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