Tag Archives: Matthew O’Donovan

avoiding the Prayer Fayre

Posted on June 24, 2017 by vhk10

The Cathedral Chamber Choir sang at Wells Cathedral for the weekend of Trinity Sunday. Well, sort of, as on the Sunday afternoon we made way for a ‘prayer fayre’ in the Cathedral and decamped to St Cuthbert’s Church, together with … Continue reading →

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An alternative to the food festival

Posted on September 23, 2016 by vhk10

I was glad to revisit Lichfield with the Cathedral Chamber Choir as my last choir trip there, with another choir, was not a happy one and I wanted some fresher memories of the place. The choir room has been moved … Continue reading →

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Stile Antico get dirty

Posted on August 18, 2016 by vhk10

A perk of being in the Three Choirs Festival Chorus is that you can claim unsold seats for concerts in the Cathedral.   Strictly speaking, these should be in the quire, in other words without a view, but when some … Continue reading →

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going up the Octagon

Posted on September 21, 2012 by vhk10

I have never been able to go up the Octagon in Ely Cathedral before, but it is now open to the public on guided tours, and some of us in the Cathedral Chamber Choir seized the chance to do so … Continue reading →

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the cathedral with the campanile

Posted on September 4, 2009 by vhk10

I believe that Chichester Cathedral is the only Church of England Cathedral in England with a detached bell-tower.* It’s not in the best of shape, being largely covered in netting at the moment. Perhaps it’s awaiting the attention of the … Continue reading →

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marking the end of an era with Blair

Posted on June 5, 2007 by vhk10

Martin Hall has handed over as director of the Cathedral Chamber Choir (which he founded) to Matthew O’Donovan and the occasion was marked by a special evensong including Blair in B minor (famously on the music list at Westminster Abbey … Continue reading →

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mixed up in Westminster Cathedral

Posted on April 18, 2004 by vhk10

On Saturday the Cathedral Chamber Choir paid its first visit to Westminster Cathedral, to sing at the Saturday evening Mass. Most Roman Catholic Cathedrals in England don’t go in for visiting choirs the way that Anglican ones do, and it … Continue reading →

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Good Friday at St. Giles’

Posted on April 10, 2004 by vhk10

Good Friday brought a come-and-sing performance of Duruflé’s Requiem at St. Giles’s Church, Oxford. This work, with its irregular, fluid rhythms and frequent tempo changes, is anything but four-square, and so might not be an obvious candidate for a scratch … Continue reading →

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