Tag Archives: Nigel Perrin

30 years of the Bath Camerata

Posted on November 4, 2016 by vhk10

I dashed back from Gloucester on the train to get to the Bath Camerata’s 30th birthday concert in the Pump Room. Ten years ago the 20th birthday was celebrated at a Good Friday concert which I sang in. This time … Continue reading →

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20th anniversary

Posted on June 1, 2016 by vhk10

It’s our 20th wedding anniversary this month – so who from 1996 remains on the local musical scene? (Strictly speaking, I didn’t arrive in Bath till late August, but I started investigating choirs before I moved here.) In Bath, we … Continue reading →

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a new conductor for Bath Camerata

Posted on January 5, 2015 by vhk10

It’s been announced that Nigel Perrin will be standing down as musical director of the Bath Camerata in April this year, and the choir is advertising for a replacement. I sang for a short time with the Camerata when I … Continue reading →

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a Bath Camerata workshop

Posted on March 4, 2014 by vhk10

I didn’t attend the workshop which invited others to join the Bath Camerata to rehearse and perform a short programme, but came along to the concert at the end. Partly because it was local, but also to meet Camerata members … Continue reading →

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2009 and 2010’s resolutions

Posted on December 31, 2009 by vhk10

I have to admit that 2009 was a quieter year than I’d have liked on the vocal front. There were some highlights: I revisited Spem in Alium for the first time in a long while, and though between New Year … Continue reading →

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Richard Hickox

Posted on November 24, 2008 by vhk10

I was sorry to learn today of the sudden death of this former Bath resident. He conducted a number of concerts with the Bath Festival Chorus and I’ll never now be able to find out at first hand why some … Continue reading →

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two anniversary concerts

Posted on October 13, 2007 by vhk10

Nigel Perrin’s 60th birthday concert is happening next month, but former members of the Bath Camerata aren’t automatically included. I suppose that we got our celebratory concert at the choir’s 20th birthday bash last year and that if everyone who’d … Continue reading →

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two concerts for Holy Week

Posted on April 15, 2006 by vhk10

I’d been meaning to go to an Exultate Singers concert for a while, and missed a couple including one with a new cantata to commemorate Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s anniversary. I hope that this contained lots of suspensions, especially as it … Continue reading →

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two new languages

Posted on March 29, 2006 by vhk10

Rehearsals have now started for the Bath Camerata Good Friday concert in Wells Cathedral. The two main pieces I am singing in are Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Otce Nas by Janacek. From my point of view, these have a certain … Continue reading →

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Good Friday with the Bath Camerata

Posted on September 5, 2003 by vhk10

So what did I do earlier in the year? One thing was joining the Bath Camerata for their Good Friday performance of Mozart’s Requiem in Wells Cathedral. These days the Good Friday concerts, when the choir is expanded with former … Continue reading →

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