Tag Archives: Poulenc

Poulenc through glass

Posted on August 31, 2023 by vhk10

I didn’t plan my Proms season, and my decision to go to the Glyndebourne Prom performance of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites was a spontaneous one made earlier that day. This opera (did any have a more offputting title?) is one … Continue reading →

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… with a Coronation touch

Posted on May 27, 2023 by vhk10

These words qualified the title of the Erleigh Cantors’ May concert in St Peter’s Earley, the usual mix of pieces from our Cathedral weekends with some other repertoire. Last year we did some of the obvious royal pieces because of … Continue reading →

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Dress code casual (and warm)

Posted on July 20, 2021 by vhk10

We ignored the second part of this directive for my first concert performance in 16 months, in the place where the previous one had been, Gloucester Cathedral. This time we were out of doors in the Cloister Garth (the lawn … Continue reading →

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what’s top of the bucket list now?

Posted on December 26, 2016 by vhk10

Like many singers I have a ‘bucket list’ of the works I would like to sing and have never done. For as far back as I can remember until 2008, the work at the top of it was Bach’s B … Continue reading →

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Advent and Christmas 2015

Posted on December 31, 2015 by vhk10

Our two carol services, separated by a fortnight, brought some new pieces for me to sing and some welcome reprises. Advent brought Anthony Piccolo’s I Look from Afar, quite a demanding setting of this text, but worthwhile. And my singing … Continue reading →

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Poulenc’s Gloria (2)

Posted on May 15, 2015 by vhk10

I joined CanZona (replacing a singer with a broken leg) for a concert in Holy Trinity Bradford (on Avon) conducted by David Bishop. I’d never sung in this church before; it has a pleasant acoustic though the chancel is narrow … Continue reading →

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Poulenc’s Gloria (1)

Posted on May 1, 2015 by vhk10

The first outing of Poulenc’s Gloria was with Bristol Choral Society and the National Children’s Orchestra in Colston Hall conducted by Howard Williams with Rhiannon Llewellyn as soloist. In fact the NCO run several orchestras, and we performed with the … Continue reading →

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different strokes for different folks

Posted on April 9, 2015 by vhk10

I find myself doing something I haven’t really done before – rehearsing the same piece with two different groups of people at the same time. I must have done it a couple of years back with Duruflé’s Requiem, but then … Continue reading →

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retaining the tonality of A

Posted on January 20, 2015 by vhk10

I can’t actually remember which tonality we had to retain during the Gospel reading at Worcester Cathedral, but our musicianship was tested by having to remember the note needed for the response afterwards. For the third time in my last … Continue reading →

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2014 and 2015’s resolutions

Posted on January 9, 2015 by vhk10

2014 certainly had some very high points – comparable to if not better than the annus mirabilis of 2007. These include, in approximately chronological order: singing Messiah in Bombay and Goa with the South West Festival Chorus performing the Glagolitic … Continue reading →

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