Tag Archives: Rossini

admiring the candelabrum

Posted on June 4, 2007 by vhk10

In front of the choir stalls in Lincoln Cathedral there is a very fine candelabrum which attracted my attention (not least when two of the vergers were getting it lit before Sunday evensong). I think only Southwark has a better … Continue reading →

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Tribulation

Posted on April 20, 2007 by vhk10

The St. Matthew Passion wasn’t the only choral work I performed for the first time in Holy Week. On Good Friday I went over to Oxford to sing in a scratch performance of Rossini’s Stabat Mater at St. Giles’s Church … Continue reading →

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two against three

Posted on May 3, 2006 by vhk10

I have recently started to learn ‘L’invito’ by Rossini and got hold of Ricordi’s edition of it. I was rather surprised to discover an obvious misprint: a 3/4 bar with only two beats in the voice part. It was easy … Continue reading →

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