Tag Archives: Sheppard

a recap of a favourite evensong

I was back in Gloucester towards the end of October, not to rejoin Gloucester Choral Society (that comes later) but for a weekend of services with the Erleigh Cantors. Our programme had been adapted because the main organ was unavailable … Continue reading

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a return to Bradford

Bradford Cathedral was famously the last of the English Church of England Cathedrals that I performed in. I wasn’t expecting to return so quickly but the Cathedral Chamber Choir’s Artistic Director is now Director of Music there, so we were … Continue reading

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a gatekeeper in the house of the Lord

As a resident of Bath I ‘hosted’ the Cathedral Chamber Choir’s weekend at Bath Abbey and this entailed letting people into rehearsal venues and generally shepherding them around. A weekend at Bath Abbey is unusual because it includes Matins and … Continue reading

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Two and half degrees of slope

If you place a coin on its side on the floor of the nave of St. David’s Cathedral, aligned east-west, it will quickly start to roll westwards because of the slope of the building. It’s really quite disconcerting to see … Continue reading

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Sz… you know who

The latest Chandos Singers concert included only by music whose composers’ names began Sh (or Sz, Sch). The revelation here was Schubert’s Deutsche Messe. Unlike a lot of his church music, this is late and very characteristic Schubert. I’m very … Continue reading

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In Terra Pax

A quick round-up of some pieces in the Chandos Singers’ latest concert in mid-December. We (in fact mostly the men) sang a mediæval Gloria. (I’ll fill in the composer’s name when I’m in the same place as the programme). I … Continue reading

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Laved, illumined

I sang these words as part of the rather contrived acrostic hymn for St. Bartholomew at Norwich Cathedral during the Cathedral Chamber Choir’s week there. I joined part way through and so missed such delights as Rose in C minor. … Continue reading

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