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a farewell service and Benedictus

For her final service at church, our priest in charge requested a setting of the Benedictus (meaning the morning canticle ‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel’, not the movement from the Mass). This is my favourite canticle, but unless … Continue reading

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a big sing in Cambridge

The day after my excursion to Ross-on-Wye I made a day trip to Cambridge for a choir reunion at my old College, Corpus. This happen occasionally, and I last went to one five years ago. I thought hard about the … Continue reading

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the patron saint of my choir tours (2)

There was one final performance day on our Veneto choir tour: the Duomo at Asola, a small Cathedral city.  Here we had a (vetted) organ at our disposal which increased our repertoire.  We sang for a Mass (preceded by a … Continue reading

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a feelgood piece to return with

I returned to the concert platform with Gloucester Choral Society in a performance of Haydn’s Creation. This is a piece that comes round every few years, and I’ve done it with a variety of groups. My records tell me that … Continue reading

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see you on the other side

Some kind of order is beginning to emerge out of the chaos. Bristol Choral Society has started having online rehearsals. Messages about ‘virtual choir pubs’ and ‘virtual pub choirs’ are dropping into my inbox, and social media is full of … Continue reading

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Weelkes in Winchester

It was a quick return to Winchester, this time with the Erleigh Cantors. Slightly worryingly, the place where we rehearsed in the summer was off-limits because of dodgy electrics, so we were displaced to Pilgrims’ Hall, an impressively old but … Continue reading

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not on the front row

I joined the choir of St Peter’s Caversham to sing evensong at Bristol Cathedral. We were quite numerous so made 3 rows on each side, with me in one of the middle ones, which felt unusual in Cathedral choir stalls. … Continue reading

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They shall laugh & sing

This is the inscription outside the new song room at Norwich Cathedral, which I visited for a weekend with the Erleigh Cantors. It was good to be somewhere with plenty of space, proper replica stalls and a decent accompanying instrument, … Continue reading

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Bradford falls

An RSCM ‘Come and sing Evensong with the Cathedral choir’ event provided a chance to sing in the only one of the 42 English Church of England Cathedrals I hadn’t yet performed in: Bradford. I’d not actually ever done anything … Continue reading

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another Mozart Mass at Wells

The following weekend I was in singing a weekend of services at Wells Cathedral, with Priory Voices. Much of the weekend’s music was Priory Voices standards, so I’ll just note the other pieces. For the second time in two weeks … Continue reading

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