Tag Archives: Tallis

the greatest monotone I’ve performed

Posted on January 24, 2007 by vhk10

I got the chance to sing this recently: the long note in the treble line which sets the letter ‘Beth’ in Tallis’ Lamentations of Jeremiah.

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a concert on Second Avenue

Posted on December 5, 2006 by vhk10

No, I wasn’t back in New York, and strictly speaking it took place just off Second Avenue in Oldfield Park. The introduction to Charpentier’s Te Deum is very well known to me from countless weddings and as the call signal … Continue reading →

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MIDI manœuvres

Posted on April 12, 2006 by vhk10

I bought a new mobile phone and wanted to write my own MIDI file to use as a ringtone. (My old phone would allow you to compose ringtones on it, but you were restricted to a single melody, in a … Continue reading →

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pieces I’ve sung: Spem in Alium

Posted on July 18, 2005 by vhk10

A comment on my last posting prompts me to write about Tallis’ Spem in Alium. This was something of a cult piece when I was in Cambridge and all three performances I’ve sung in were there. The only one under … Continue reading →

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two new composers

Posted on July 8, 2005 by vhk10

There are by my reckoning few major composers whose music I’ve never performed in public. Many of them are Eastern European, and I was able to fill one glaring gap last weekend by singing some Janacek with the Chandos Singers. … Continue reading →

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Composers in the British National Corpus

Posted on October 15, 2004 by vhk10

I have recently come across this intriguing graphical representation of the frequency of words in the British National Corpus, a corpus of spoken and written British English dating from the early 1990’s. As it includes proper names, I tried various … Continue reading →

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Priory Voices (1): Lincoln

Posted on June 2, 2004 by vhk10

I haven’t written about Priory Voices before, but they are going to feature a lot this summer. The choir meets several times a year for a weekend singing in a Cathedral; its members come from all over (though many live … Continue reading →

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