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an organist’s wedding and two Festival concerts

Posted on June 9, 2016 by vhk10

There was just too much going on on May 21st. I had been due to sing a concert in Reading but asked to be released from it when I realised there were enough sopranos and some unrepeatable events going on … Continue reading →

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the frivolous time of year

Posted on June 26, 2014 by vhk10

At this season the music I’m asked to sing tends to lighten up a bit. First up was Rossini’s Messe Solennelle with Bristol Choral Society – the first time I’d performed with them in Bristol Cathedral, so there was new … Continue reading →

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When our families are broken, when our homes are full of strife

Posted on May 9, 2014 by vhk10

The above text has just been added to the list of inappropriate/tasteless things I’ve sung at weddings (most singers I know have such a list). It was the first line of a verse of a hymn we sang during the … Continue reading →

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a wedding at Redcliffe

Posted on September 11, 2013 by vhk10

I hadn’t sung at St. Mary Redcliffe for a few years, the last time being my first Exultate Singers concert. I was invited back to join the choir for a wedding. I think that since I last sang there the … Continue reading →

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Flesh coloured tights

Posted on August 26, 2009 by vhk10

These were requested as part of the dress code for my weekend of services with the Erleigh Cantors in St. Alban’s Cathedral. We had a busy weekend which began with a wedding on the Saturday morning as well as the … Continue reading →

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more singing for the famous

Posted on September 14, 2007 by vhk10

I don’t knowingly do much of this but got another such engagement later in the week – singing in a small choir at Bel Mooney’s wedding.  This was my first encounter with the book of wedding anthems edited by Judy … Continue reading →

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a wedding

Posted on September 9, 2003 by vhk10

On Saturday I sang at a wedding at church. The main thing the choir was needed for was the choral part of the Lohengrin wedding march. When I do this I am always amused that the words make it pretty … Continue reading →

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