Tag Archives: Weelkes

Holy Week and Easter 2016

Coming soon after an extra licensing service for our new priest in charge, Holy Week was put together largely out of works already in our repertoire. I missed Maundy Thursday but otherwise was kept busy with Palm Sunday (Weelkes’ Hosanna … Continue reading

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See Australia!

Some of us in the Erleigh Cantors felt that Tourism Australia should have sponsored our concert at St. Peter’s Earley, because of its potential for subliminal advertising. One piece we performed was Bob Chilcott’s setting of the Ave Maris Stella … Continue reading

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a new organ at Llandaff

I got away for a weekend singing in Llandaff Cathedral with the Erleigh Cantors: a new venue for them, though one I’d sung in a couple of times before. This time there was a very new organ – we must … Continue reading

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follow the Vann

I rejoined the Peterborough Chamber Choir after a gap of a couple of years for a weekend in Salisbury Cathedral. We began with a Weelkes evensong which paired his Short Service with Alleluia, I heard a voice. I have the … Continue reading

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a day trip from Reading

Lichfield. I had thought of the Erleigh Cantors’ stamping ground as the south of England (I think the furthest north we’ve been other than this is Tewkesbury), but this time we took off in a new geographical direction for our … Continue reading

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Priory Voices (2): Wells

So at last I’ve sung a service in Wells Cathedral. I was a bit disappointed not to do all of the promised three psalms, but there was some compensation in the form of a lovely introit, new to me: Domenico … Continue reading

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Rejoice in the Lamb

I sang this on Palm Sunday as part of a meditation of words and music for Holy Week, so not exactly a formal service but not a concert either. I was satisfied with the way my solo went – one … Continue reading

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things I’d like to sing (1)

I haven’t much time this week, so I’m posting a list of pieces of church music which I’d really like to sing and which I’ve been sending to the conductors of some of the choirs I sing in when they’ve … Continue reading

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