Yesterday I sang ‘Panis Angelicus’ during Benediction at church. I am unusual among the singers in the local choirs I know well, in that I sing regularly in a parish church. From my knowledge of the Chantry Singers, Bath Camerata and Paragon Singers, I can’t think of a single one of their singers who does so. (By singing regularly I mean most weeks, not just occasional festival services or cherry-picking solos). I would love to be corrected on this. If the Brandon Hill Singers were anything to go by, the overlap between chamber choirs and church choirs in Bristol is greater – it could hardly be much smaller!<\/p>\n
\nMeanwhile I have recently had some interest from Gloucester (to whom I wrote in April) in a visit from the Cathedral Chamber Choir. Birmingham Cathedral have replied but they don’t take choirs for weekends except in August, only Saturdays (presumably they have a voluntary choir of their own). And St. Mary Redcliffe haven’t replied yet.<\/p>\n
\n(May 2004) I know that several knowledgeable Bathonians have visited this site and no one has come up with a counter-example to my generalisation above – so I conclude sadly that it’s likely to be true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday I sang ‘Panis Angelicus’ during Benediction at church. I am unusual among the singers in the local choirs I know well, in that I sing regularly in a parish church. From my knowledge of the Chantry Singers, Bath Camerata … Continue reading