{"id":2470,"date":"2014-08-05T21:56:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T21:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.virginiaknight.org.uk\/vhkssinging\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2017-02-12T21:48:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T21:48:32","slug":"an-upper-voice-evensong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.virginiaknight.org.uk\/vhkssinging\/2014\/08\/05\/an-upper-voice-evensong\/","title":{"rendered":"An upper-voice evensong"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t think I’d ever sung one of these before. In fact I don’t think I’d sung an upper-voice service since I was at school, though I have sung music for these forces in concerts, most notably in Turin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’d been invited (from several directions) to join the Birmingham Conservatoire Camerata on their visit to Wells Cathedral. I was available for their Tuesday evensong, joining five other singers.<\/p>\n

The Canticles were a setting by Howard Skempton, written for Edinburgh. I found these tricky to learn until I realised that they seemed to be in the Lydian mode. They are entirely in unison, so no margin for error! The anthem set words from a psalm, by Yfat Soul Zisso, a student at the college, and this was its first performance. It was a tautly constructed piece featuring note clusters, like a lot of contemporary church music.<\/p>\n

We sang the upper lines of some unfamiliar 5-part psalm chants. Another first – I sang the (plainchant) versicles and responses. Usually these are done by one of the clergy, or if by someone on the choir, someone in the back row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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