Like many singers I have a ‘bucket list’ of the works I would like to sing and have never done. For as far back as I can remember until 2008, the work at the top of it was Bach’s B minor Mass. From then till very recently, it has been Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis<\/i>. In November, the top slot was probably occupied by Belshazzar’s Feast<\/i>, for all of one week. And now it should be…. er…. um….?<\/p>\n
I’m now a bit stuck for an answer to this one. There are a lot of candidates: The Bells<\/i>, The Seasons<\/i>, the Christmas Oratorio<\/i>, The Apostles<\/i>, Mass settings by Bruckner, Poulenc and Haydn, among others. But nothing really stands out. If I have to pick something it would not be a full-length work, but the chorus in Mahler 2. I did get offered a chance to sing it a couple of years ago, but 8 hours or so of rehearsal before the day of the concert seemed excessive. Now there is a projected Mahler 2 in the near future – watch this space!<\/p>\n
I have another bucket list of service music rather than concert pieces. The top piece here is the Mag and Nunc from William Byrd’s Great Service<\/i>, but here I’m in the position of being able to organise a performance myself if I’m keen enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Like many singers I have a ‘bucket list’ of the works I would like to sing and have never done. For as far back as I can remember until 2008, the work at the top of it was Bach’s B … Continue reading