La, la, la, la…

Someone pointed out to me the other day that singing is a physical activity and of course he was quite right. This fact was brought home to me on the evening of that same other day when we had choir practice. It was a full run through of the first concert, plus some of the [...]

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Gone singing

I can’t write any more of a post today because I have to go and practice the Angels’ Carol, otherwise we will never get it right and we might have to miss it out of the concert, which would be a shame.

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Bringing the curtain down

At choir practice tonight we sang:

Verses one and three of Hark the Herald Angels Sing
We’re Walking in the Air
An Eriskay Love Lilt
Angel Carol
The Little Road to Bethlehem
A Clare Benediction
The Ride of the Witch
A descant to the last verse of O Come All Ye Faithful (attempted)
Blow the Wind Southerly

Only one more rehearsal before the first of [...]

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In praise of Roger Quilter

I spent quite a lot of the weekend, when I wasn’t doing birthday or church-related things, listening to The Complete Quilter Songbook Volume 1, performed by Mark Stone and Stephen Barlow (on Spotify again). I discovered it when Mr C and I were looking for versions of Non Nobis Domine. I don’t even remember why [...]

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Vivaldi’s Gloria

I’m listening to Vivaldi’s Gloria at this present time (on Spotify), because we might be doing it with choir after Christmas, unless anyone (of the choir) protests. I’m very sure I’ve sung it before, but I just can’t remember when. I’m sure it was fairly recently, but I’ve tried to look up when I think [...]

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Choir practice

We had choir practice tonight and this is what we sang:

Good King Wenceslas
Don’t Cry For Me Argentina
Old King Cole
Angels’ Carol

Good King Wenceslas went quite well – it would have been a bit worrying if it had gone badly, as we’re only singing the tune. Don’t Cry For Me Argentina also went fairly well, although we [...]

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Things I’ve been doing

I’ve mainly been at work, or at least that’s what it feels like! Not only has it been the beginning of the new academic year, but we have also moved into the Shiny New Learning Centre. The SNLC (or SNeLC  (sorry)), is lovely, but comes with its own problems, like an over-sensitive self-returns machine that [...]

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Coventry Market The Musical

I found this today. I think it’s lovely, in its own way, and it made me smile a lot. The musical was commisioned by BBC Coventry and Warwickshire for the 50th anniversary of Coventry Market in 2008. All the people in the film work or shop in the market.

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A Little Night Music

Our main reason for going to London yesterday was to see A Little Night Music, which is currently playing at the Garrick Theatre (but only until 25th July, alas). As you know, I’m not very good at reviews, so all I really have to say about it is that it was excellent – really, really, [...]

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Odds and ends

Odds
Well, the concert didn’t go as badly as I feared it might. In fact, most of it went quite well, apart from the bit in I Vow To Thee My Country when we all started singing the second verse when actually we should have been silent and waiting for the piano introduction to finish. It was one [...]

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