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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“The night was alive with a thousand voices”: Titanic the Musical

If you have any negative preconceptions as to what a musical about the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic might be like, please put them aside and, if you can get there tomorrow afternoon or evening, go and see Titanic the Musical at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury.  I went to see it last night and loved it.
The music [...]

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More singing

At the beginning of October I, perhaps somewhat foolishly given my lack of recent choral singing experience, joined in a day of rehearsals followed by a performance the same evening of  Fauré’s Requiem, Cantique de Jean Racine and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs. The day is held every year for amateur singers in the local area of my home town to [...]

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Choir

I’m not quite sure how I’m going to write my blog posts for Friday and Saturday this week, as I’m going to be away with (as far as I know) no access to the Internet. Could be a challenge. I will try and write some posts in advance, but not sure whether I’ll have time [...]

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