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lancecornea
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Well, at this time of the year my main musical
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social experience is the Proms. Fantastic Belshazzar's Feast Sunday just gone.[/b]
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Lucky you, David 
This is one of the most difficult yet satisfying works I have ever sung. The last section of the work can really test a good choir. This is Walton at his very best.
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stocky
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hi all!
i remeber singing at the proms once! was such a good experience! the verger on the way up thought that he had lost my solid silver and white gold medal!!! My sister is a pro bassoonist that gets asked to play all over the world so have seen her there a few times. shes playing with the age of enlightenment and has just come back from russia playing with the national ballet!
so i have fond memories of the proms!
Cheers!
P.S. where is everyone?
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Jason Evans
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| stocky wrote: |
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P.S. where is everyone?
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Lance and were
having it out
on the BBC Choral Evensong thread. Just kidding of course... have you listened to the latest?
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stocky
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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i havnt yet, give me time. i hear it was good from an anonymous source....
Preacher is precentor at salisbury and a very good chap! Might pop up to the 3 choirs festival in august!
should be good!
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David_Underdown
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:05 am Post subject: |
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When did you sing there Stocky? I've had a season ticket every year starting in 1997 so if it was during that time there's a reasonable chance I was there.
I've sung in the Albert Hall a few times myself (but not at the Proms), Imperial Colelge has it's Commemoration Day (i.e. Graduation) ceremonies in there and the choir gets to sing in the middle as a bit of light relief.
As for Belshazzar, I've been able to sing it in concerts in Ely Cathedral and the chapel at King's Cambridge, great fun, especially when the baritone in the Ely performance was accompanied by a roll of thunder just as he reached "and the souls of men"!
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stocky
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| Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:43 am Post subject: |
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Hi David!
i sung there with the cathedral, in summer 2003! cant remember what it was we sung though.....
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lancecornea
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:38 am Post subject: |
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Hello....is anyone around?? Forum has been mighty quiet this last weekend.  
I've just finished reading "The Beat is Irrelevant", which was recommended to me by Jason as a good account of Barry Rose's time at Guildford. It was most enjoyable and I recommend it as compulsory reading for anyone at all interested in church music.
I've now started reading "The Best of Both Worlds", the life of Sir William McKie, which could be very interesting, seeing as I've also recently read Humphrey Clucas's book on Westminster Abbey and the demise of Martin Neary. Things at the Abbey may not have been quite as turbulent in Sir William's time!
Come on chaps! Liven this forum up a bit!! 
Cheers
Lance
PS Where's Nigel gone? |
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Jason Evans
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Lance,
Glad you enjoyed the Barry Rose book- I agree: compulsory reading. I hope to read the Clucas book shortly. Now you have me interested in the book about McKie!
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lancecornea
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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Jason
The book "The Best of Both Worlds" is written by Howard Hollis and is published by the Sir William Mckie Memorial Trust 1991,
ISBN 0 646 070037. I'm not sure if it is still available. There are a couple of used editions on Amazon but at extaordinary prices
I bought mine new 4 or 5 years ago at one of those bargain discount book shops in Melbourne for the princely sum of AU$5 !, reduced from AU$30
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stocky
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| Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:10 am Post subject: |
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Hi all!
sorry for not being on for a while! broke elbow, seeing friends, birthday yesterday etc.... was at hereford 3 choirs the other day for the final evensong and belshazar in the evening, and had a great time!! hope all are well and are enjoying whats left of the summer! cheers guys,
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damon
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| Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Tom
Hope you enjoyed the last day of the Three Choirs Festival, went to the service on the Monday (recorded for Wednesdays Radio3 Service ).
Very fine music.
If you go the 3 Choirs website , they have got the programme for 2007 already !!! ... Forward planning or what !
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Jason Evans
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| Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| damon wrote: |
If you go the 3 Choirs website , they have got the programme for 2007 already !!! ... Forward planning or what !
cheers
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Damon,
Yes, isn't that interesting. Yet considering how far booked into the future so many musicians are, I should not be surprised if 2008 is well underway!
Cheers,
Jason |
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Andrew Butler
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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Just wondered why this topic "died"?  |
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stocky
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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Good point andrew! why did it die? anyone?
cheers, Tom |
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Jason Evans
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks, Andrew and stocky for putting some life back into the corpse. |
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