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Mahler Symphony 5 Adagetto - used by Visconti in Death in Venice
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JoBlak · M
I am adding this one this morning. Not sung it for years.
Cantique de Jean Racine Opus 11 by Gabriel Faure
I last sung that in at an outdoor evening charity concert with an audience of 3,000
I have been fortunate enough to sing in amateur choirs in the Queen Elizabeth Hall a few times, as well as at St Pauls, Southwark and Lincoln Cathedrals.
My favourite memories of the cathedrals are:
(i) the way the conductor brought the choir to almost a whisper in St Pauls Cathedral at the end of Part 1 of Elgar: Dream of Gerontius: Proficiscere, anima Christiana; and the echo at the end of Part 2, the last note seeming to roll around for an age after we had finished.
(ii) Being sandwiched between the Lincoln Cathedral organ behind us and the Band of Coldstream Guards in front of us, singing Pomp and Circumstances No 1 and singing an arrangement of the "The day though gavest, Lord, has ended" blind as we had never even had a chance to rehearse it.
(iii) The rousing Credo of Messe solennelle: Sainte Cécile in Southwark Cathdral, though this is a sad memory in some ways as I have since lost a dear friend I was in that with.
By the way, it is worth listening to the Credo of Messe solennelle: Sainte Cécile as I think it is one of the few settings of the Creed where I the music fits the words well. It has even replaced the Russian Creed on my affections for Creed settings. It is amazing once you get to Et resurrexit.
Cantique de Jean Racine Opus 11 by Gabriel Faure
I last sung that in at an outdoor evening charity concert with an audience of 3,000
I have been fortunate enough to sing in amateur choirs in the Queen Elizabeth Hall a few times, as well as at St Pauls, Southwark and Lincoln Cathedrals.
My favourite memories of the cathedrals are:
(i) the way the conductor brought the choir to almost a whisper in St Pauls Cathedral at the end of Part 1 of Elgar: Dream of Gerontius: Proficiscere, anima Christiana; and the echo at the end of Part 2, the last note seeming to roll around for an age after we had finished.
(ii) Being sandwiched between the Lincoln Cathedral organ behind us and the Band of Coldstream Guards in front of us, singing Pomp and Circumstances No 1 and singing an arrangement of the "The day though gavest, Lord, has ended" blind as we had never even had a chance to rehearse it.
(iii) The rousing Credo of Messe solennelle: Sainte Cécile in Southwark Cathdral, though this is a sad memory in some ways as I have since lost a dear friend I was in that with.
By the way, it is worth listening to the Credo of Messe solennelle: Sainte Cécile as I think it is one of the few settings of the Creed where I the music fits the words well. It has even replaced the Russian Creed on my affections for Creed settings. It is amazing once you get to Et resurrexit.
JoBlak · M
Do you remember, @jennypenny the Battle of the Atlantic Suite, by Dave Roylance and Bob Galvin?
It was written about 1993, commemorating 50 years since the Atlantic battle of the supply convoys. I have a CD of it; I loved it when it first came out. It doesn't seem to get much airing these days.
It was written about 1993, commemorating 50 years since the Atlantic battle of the supply convoys. I have a CD of it; I loved it when it first came out. It doesn't seem to get much airing these days.
JoBlak · M
Any thoughts on Mahler Symphony 1? @jennypenny