Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 11:08 am
Unfortunately, none with a regular stream that I can find. Christ Church looks fairly frequent but they trade off with the girls.
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Unfortunately, none with a regular stream that I can find. Christ Church looks fairly frequent but they trade off with the girls.
Yeah, they share services with the Frideswide voices. Slightly late with this... but if we have any Swedes in... Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford are on tour in Sweden starting today.Luckdragon wrote: ↑<span title="Sat May 21, 2022 11:08 am">2 years ago</span> Unfortunately, none with a regular stream that I can find. Christ Church looks fairly frequent but they trade off with the girls.
As if James O'Donnell leaving wasn't bad enough, the three fantastic soloists have all left the choir this summer. James, second from right, in particular was a fantastic singer and had solos in pretty much every major televised concert or service in the last year. Still clearly in his prime as a treble soloist too. I really hope he finds opportunities to sing some more.Celt wrote: ↑<span title="Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:21 am">2 years ago</span> I also made it to the Choir of Westminster Abbey's St John Passion last night. It was a bit of a last minute purchase, which meant taking one of the unreserved aisle seats. I managed to get a seat just forward of the soloists, so I could hear them properly, but with direct line of sight/sound to about 1/2 of the choir. I've sat further up before, but then the soloists are singing away from you which is no good for a piece were most of it is recitatives or arias. But pretty much anywhere you sit in the aisle you are going to have a massive pillar blocking some part of the view!
Now, as much as I love CVMS, who sang the St John Passion excellently 3 weeks ago, the Choir of Westminster Abbey were once again a step above, with an absolutely wonderful sound and fantastic soloists. (including two treble arias and a third treble as Ancilla)
They were great, but he always seems to magic new soloists out of nowhere when the existing ones leave. It's perhaps the most challenging treble soloist role in the country, to step up on a podium alone in their concerts and sing a Handel/Bach aria to a packed abbey, as well as their occasional live broadcasts.Celtic wrote: ↑<span title="Mon Jul 11, 2022 4:16 pm">1 year ago</span> As if James O'Donnell leaving wasn't bad enough, the three fantastic soloists have all left the choir this summer. James, second from right, in particular was a fantastic singer and had solos in pretty much every major televised concert or service in the last year. Still clearly in his prime as a treble soloist too. I really hope he finds opportunities to sing some more.
Thanks for checking in. Did you happen to catch YCOTY finalist Sam Brophy singing with the London Forest Choir on the 22nd?Celtic wrote: ↑<span title="Wed Dec 28, 2022 9:41 pm">1 year ago</span> Over the advent period, I managed fourteen concerts/musical services (missed one due to illness) and saw four YCOTY finalists, Cormac (2021 finalist), Luca, Sam Brophy and Alice Platten and heard some quite stunning performances. Standout performances for me were Cormac singing Deep Peace at the Royal Albert Hall, DW singing O Little Town of Bethlehem in a freezing church in Kensington, James Tweedie (former Wabbey) singing O Holy Night at a charity concert in Chelsea, and of course Freddie singing Ave Verum Corpus at SJSS. Freddie definitely takes the title of standout live solo performance of 2022 for me, and that despite some very stiff competition!
In other news, after taking a break from LDF for the last couple of weeks, I have decided to extend the break for a bit longer. It's the bleak midwinter now, so there's nothing to post about anyway!
Have a Merry New Year...
Yes, he sang the Once in Royal David's City solo, "That Yonge Childe" and "Balulalow" and the last verse of "In Freezing Winter Night" from Britten's Ceremony of Carols, Walking in the Air and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Really fantastic.Luckdragon wrote: ↑<span title="Thu Dec 29, 2022 3:21 am">1 year ago</span> Did you happen to catch YCOTY finalist Sam Brophy singing with the London Forest Choir on the 22nd?
BTW, Sam has started a YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@sambrophymusic4546.
@surpinto recognises that colour of cassock?
Luckdragon wrote: ↑<span title="Sun Apr 16, 2023 1:53 pm">1 year ago</span>To us, they're red. To Surpinto, they're probably crimson with a dash of scarlet (or something like that).