Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2024 12:06 pm
by filiarheni
Citlec wrote: ↑<span title="Tue Jul 09, 2024 8:20 pm">4 months ago</span>
They have a secret cabal, and between them choose the days that will most frustrate choral fans over the Christmas period. I think they call themselves the Scroogeinati.
Yes, that's what they do 100 % and we always knew it!
Citlec wrote: ↑<span title="Tue Jul 09, 2024 8:20 pm">4 months ago</span>
I'd temper your enthusiasm by saying it's one of those venues where you need a bit of luck to get a decent seat, for both sound and view. But as a historic venue, it's pretty special.
Not so much of a problem for me, if I just had those two criteria - choir and venue - in one.
j8000 wrote: ↑<span title="Tue Jul 09, 2024 9:38 pm">4 months ago</span>
The Temple Church Choir are singing Vivaldi's Gloria in concert next week, sadly (not for them!) now sold out.
Well, without wanting to rub any more salt in Sabine's wounds, yes, I hope to be there next week.
Rub it in, Citlec, just rub it in. Gladly go ahead. I don't care. I don't care at all when I read your engaged reviews full of enjoyment, delight and admiration, while I myself am lying in some corner desperately weeping, because I'm missing a beautiful performance; frustrated, neglected, poor and miserable spending all of my time for the research of more of such words.
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Citlec wrote: ↑<span title="Tue Jul 09, 2024 9:59 pm">4 months ago</span>
Well, without wanting to rub any more salt in Sabine's wounds, yes, I hope to be there next week.
Rub it in, Citlec, just rub it in. Gladly go ahead. I don't care. I don't care at all when I read your engaged reviews full of enjoyment, delight and admiration, while I myself am lying in some corner desperately weeping, because I'm missing a beautiful performance; frustrated, neglected, poor and miserable spending all of my time for the research of more of such words.
Oh noooo! You can't sit in a corner all alone, solitary, isolated, forsaken, forlorn, desolate and abandoned like that!
Here, this will make things better:
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p.s. I swallowed a dictionary whole once, it gave me thesaurus throat I've ever had.
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2024 9:35 pm
by Citlec
Well, a great concert at Temple Church. A lovely Purcell and a fantastic Vivaldi.
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Also, free interval wine served in the courtyard, and the toilets were in the Inner Temple! And yes I took that photo of the interior of the Inner Temple while standing right next to the large no photos sign...
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As a final bonus, as I walked up to Holborn I passed St Clement Danes just at the moment the bells pealed out playing the famous Oranges and Lemons... and by coincidence I'd recently been considering doing a tour of the churches in the song as a fun thing to do.
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:21 pm
by Surpinto
Citlec wrote: ↑<span title="Wed Jul 10, 2024 12:40 pm">4 months ago</span>
p.s. I swallowed a dictionary whole once, it gave me thesaurus throat I've ever had.
Citlec wrote: ↑<span title="Tue Jul 16, 2024 9:35 pm">4 months ago</span>
Well, a great concert at Temple Church. A lovely Purcell and a fantastic Vivaldi.
Pleased to hear you enjoyed it! The rest of us can now resume our jealousy and secret plot to get our revenge on you in Chester or Lincoln.
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Citlec wrote: ↑<span title="Tue Jul 16, 2024 9:35 pm">4 months ago</span>
Well, a great concert at Temple Church. A lovely Purcell and a fantastic Vivaldi.
Pleased to hear you enjoyed it! The rest of us can now resume our jealousy and secret plot to get our revenge on you in Chester or Lincoln.
Pft, plotting revenge? I'm travelling home from Chester by overnight coach... ...so you need only wait.
At approximately 3am, you will hear a terrible bloodcurdling scream of anguish and torment, a cry of such fundamental revulsion, as the eldritch dread and horror of the National Express journey overcomes me, and my anguished soul flees in terror to the nether-realms in desperation, forever to wander, wailing and bereft in lands akin to the worst imaginings of Hieronymus Bosch.
You can sleep on, happy in the knowledge I got my comeuppance.
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2024 11:28 am
by Luckdragon
Citlec wrote: ↑<span title="Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:51 pm">4 months ago</span>
You can sleep on, happy in the knowledge I got my comeuppance.
I'm sure things will improve when they renationalize the railroads.
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2024 5:37 pm
by Surpinto
Citlec wrote: ↑<span title="Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:51 pm">4 months ago</span>
Pft, plotting revenge? I'm travelling home from Chester by overnight coach... ...so you need only wait.
At approximately 3am, you will hear a terrible bloodcurdling scream of anguish and torment, a cry of such fundamental revulsion, as the eldritch dread and horror of the National Express journey overcomes me, and my anguished soul flees in terror to the nether-realms in desperation, forever to wander, wailing and bereft in lands akin to the worst imaginings of Hieronymus Bosch.
You can sleep on, happy in the knowledge I got my comeuppance.
Well after THAT I don't think any of us WANT revenge any longer for your choral luck and access Maybe a nice cup of tea or pint of beer instead?
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:26 pm
by Citlec
Surpinto wrote: ↑<span title="Thu Jul 18, 2024 5:37 pm">4 months ago</span>
Well after THAT I don't think any of us WANT revenge any longer for your choral luck and access Maybe a nice cup of tea or pint of beer instead?
Tea or beer sounds much better than dastardly revenge.
But not too much, or I shall have to use the coach loo...! which is its own unique type of horror...
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Surpinto wrote: ↑<span title="Thu Jul 18, 2024 5:37 pm">4 months ago</span>
Well after THAT I don't think any of us WANT revenge any longer for your choral luck and access Maybe a nice cup of tea or pint of beer instead?
Tea or beer sounds much better than dastardly revenge.
But not too much, or I shall have to use the coach loo...! which is its own unique type of horror...
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Citlec wrote: ↑<span title="Tue Jul 16, 2024 9:35 pm">4 months ago</span>
Well, a great concert at Temple Church. A lovely Purcell and a fantastic Vivaldi.
Pleased to hear you enjoyed it!
Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention the good news, for any parents of girls who want to sing, that Temple Church Choir will admit their first cohort of girl choristers from September. So I guess the above concert was the last in their 183 year traditional format.
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2024 10:54 am
by Citlec
My first prom of the year last night, the magnificent War Requiem by Benjamin Britten. It is currently available as audio from Radio 3 and tonight it will be televised.
It is an incredible piece with lyrics from Wilfred Owen's poetry including "Anthem for Doomed Youth". If you haven't heard it before, I'd urge you to give it a go.
Also, it is so heartening to see a venue, as vast as the Royal Albert Hall, packed to the rafters (I know, I was up in the rafters!) for classical music.
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Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 12:17 am
by Citlec
Well, having braved the horror of War and survived the terror of Exsanguination, today I restored my humours with an Ode to Joy.
Beethoven's 9th at the Proms. I even dared the arena for a better sound.
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A standing ovation and rapturous applause for the performance, which was entirely from memory, not a score in sight!
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Citlec wrote: ↑<span title="Mon Aug 19, 2024 9:41 pm">3 months ago</span>
A song they should bring back on stage : Joyful Joyful
Surpinto wrote: ↑<span title="Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:02 pm">3 months ago</span>A song they should bring back on stage :"Joyful, joyful" because it's just such a great song but they need to keep the descants like on the original live recording/DVD in the US.
There was a reason it was in my consciousness when I answered the quiz...
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Citlec wrote: ↑<span title="Mon Aug 19, 2024 9:41 pm">3 months ago</span>
A song they should bring back on stage : Joyful Joyful
Surpinto wrote: ↑<span title="Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:02 pm">3 months ago</span>A song they should bring back on stage :"Joyful, joyful" because it's just such a great song but they need to keep the descants like on the original live recording/DVD in the US.
There was a reason it was in my consciousness when I answered the quiz...
Of course! Glad you enjoyed the show.
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Citlec wrote: ↑<span title="Mon Aug 19, 2024 9:41 pm">3 months ago</span>
A song they should bring back on stage : Joyful Joyful
Surpinto wrote: ↑<span title="Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:02 pm">3 months ago</span>A song they should bring back on stage :"Joyful, joyful" because it's just such a great song but they need to keep the descants like on the original live recording/DVD in the US.
There was a reason it was in my consciousness when I answered the quiz...
Of course! Glad you enjoyed the show.
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I'd really rather they didn't. Its not terrible but it isn't exciting either. Not a song I'd look forward to hearing again in concert.
Re: Other Choirs, Singers, Musicians that you like
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2024 11:15 am
by Luckdragon
Davul
David Zaqaryan is an 11-year-old Armenian singer who's been making music videos for about 5 years. I really like how the music seems to flow through his entire body as he sings.
Here's his most recent video, a simple production that highlights the expressiveness of his eyes and face. You can find all of his other videos on the same YT channel and follow him on IG at https://www.instagram.com/davulofficial.