- A lament for 2008? That's the way it goes (01 Jan 09)
That's the way it goes George HarrisonThere's a man talking on the radio What he's saying I don't really know Seems he's lost some stocks and shares Stops and stares ...
- Cosi in Canberra (24 Oct 08)
Superb young Canberra singers will perform extracts from W.A. Mozart's comic opera Così fan Tutte on Thursday 6th and Saturday 8th November 2008 at St. Philip's church cnr MacPherson and ...
- In a straight line (17 Jun 08)
I'm not a great rock fan; trouble is I have to listen to too much I don't like before I find something I do like. But "Straight Lines" from Silverchair's ...
- Chess, mate (19 May 08)
James and I saw Chess--The Musical at Sydney’s Theatre Royal on Friday 9 May. Not being from Sydney it wasn't until we arrived at the theatre that we realised it ...
- Brother James' Air (16 Apr 08)
Psalm 23 was set last Sunday. I so much enjoyed singing the setting Brother James' Air the first time I have heard it and a relief from deary Crimond. Brother ...
- Coloratura caterpillar (14 Nov 07)
At first I wasn't sure I had the energy to sing Messiah this year. But the masterly music soon changed that. And who could resist Emmanuel our mascot caterpillar? (Just ...
- Drowning All Saints' in the Melbourne Cup (05 Nov 07)
Canberra's business groups are annoyed that the Territory Government has made tomorrow Tuesday 6 November a public holiday -- the day of the Melbourne Cup. They say they will lose ...
- Ravishing (15 Oct 07)
My church home group has agreed that we each share a piece of music that "has touched us in our soul." For soul music I nominate Richard Strauss's songs for ...
- Figaro with style (02 Aug 07)
All the way with Figaro A small troupe takes on one of the best-loved operas with intimacy and style by Natasha Rudra. Canberra Times 1 August 2007 : Times 2 ...
- Special Sommerville (21 Jul 07)
Blogger Peter Ould jokingly boasts of "being one of only 7 people in Britain able to sing Bronski Beat's 'Smalltown Boy' at the correct pitch." He reminds me how special ...
- CAMRA (14 Jun 07)
I've been neglecting this scrapbook as I've been preparing a new website for CAMRA Inc.: the Canberra Academy of Music and Related Arts in time for our presentation of Mozart's ...
- Sleepers sleep on (19 Dec 06)
The last couple of weeks I've been doing battle with J.S. Bach's famed cantata Sleepers Wake! (Wachet Auf). A couple of week's ago I attended the Canberra Choral Society's Christmas ...
- Tuneful Titanic (27 Nov 06)
The voyage of the RMS Titanic is a much analysed tale of innumerable ironies and tragedy in the classic sense -- a fateful consequence of human hubris and vanity. James ...
- Pelican music and Don Camillo (20 Nov 06)
A week or so ago our parish held its annual Twilight Fair. Of course we made a modest amount of money but its great value was the chance to meet ...
- The Great Invocation (01 Nov 06)
On Saturday James and I wished "good luck" to our friends and neigbours Nicholas and Daniel as they left for the 2nd Festival of Universal Sacred Music in New York ...
- Kliene Orgelmesse (28 Oct 06)
St. Philip's celebration of the combined festival of All Souls and All Saints will include Joseph Haydn's eucharistic setting the Missa brevis Sancti joannis de Deo in B♭(Hob. XXI 1.7) ...
- Handel to look forward to (02 Oct 06)
The Canberra Handel Choir is a chamber choir of experienced singers formed earlier in 2006. The debut concert in May was a brilliant sucess -- with a standing ovation from ...
- The Jerensky psalm? (20 Sep 06)
(Response from Ps. 22 setting by © Christopher Tambling)My next outing as singer will be Psalm 22 on Sunday 15 October. Ps. 22:1 My God my God why have you ...
- Figaro fun (01 Jul 06)
Last night we attended an enjoyable performance of highlights from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro presented by CAMRA -- the Canberra Academy of Music and Related Arts. The singing and acting ...
- Singing with Hill, Norman and Beard (12 Jun 06)
Yesterday Trinity Sunday was marked by sung Eucharist for which I sung Psalm 29 in this lovely setting by Rosalie Bonighton. This was my second outing as cantor so I think ...
- Well Handeled (22 May 06)
On Saturday we went to the debut concert of the Canberra Handel Choir founded and managed by Annette Gaykema and directed by Adam Laslett. The concert was held in our ...
- The precious oil (23 Apr 06)
Encouraged today by my teachers I was the cantor for the singing of Psalm 133 in our communion service this morning; it was the first time that I've sung a ...
- Stabat Mater (10 Mar 06)
Stabat Mater by Giovanni Pergolesi will be performed as part of our Good Friday worship this year at St Philip's Anglican Church O'Connor. Stabat Mater is a thirteenth-century hymn in ...
- Les Mis (03 Mar 06)
The Canberra Philharmonic Society is presenting a new local production of Les Misérables directed by Dianna Nixon. James and I enjoyed the show last night. It was the first time ...
- Waltzing to top C (02 Jan 06)
Also in the Treasures exhibition (see previous post) was the original manuscript of "Waltzing Matilda" rather different from the popular version usually sung today. This first setting is so ...
- The Christmas snow job (30 Dec 05)
As it's still Christmas I can comment on Christmas carols. The Canberra Times had a piece on Christmas Eve in which Australian composers including Peter Sculthorpe and Stephen Leek bewailed ...
- Joy in this fest (18 Dec 05)
On the rebound from The Messiah comes choir practice for our Service of Lessons and Carols on the Wednesday evening before Christmas. I'm meeting a couple of the carols for ...
- Amen, Amen . . . ! (12 Dec 05)
Amen Amen. A ----- men! And so came to an end our second and last performance of Handel's Messiah last night. I'd say the performance was of a good standard. ...
- Franck criticism (22 Nov 05)
And so to the last of this year's Canberra performances of the brilliant Australian Chamber Orchestra directed by Richard Tognetti. The feature piece was an arrangement by Tognetti of César ...
- Rehearsing (13 Nov 05)
Rehearsals continue apace for CAMRA's performance of Handel's Messiah on 9 and 11 December. I'm beginning to get the hang of the tricky bits in the bass part. Our director ...
- Coloratura Messiah (21 Oct 05)
Our first rehearsal for The Messiah went very well on Tuesday evening. OK so a performance of Messiah is commonplace but it's special for me as it will be my ...
- Apollo, Britten and Bach (25 Sep 05)
The Australian Chamber Orchestra led by Richard Tognetti with Steven Osborne pianist last night played Mozart's Adagio and Fugue K.546 and Piano Concerto No. 12 in A K.414. In the ...
- Learning the notes (07 Sep 05)
To help learn the bass chorus parts of Messiah I've been playing them over and over while following from the score. My long time favourite recording is by Sir John ...
- Singing Hallelujah! (20 Aug 05)
CAMRA the Canberra Academy of Music and Related Arts a community music society that that performa in our parish church at St. Philip's. Many of our parish members also are ...
- Bold Beethoven (13 Mar 05)
For its concert last night the Australian Chamber Orchestra's usual seventeen or so string players were doubled in number by various players of historical instruments for a 'Classical feast': Mozart's ...
- Letting go (27 Jan 05)
I asked my singing teacher friend to be brutal in her first assessment of my voice today. She tested my range resonance harmonic perception etc. and seems to think that ...
- Amanda Forbes (23 Aug 04)
James and have enjoyed plenty of good music lately. On Saturday evening we were at a recital by soprano Amanda Forbes at St. Philip's church our local parish. It was ...
- Black shirted serenades (16 Aug 04)
Yet another concert by the ACO last weekend -- only fortnight after the last with Pekka Kuusisto as Guest Director and a program on the theme of Serenade for strings: ...
- A brilliant band (12 Aug 04)
On 31 July we went to another in the series of concerts by the Australia Chamber Orchestra; this time an all Mozart affair. Peter McCallum wrote this in the Sydney ...
- A shame and a pity (10 May 04)
Just just been playing the CD of Concert for George. This song sung by Billy Preston stirred up a few feelings.Isn't it a pity Isn't it a shame How we ...
- Concert for Dhani (04 May 04)
The Concert for George was shown on my local TV recently. I hadn't realised that George Harrison was such a prolific songwriter. The CD of the concert has 20 singles ...
- Better man (21 Apr 04)
More ponderings for the Easter season. Robbie Williams' song "Better Man" is hauntingly lyrical. The theology may be a bit dodgy (some of the most loved traditional hymns are a ...
- A hymn for my birthday - 28 February (28 Feb 04)
... especially the second stanza. Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King of creation; O my soul praise him for he is thy health and salvation; all ye who ...
- The Food of love (28 Feb 04)
Valentine's Day today and we went to a concert of the Australian Chamber Orchestra led by the brilliant and beautiful Richard Tognetti (pic.). They played Haydn's Symphony no. 49 ...
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