http://www.cantoresliterati.com sober enough Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:35:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a recording of Praise our Lord, All Ye Gentiles kindly posted to YouTube by Owain Park. http://www.cantoresliterati.com/2010/07/22/recording-of-byrd-anthem-wells-july-2010/ Cantores Literati are putting together a chamber group of 12-16 singers to sing some lush Tomkins and Purcell at evensong on Tuesday 13 July (and possibly Monday 12th). Can confirm this is Tuesday 13th only. We have 12 takers so far, so if you're up for it, there are about 4 places ... http://www.cantoresliterati.com/2010/05/28/wells-evensongs-1213-july/ The next CanLit event will take place on the first weekend in September (3rd-5th), 2010, somewhere west of London and east of Newfoundland. Please add the date to your diaries :o) What we've got planned is a really exciting combo of events and venues including a cathedral evensong, a church concert and ... http://www.cantoresliterati.com/2010/02/27/3-5-september-2010/ [ev type="flashvideo"" width="465" height="349" data="/video/canlit_harris_wells.flv" clicktext="Can Lit rehearse Faire is the Heaven by Harris"][/ev] http://www.cantoresliterati.com/2009/08/13/video-of-faire-is-the-heaven-rehearsal/ 2 months to the day after completing our singing week at Wells Cathedral (25th-31st) I've received a thank you note from Canon Featherstone; I thought I'd share it with you. It's quite impersonal, and not particularly sincere. Actually, given the time lag, it's the sort of letter that would be better ... http://www.cantoresliterati.com/2009/07/31/a-lazy-and-disingenuous-thank-you/ Have just received a few video clips of Wells off Fletch -- I'm particularly pleased with this (other than the camera being firmly fixed on me for the duration) as the Monteverdi was the one thing we didn't get an audio recording of. So now we have proof of how good ... http://www.cantoresliterati.com/2009/07/27/beatus-vir-video-excerpt/ Hi folks, Could you, those who have a yen for this kind of thing, take a look at the readings etc below and help me out by suggesting any suitable music that you know of? Music for modest forces, around 4-per-part, best. If it helps inspire, the canticles are likely to be along ... http://www.cantoresliterati.com/2009/07/06/music-list-planning-help-please/ Thank you for a remarkable week. I had a ball from start to finish - albeit a ball that required copious amounts of Grecian 2000. If you're interested in my inner monologue on the week you can find it on this site, together with photos, videos and mp3s. Blog posts: Edgar Day ... http://www.cantoresliterati.com/2009/06/04/wells-thank-you/ Otherwise known as the acapella day (which was actually very sunny!). This was my favourite music day of the trip, but not without its challenges. The Gray and the Harris are all in double choir, as are bits of the Shephard responses, the Gray unknown by all but one singer, and ... http://www.cantoresliterati.com/2009/05/29/gray-day/ So today was the choir's 'dumb day', which, for the uninitiated, means a non-singing - the choir's day off. This being the half-way point, we said goodbye to a lot of people yesterday and were due to receive the weekenders tonight and tomorrow. So in the meantime, what to do? Well, I ... http://www.cantoresliterati.com/2009/05/28/dumb-cheesy-poker-day/