Decisions, decisions

Borrowed from Sinfini

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Choosing the note

This week's chant conundrum is which note to start Lauda Sion on. I've gone for Bb ( or Si b or B, depending on your chosen note nomenclature.) This choice renders the beginning somewhat low and grumbly and the end attainable.

Meantime, have just seen an add for the Dyson digital wand thingy. Hoovering with a light sabre. Why does Star Wars never feature any housework?


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Veni Sancte Spiritus

On the menu this week.

Last year's links here.

This year, we spent about 15 mins tweaking a few bits and everyone pretty happy they can do it fine.

How things move on in a year.

Try listening instead of checking your phone, Enda.

Remember that trip to the Vatican last year?

Les Dialogues des Carmelites by Poulenc

On BBC iPlayer for another six days.

Spoiler alert. Ends with the sisters' execution by guillotine. Listen as they sing the Salve Regina, punctuated by the metallic ching of the blade.

Not sure if the present production is a revival of this.

Blogging lite

I'm sure both my readers has wandered off to pastures greener.

Busy time of year this workwise in its own particular way. I'm aiming that all the extra work I have done teaching a new syllabus will pay dividends in the next few years as I effortlessly reach for my revision notes, recordings, youtube links and past papers.  That's the theory anyway.

And no the end of the summer term is not laid back if you are a musician because we do more concerts.