tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38438471216295023312024-02-19T15:38:30.697+00:00RSCM Scottish VoicesLayclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.comBlogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-14470509507331644912018-08-18T12:26:00.000+01:002018-08-18T12:26:19.358+01:00The end of this blog, but visit our new site!After ten years in post our administrator Gary decided that the time was right for him to step down with effect from our 2018 residential rehearsal weekend in August 2018. <br />
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As part of the handover to our new administrator we have now closed this blog, and everything is being transferred to our own dedicated website:<br />
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<a href="http://www.rscmscottishvoices.org.uk/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">www.rscmscottishvoices.org.uk</span></a><br />
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Yes, we know it's the same URL you may always have used to visit this blog but it no longer points here it points to our own site!<br />
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Thanks for following us here over the fledgling years of our choir, and please do go to our new site and watch it develop.<br />
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Best wishes, from the now-former administrator.<br />
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Gaz <br />
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<br />Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-3171721185221318212018-05-20T11:10:00.000+01:002018-05-20T11:10:37.134+01:00Sun, weddings, football, and EvensongGlorious weather, a Royal wedding, and two football cup finals. How could Saturday 19th May 2018 be any better?<br />
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Well, the answer to that of course is connected to 38 singers, a musical director, and an organist making their collective way south from Scotland to the awesome Durham Cathedral to sing Choral Evensong.<br />
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We absolutely LOVED Durham, a true high spot in our choir's ten year history, we were made to feel very welcome, and we look forward to a return visit at some time in the future.<br />
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Directed as ever by the wonderful Frikki Walker, we sang the responses by Herbert Sumsion (very appropriate since they were written by him for Richard Lloyd and Durham Cathedral choir), Sir John Stainer's B flat setting of the Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis, and the somewhat epic Evening Hymn by Henry Balfour Gardiner, so plenty opportunity for our organist Kevin Duggan to explore the tubas and 32' stops of the magnificent cathedral organ, the showpiece of Durham based organ builders <a href="http://www.harrisonorgans.com/" target="_blank">Harrison & Harrison</a> .<br />
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That draws to a close the first half of the 2018 season of RSCM Scottish Voices, other than us singing as part of the massed choirs at the 2018 RSCM Scotland Triennial Festival in Dundee on 2nd June, as well as during that service singing Let all mortal flesh keep silence by Bairstow as our own contribution on the day.<br />
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We have exciting trips in the second half of the year, with visits to St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh, Dunblane Cathedral, and Kings College Chapel in Aberdeen, but before all of them we are very much looking forward to our residential rehearsal weekend in August when we will be returning to the Scottish Police College to learn some repertoire and to socialise together. Both very important activities!<br />
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Watch this space for details of our music lists, and please like our page on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RSCMScottishVoices/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, and follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/RSCMScotVoices" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, to keep up with all our news and activities.<br />
<br />Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-17761877076293871162018-02-18T11:52:00.002+00:002018-02-18T11:52:59.718+00:00Chrism MassOur 2018 season started in fine style yesterday with a totally unaccompanied Choral Evensong in the wonderful acoustic of the mediaeval quire of historic Bothwell Parish Church, directed by Frikki Walker and with the service led by Rev Jim Gibson, Minister of Bothwell and Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland.<br />
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Our thoughts turn now to our next meeting, on Saturday 24th March, when at 4pm we shall be providing the music for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrism" target="_blank">Chrism</a> Mass in <a href="https://thecathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank">St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral</a> in Glasgow, led by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Glasgow_and_Galloway" target="_blank">Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Duncan_(bishop)" target="_blank">Right Reverend Dr Gregor Duncan</a>. <br />
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Frikki will, as normal, be directing the choir and we are glad to be accompanied again by <a href="http://www.kevinduggan.eu/" target="_blank">Kevin Duggan</a> of <a href="http://www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank">Dunblane Cathedral</a>.<br />
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<b>Setting</b>: Communion Service in G (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Jackson_(composer)" target="_blank">Dr Francis Jackson</a>)<br />
<b>Motet</b>: A new commandment (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nardone" target="_blank">Peter Nardone</a>)<br />
<b>Motet</b>: Let all mortal flesh keep silence (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bairstow" target="_blank">Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow</a>)Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-37688839215806479532017-11-12T11:14:00.003+00:002017-11-12T11:14:28.535+00:00We will remember them<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our 2017 season drew to a close yesterday, fittingly on Armistice Day, when we sang a Remembrance themed Choral Evensong in St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in Dundee, directed by Frikki Walker and accompanied by Kevin Duggan.<br />
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St Paul's continue to be most welcoming and generous hosts, and we look forward to future visits. Thanks are particularly due to the Pastoral Musician Stuart Muir for his help in making the arrangements and for his tireless work on the day making us tea and coffee and generally being helpful, and to the Provost the Very Revd Jeremy Auld not only for allowing us to visit but for his sensitive leading of the service and his singing as cantor in the responses.<br />
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So our year finishes and whilst the thoughts of our singers turn towards the music they will sing in their home choirs over Advent and Christmas our Musical Director and particularly our Administrator put their minds to the various behind the scenes changes involved in the impending change from oversight by the RSCM Scotland committee to oversight by RSCM HQ in Salisbury, and all that entails. Initially a "child" of the RSCM Scotland committee back in 2008 the choir has gone from strength to strength with the magnificent support of the committee since we first sang a service together in January 2009, and we thank committee members past and present for that support, whilst looking forward with excitement to the new chapter in our corporate life and the opportunities that may present themselves.<br />
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And looking into the near'ish future, the next time we sing together will be in the Mediaeval Quire of Bothwell Parish Church in Lanarkshire, when we will sing an unaccompanied Choral Evensong at 4pm on Saturday 17th February 2018. We hope to see you there!<br />
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<br />Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-47794362077292590312017-10-08T15:12:00.000+01:002017-10-08T15:12:10.811+01:00They shall grow not old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a most enjoyable Choral Evensong yesterday in St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow under the direction of James Kealey and with Christopher Nickol accompanying, our thoughts turn to our next event, the last of 2017, when we will be singing a special Choral Evensong for <a href="http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/" target="_blank">Remembrance</a> at 4pm on Saturday 11th November in <a href="http://www.saintpaulscathedral.net/" target="_blank">St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee</a>, led by our Musical Director Frikki Walker and accompanied on this occasion by Kevin Duggan, Musical Director of <a href="http://www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank">Dunblane Cathedral.</a><br />
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<li>Introit: The souls of the righteous (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Murrill" target="_blank">Herbert Murrill</a>)</li>
<li>Responses: <a href="http://bertalot.org/" target="_blank">John Bertalot</a></li>
<li>Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in F (<a href="http://www.dysontrust.org.uk/george-dyson-biography.html" target="_blank">George Dyson</a>)</li>
<li>Anthem: Though I speak with the tongues of men (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bairstow" target="_blank">Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow</a>)</li>
<li>Vesper: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_of_Remembrance" target="_blank">For the fallen</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Guest" target="_blank">Douglas Guest</a>)</li>
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:<br />
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.<br />
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,<br />
we will remember them.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Laurence Binyon</span>Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-37401837987700377912017-09-10T14:51:00.000+01:002017-09-10T14:51:07.693+01:00A first for RSCM Scottish Voices<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our next meeting is a return to the familiar and much loved territory of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow, where our Musical Director Frikki Walker is Director of Music and where a fair number of our singers are in the Cathedral Choir, to sing Choral Evensong at 4pm on Saturday 7th October 2017.<br />
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Introit: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Herbert Howells)<br />
Responses: Bernard Rose<br />
Psalm: 37 vv 1-11<br />
Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in F (Peter Aston)<br />
Anthem: Evening Hymn (Henry Balfour-Gardiner)<br />
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While the venue is very familiar to us, this will be a first for RSCM Scottish Voices since because of the recent departure to Ely of our now former Assistant Musical Director Richard Walmsley and the non-availability on this occasion of our Musical Director Frikki Walker, we will be directed and accompanied by James Kealey and Christopher Nickol respectively, the very first time that any of our meetings hasn't featured either (or more usually both) Frikki or Richard.<br />
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We are of course in safe hands, we wouldn't be so foolish as to experiment wildly. <br />
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James has recently moved to Glasgow from Somerset where he was Senior Organ Scholar and Second Assistant at Wells Cathedral (where Frikki was previously a Vicar Choral in the choir at the same time that Richard was a Treble in the choir, small world, isn't it?) and he has taken up the position of Director of Choral Music at St Aloysius' College in Glasgow (coincidentally replacing Keith Roberts who until he moved south a few weeks ago sang countertenor in the choir of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral under Frikki).<br />
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Christopher Nickol is quite simply legendary in choral and organ circles in Glasgow, famous for his undoubted organ playing skill but also for his party piece of being able to play anything you care to name, instantly, and without the need for music. Born in Cambridge, he was a music scholar at Ampleforth College, Organ Scholar at Royal Holloway College (University of London), and postgraduate scholar at the Royal College of Music, and is currently Director of Music at New Kilpatrick Church in Bearsden, staff pianist and organist at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, pianist at the Dance School of Scotland, accompanist of Bearsden Choir, and a regular deputy organist at both Glasgow Cathedral and Glasgow University. Christopher has performed as an organist and soloist with the BBC SSO, Caledonian Voices, Glasgow Cathedral Choir & Choral Society, Glasgow Chamber Choir, the National Youth Choir of Scotland, the RCS Chamber Choir, the RSNO and RSNO Chorus, and the choir of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow. He has given over 500 concerts on the organ in Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery in Glasgow, including one that went viral on social media on the day that the death was announced of David Bowie when, without any printed music, he played Life on Mars and a mobile phone video recording of it has been viewed on Facebook alone almost 2 million times. It's well worth a watch/listen and it can be found at <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35292054">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35292054</a><br />
or a shorter clip on Youtube at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsAYfEQMGkk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsAYfEQMGkk</a><br />
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<br />Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-61539006006965736412017-09-10T13:54:00.002+01:002017-09-10T13:54:33.226+01:002017-18 music listThe music list for the next 12 months has just today been finalised and announced, and we're really looking forward to a lovely balance of revisiting some previously performed classics and learning pieces we've never sung before. Please do come along to any of the services if you're in the area.<br />
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All of it is contained on our "future services and events" page on this site, but is reproduced below.<br />
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<b><u>7th October 2017</u></b><br />
<a href="http://thecathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank">St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow</a><br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm <br />
Director: James Kealey<br />
Organist: Christopher Nickol<br />
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Introit: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Herbert Howells)<br />
Responses: Bernard Rose<br />
Psalm: 37 vv 1-11<br />
Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in F (Peter Aston)<br />
Anthem: Evening Hymn (Henry Balfour-Gardiner)<br />
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<b><u>11th November 2017</u></b><br />
<a href="http://www.saintpaulscathedral.net/" target="_blank">St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Dundee</a><br />
Choral Evensong for Remembrance at 4pm <br />
Director: Frikki Walker<br />
Organist: Kevin Duggan <br />
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Introit: The souls of the righteous (Herbert Murrill)<br />
Responses: John Bertalot<br />
Psalms: 60 & 61<br />
Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in F (George Dyson)<br />
Anthem: Though I speak with the tongues of men (Edward Cuthbert Bairstow)<br />
Vesper: For the fallen (Douglas Guest)<br />
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<b><u>17th February 2018</u></b><br />
<a href="https://bothwellparishchurch.org.uk/" target="_blank">Bothwell Parish Church</a><br />
Unaccompanied Choral Evensong in Mediaeval Quire at 4pm<br />
Directors: Frikki Walker & Kevin Duggan<br />
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Introit: This is the day which the Lord hath made (Anonymous, probably Osbert Parsley)<br />
Responses: Richard Ayleward<br />
Psalm: 43 (Scottish Paraphrase - tune: Martyrs)<br />
Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis First Service (Robert Parsons)<br />
Anthem: Hear the voice and prayer (Thomas Tallis)<br />
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<b><u>24th March 2018</u></b><br />
<a href="https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/" target="_blank">St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow</a><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Chrism Mass at 4pm</span></span><br />
Director: Frikki Walker<br />
Organist: Kevin Duggan<br />
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Setting: Communion Service in G (Francis Jackson)<br />
Motet: A new commandment (Peter Nardone)<br />
Motet: Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Edward Cuthbert Bairstow)<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span><br />
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<b><u>19th May 2018</u></b><br />
<a href="https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/" target="_blank">Durham Cathedral</a><br />
Choral Evensong at 5.15pm<br />
Director: Frikki Walker<br />
Organist: Kevin Duggan <br />
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Responses: Herbert Sumsion<br />
Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in B flat (Sir John Stainer)<br />
Anthem: Though I speak with the tongues of men (Edward Cuthbert Bairstow)Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-59958296406305463072017-08-19T11:27:00.000+01:002017-08-19T11:27:09.744+01:00Queen of the South revisited<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our next outing is a very welcome return visit to sing Choral Evensong in the beautiful town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumfries" target="_blank">Dumfries</a>, close to the border, in St John's Episcopal Church at 4pm.<br />
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Introit: Abendleid (Josef Rheinberger)<br />
Responses: Herbert Sumsion<br />
Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in G (Herbert Sumsion)<br />
Anthem: Let the people praise Thee O God (William Mathias)<br />
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We will as usual be directed by the wonderful Frikki Walker and on this occasion,
having recently said a sad goodbye to our friend and Assistant Musical
Director Richard Walmsley who with his family has now moved to Cambridgeshire to take up the position of head of music at the King's School in Ely, we will be
accompanied by Steven McIntyre, Assistant Organist at St Mary's
Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow.Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-70221021157226185572017-07-15T14:28:00.001+01:002017-07-15T14:28:34.622+01:002018 season announcedAfter several months of work our administrator has finally put the last pieces into place for our 2018 season, so we can now officially announce all of our future dates and venues from this point onwards.<br />
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All of it will be rewarding and enjoyable, but in particular we're looking forward to our second proper foray across the border, and having sung in <a href="https://www.carlislecathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank">Carlisle Cathedral</a> in 2016 we travel a little further south and lots further east to the magnificent <a href="https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/" target="_blank">Durham Cathedral</a>. Another highlight will undoubtedly be taking part in a Mass in <a href="https://www.abdn.ac.uk/about/campus/kings-college-chapel-380.php" target="_blank">King's College Chapel in Aberdeen</a>, featuring music by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Couperin" target="_blank">Francois Couperin</a> (1668-1733) which has been a particular interest and study subject of our Musical Director Frikki Walker who had the opportunity to travel to France in June this year with a group of fellow organists from the <a href="https://www.rco.org.uk/aboutus.php" target="_blank">Royal College of Organists</a> to play various organs including one in the <a href="http://en.chateauversailles.fr/" target="_blank">Palace of Versailles</a>.<br />
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<u>Friday 11th to Sunday 13th August 2017</u><br />
Annual Residential Rehearsal Weekend, Scottish Police College, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulliallan_Castle" target="_blank">Tulliallan Castle</a> <span style="color: red;">(NB no public access)</span><br />
<br />
<u>9th September 2017</u><br />
<a href="http://www.scotland.anglican.org/church/st-john-the-evangelist-dumfries/" target="_blank">St John's Episcopal Church, Dumfries</a><br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm<br />
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<u>7th October 2017</u><br />
<a href="http://thecathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank">St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow</a><br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm<br />
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<u>11th November 2017</u><br />
<a href="http://www.saintpaulscathedral.net/" target="_blank">St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Dundee</a><br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm<br />
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<u>17th February 2018</u><br />
<a href="https://bothwellparishchurch.org.uk/" target="_blank">Bothwell Parish Church</a><br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm<br />
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<u><span style="color: red;">24th March 2018</span></u><br />
<a href="http://www.thecathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow</span></a><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Chrism Mass at 4pm</span></span><br />
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<u>19th May 2018</u><br />
<a href="https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/" target="_blank">Durham Cathedral</a><br />
Choral Evensong at 5.15pm<br />
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<u>2nd June 2018</u><br />
Along with choirs from around Scotland we will be taking part in the <a href="https://www.rscm.com/area/scotland/" target="_blank">RSCM Scotland</a> Triennial Festival in Dundee<br />
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<u>Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August 2018</u><br />
Annual Residential Rehearsal Weekend, Scottish Police College, Tulliallan Castle <span style="color: red;">(NB no public access)</span><br />
<br />
<u>15th September 2018</u><br />
<a href="http://www.cathedral.net/" target="_blank">St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh</a><br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm<br />
<br />
<u>6th October 2018</u><br />
<a href="https://www.abdn.ac.uk/about/campus/kings-58.php" target="_blank">King's College Chapel, Aberdeen</a><br />
Mass at 4pm, featuring music by Couperin<br />
<br />
<u>17th November 2018</u><br />
<a href="http://www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank">Dunblane Cathedral</a><br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm <br />
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We are a non-denominational choir that sings in churches of varying traditions, and often in them we sing Choral Evensong which although of Anglican origin is a
beautiful Christian service which lends itself wonderfully to some of
the most fantastic music ever written. The following was spotted by our administrator in a cathedral in England and they did not object when they were asked if we could use it, so for several years it has been included in all of our Choral Evensong Orders of Service:<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><i>Some have said that Choral Evensong seems to be more of a concert that an act of worship. That would be true if the singing were offered to those present – but it isn’t. It is offered by the Choir, on behalf of the whole church, to Almighty God – who alone is the audience to all worship; we are part of that offering, even though we say little and sing even less; by our presence and our silent assent we are worshipping as we allow the Choir – doing something beautiful for God who creates, preserves and redeems us – to lift our hearts beyond the mundane into the realms of the eternal and glorious life of heaven.</i></span><br />
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It doesn't happen all that often, but at the moment we're actually in the position that we have a limited number of vacancies for singers, primarily basses but also one or two altos and a tenor.</div>
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Have a look at the attached poster, and elsewhere on this site where there's details of what we're all about and what membership involves, and get in touch with our administrator to arrange an audition.</div>
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We're actually a nice bunch of sociable people who happen to sing stuff to a high standard, and we'd love to see you join us!</div>
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After our visit to the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling, the next time we meet will be on Saturday 20th May 2017 when at 4pm we will be singing Choral Evensong in <a href="http://www.topcop.org.uk/" target="_blank">Peebles Old Parish Church</a> in the Scottish Borders.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Introit: Let all mortal flesh keep silence (Edward Cuthbert Bairstow)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Responses: William Byrd</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Psalm: 104 vv24-35</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Canticles: Magnificat Primi Toni (Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Canticles: Nunc Dimittis in B flat (Charles Wood)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Anthem: O clap your hands (Orlando Gibbons)</span><br />
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We thoroughly enjoyed our previous visit to Peebles, it's a lovely town, and we're very much looking forward to our return visit.<br />
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And the title of this post? Well it alludes to <span style="color: red;">T</span>he <span style="color: red;">O</span>ld <span style="color: red;">P</span>arish <span style="color: red;">C</span>hurch <span style="color: red;">O</span>f <span style="color: red;">P</span>eebles!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Thanks to Kim D Smith for graciously allowing us to use her photograph as the background to our poster.</span>Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-23818671013579379842017-01-15T01:00:00.000+00:002017-01-15T01:00:22.235+00:00Church of the Holy Rude<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our return visit to Linlithgow was very enjoyable, and the next time we sing is on Saturday 4th March when at 4pm we will sing Choral Evensong in the <a href="http://www.holyrude.org/" target="_blank">Church of the Holy Rude</a> in Stirling, a few yards from Stirling castle.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Introit: Geistliches Lied (Johannes Brahms)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Responses: John Bertalot</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Psalm: 22 & 23 (chants: Matthew Camidge, Henry Walford Davies)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in b minor (Hugh Blair)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Anthem: Cast me not away from Thy presence (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)</span><br />
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Dating from the 15th century, the Church of the Holy Rude is the only church apart from Westminster Abbey still in active use that has hosted a coronation, when the infant King James VI (who was later also James I of England) was crowned there on 29th July 1567.Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-66014567365689829202016-11-13T01:00:00.000+00:002016-11-13T01:00:32.617+00:00Linlithgow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Following our enjoyable visit to Culross Abbey our 2016 season has drawn to a close and we now have a break over Advent and Christmas when our choir members have increased commitment to their own home choirs, but our 2017 season starts on Saturday January 14th when at 4pm we will be singing Choral Evensong in the historic St Michael's Parish Church in Linlithgow, directed by Frikki Walker and accompanied by Richard Walmsley.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Introit: Hail Gladdening Light (Charles Wood)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Responses: Humphrey Clucas</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Psalm: 73</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in D (Herbert Brewer)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Anthem: Tribus Miraculis (Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina)</span><br />
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St Michael's is in the shadow of the ruins of <a href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/linlithgow-palace/" target="_blank">Linlithgow Palace</a> which is, of course, the birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots and is well worth visitingLayclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-50277653358424200922016-10-09T11:41:00.000+01:002016-10-09T11:41:11.281+01:00Culross Abbey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a lovely, enjoyable service in the beautiful St Cuthbert's Parish Church in Edinburgh (almost in the shadow of the castle) our next meeting, the last of 2016, is on Saturday 12th November when we shall sing Choral Evensong for Remembrance at 4pm in historic Culross Abbey, directed by Frikki Walker and accompanied by Richard Walmsley.<div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Introit: Holy is the true light (Richard Shephard)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Responses: Thomas Tomkins</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Psalm: 90 (chant: Henry Walford Davies)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in F (George Dyson)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Anthem: Justorum Animae (Charles Villiers Stanford)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Anthem: We will remember them (John Madden)</span><br style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><div>
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If you haven't visited Culross before (it's pronounced "Cooross") it's well worth a visit, with its picturesque houses nestling on the banks of the river Forth.</div>
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Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-23499067715937693062016-09-11T12:22:00.000+01:002016-09-11T12:22:08.286+01:00Bothwell history lesson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday we visited the wonderfully historic Bothwell Parish Church where we sang Choral Evensong directed by Frikki Walker and accompanied by Richard Walmsley.<br />
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The music included Bairstow's <i>Save us, O Lord</i>, Howells' Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in G, William Smith Responses, and the introit <i>Hear my prayer, O Lord</i> which we were slightly naughty with after the rehearsal had finished. Bothwell Parish Church has a <a href="https://bothwellparishchurch.org.uk/history/the-choir/" target="_blank">mediaeval quire</a> which has been closed for <a href="https://savinghistoricchurch.com/" target="_blank">renovation</a> for over four years but which was due to reopen a couple of weeks ago, that was partly why we arranged this date to go and sing there, but inevitably the works have been delayed by a short few weeks and although it's basically finished it hasn't yet been cleaned up, signed off as safe, and reopened so is still shuttered off from the main church. But, and don't tell anyone this, access can be gained to it via an emergency exit door, so with copies in hand, and some trepidation lest the roof fell in on top of us, we briefly filed into the old part of the church and performed Purcell's hauntingly beautiful anthem with its soaring, climactic, eargasmic conclusion in the glorious acoustic of the mediaeval quire. Just for fun.<br />
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A splendid day was had by all the choir, we had a fair number of people not only in the congregation during the service but wandering in and out during the afternoon's rehearsals since the church doors were open in connection with <a href="http://www.bothwellscarecrowfestival.co.uk/" target="_blank">Bothwell's Scarecrow Festival</a>, and the welcome we received from the minister, assistant minister, and everyone at the church was lovely. <br />
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The minister, Rev Jim Gibson who is Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen as well as being a Member of the Chapel Royal in Scotland, led the service (along with Assistant Minister Rev Hanna Ranking), and started by welcoming everyone and giving a brief history lesson on the church in Bothwell which although now firmly a Presbyterian Church of Scotland was originally Roman Catholic and following the Reformation was Anglican for thirty years. With members from many traditions we are very firmly a multi-denominational choir, the RSCM has something to offer <u>all</u> Christian denominations, and we were glad to be singing in a building that has hosted many flavours of Christianity over the years.<br />
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Our thoughts now turn to our next meeting, on Saturday 8th October when at 4pm we will sing Choral Evensong in <a href="http://www.st-cuthberts.net/" target="_blank">St Cuthbert's Parish Church</a>, Lothian Road, Edinburgh, for which the music list will be announced soon.<br />
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<br />Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-38426398518884939352016-07-26T19:20:00.002+01:002016-07-26T19:20:54.492+01:00It might be all about the bass, but the tenors get the drink<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0SFNkJfhZ7oxuZ1VhsRwSJmiNxbB7huS6AHWws4CtH5NKRmiXzsTAXxaeBagt-90Yu4Nnhil_s9H32CI1sPfLDWoVe8rQ3F9SxiIJW7CED_tw8JL9Sxol8XwEPhyzIAMMX0stWcxQto/s1600/Arlen+2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0SFNkJfhZ7oxuZ1VhsRwSJmiNxbB7huS6AHWws4CtH5NKRmiXzsTAXxaeBagt-90Yu4Nnhil_s9H32CI1sPfLDWoVe8rQ3F9SxiIJW7CED_tw8JL9Sxol8XwEPhyzIAMMX0stWcxQto/s320/Arlen+2.jpeg" width="232" /></a>This site is to publicise RSCM Scottish Voices, and whilst that primarily takes the form of what the choir as a whole is doing it's safe to say that within our ranks are many extraordinarily talented musicians whose musical activities extend well beyond the church choral theme, and which deserve publicising.<br />
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One such of these is Sadie. As well as singing alto in RSCM Scottish Voices Sadie entertains a different audience as a member of <a href="http://www.arlenscotland.co.uk/" target="_blank">Arlen</a>, and you can catch them performing musical gems from the Great American and British Songbooks in Edinburgh's Free Fringe at 6.55pm on 10th and 24th August in <a href="http://www.thevoodoorooms.com/the_speakeasy.php" target="_blank">Voodoo Rooms Speakeasy,</a> 19a West Register Street, Edinburgh EH2 2AA, and in the Fringe by the Sea at 3pm on 11th August in La Gaiete Spiegeltent in North Berwick.<br />
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The performances are free, and we are reliably informed that not only will there be a stunning rendition of Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass, but any RSCM Scottish Voices tenors in attendance will be eligible to receive a free drink after the concert! <br />
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Really, what's not to like?<br />
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<br />Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-20943895106835925352016-07-22T06:00:00.000+01:002016-07-22T06:00:00.154+01:002017 season announcedThe venues for our 2017 season have just been finalised, so including the last half of our 2016 season from this point forward our plans are listed below. Other than our rehearsal weekend when there is no public access we'd be delighted to see you at one or more of our services, which generally start at 4pm, last under an hour, and contain glorious music! <br />
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<b>10th September 2016</b><br />
Bothwell Parish Church<br />
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<b>8th October 2016</b><br />
St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh<br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm<br />
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<b>12th November 2016</b><br />
Culross Abbey<br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm<br />
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<b>14th January 2017</b><br />
St Michael's Parish Church, Linlithgow<br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm<br />
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<b>4th March 2017</b><br />
Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling<br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm<br />
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<b>20th May 2017</b><br />
Peebles Old Parish Church<br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm<br />
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<b>11th to 13th August 2017</b><br />
Scottish Police College, Tulliallan Castle, Kincardine on Forth <br />
Annual Residential Rehearsal Weekend <span style="color: red;">(NB: No public access or performance)</span><br />
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<b>9th September 2017</b><br />
St John's Episcopal Church, Dumfries<br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm<br />
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<b>7th October 2017</b><br />
St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen<br />
Choral Evensong at 4pm<br />
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<b>11th November 2017</b><br />
St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, Dundee<br />
Choral Evensong at 4pmLayclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-4493104368703183672016-05-15T09:04:00.000+01:002016-05-15T09:04:20.734+01:00Dunblane 2016<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Yesterday saw the first half of our 2016 season draw to a close with Choral Evensong in Dunblane Cathedral, directed by Frikki Walker and accompanied by Steven McIntyre, including music by Peter Hurford, Richard Seal, Herbert Murrill, and Malcolm Archer.<br />
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Unfortunately the Rev Colin Renwick is ill at the moment, we wish him a speedy recovery, so the service was led by Richard Finch, the readings were done by Nigel Hart and Neil Parker, and the cantor was David James, all choir members. <br />
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Dunblane had been hosting a training day for the Scottish Churches Organist Training Scheme (SCOTS), which we gather went very well, and this meant that the congregation was boosted by many of the organists who had been enjoying their own music making earlier in the day. Some of them joined various choir members in the Tappit Hen across the road from the Cathedral for a post-service refreshment, and it was nice to chat to them.<br />
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Some of us will get together with the choir of St Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow to celebrate RSCM Music Sunday on 12th June, then some of us are singing at the wedding of two of our members in August in Ayrshire (them having met in the choir) and in late August we have our residential rehearsal weekend when we'll start to learn repertoire for the next 12 months and of course we'll socialise hard!<br />
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The next time we shall sing as a choir together though is on Saturday 10th September when we'll be in <a href="https://bothwellparishchurch.org.uk/" target="_blank">Bothwell Parish Church</a> (where one of our members is the organist) singing Choral Evensong at our customary time of 4pm.<br />
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There will soon be the annual meeting to plan our next year's activities, so that hopefully all the dates and confirmed venues can be announced to the choir at the rehearsal weekend (this is BY FAR the busiest time of the year for the choir administrator), so watch this space because they'll be announced here soon after the choir members get to know.<br />
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<br />Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-69515429479832960592016-04-18T05:00:00.000+01:002016-04-18T05:00:08.694+01:00Wind and Fire of Pentecost<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Join us at 4pm on Saturday 14th May 2016 in <a href="http://www.dunblanecathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank">Dunblane Cathedral</a>, when on the eve of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecost" target="_blank">Pentecost</a> we sing Choral Evensong, directed by <a href="http://thecathedral.org.uk/music/director-of-music/" target="_blank">Frikki Walker</a>.<br />
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Introit: Litany to the Holy Spirit (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hurford" target="_blank">Peter Hurford</a>)<br />
Responses: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Seal" target="_blank">Richard Seal</a><br />
Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in E (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Murrill" target="_blank">Herbert Murrill</a>)<br />
Anthem: Rejoice, the Lord is King (<a href="http://www.malcolmarcher.com/home.html" target="_blank">Malcolm Archer</a>)Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-57727250178184615622016-03-27T03:00:00.000+01:002016-03-27T03:00:06.886+01:00Happy Easter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Easter from all members of RSCM Scottish Voices. We hope all your singing commitments during Holy Week and over the Easter weekend have been successful, rewarding, and spiritually uplifting.</div>
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<br />Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-24643331876627617272016-03-20T12:47:00.001+00:002016-03-20T12:47:30.728+00:00Glasgow 2016It was a day different to the usual one we enjoy, but enjoyable nonetheless. Originally scheduled as Choral Evensong, we were asked by the Right Reverend Dr Gregor Duncan, Bishop of the Diocese of Glasgow & Galloway of the Scottish Episcopal Church, to instead provide the music for a Chrism Mass when priests from all over the diocese gather to renew their ordination vows and to bless various oils used in their ministry.<br />
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The Bishop delivered a homily, and made the choir feel particularly welcome and an integral part of the service during it, which was commented on afterwards by several choir members. <br />
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Directed by Frikki Walker and accompanied by Steven McIntyre the setting was Harold E Darke's rather nice Communion Service in F, with the soprano soloist Ruth Elder, tenor and baritone soloist Ian Gibson, and solo quartet made up of Ruth Elder, Pam Barrowman, Ian Gibson and Stewart Macrae. Well done to all of them!<br />
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The anthem was a little gem by New York based Norwegian composer <a href="http://olagjeilo.com/" target="_blank">Ola Gjeilo</a>, called <i>Ubi Caritas</i> which if you haven't heard it before is well worth a listen. A recording during which you can look at the sheet music too can be seen on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp3IHBSyZKY" target="_blank">here</a>, and the sheet music is available to purchase from the RSCM <a href="http://www.rscmshop.com/gjeilo-ubi-caritas-satb.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The next outing is for 20 of our singers who are making the journey south to Peterborough Cathedral on 9th April to join forces with our counterparts from the rest of the country as we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the founding of RSCM Cathedral Singers by Martin How, in what promises to be a splendid Choral Evensong which includes <i>O praise the Lord</i>, a new introit written by Martin How for the occasion, Ayleward <i>Responses</i>, <i>Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in D</i> by George Dyson, and <i>Surrexit a mortuis</i> by Charles Marie Widor (written not only for double choir but for two organs!).<br />
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The next time the full choir meets is on 14th May when we close the first half of our 2016 season with Choral Evensong in Dunblane Cathedral. Originally planned as a joint service with RSCM Young Scottish Voices, for various reasons the youngsters aren't now available to join us for that service which will include <i>Litany to the Holy Spirit </i>(Peter Hurford), Richard Seal <i>Responses</i>, <i>Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in E</i> (Herbert Murrill), and <i>Rejoice the Lord is King</i> (Malcolm Archer).<br />
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<br />Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-57977031295499465012016-02-21T12:04:00.000+00:002016-02-21T12:04:14.865+00:00Chrism Mass<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Join us at 4pm on Saturday 19th March 2016 in <a href="http://thecathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank">St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral</a>, 300 Great Western Road, Glasgow, as we provide the music for the Chrism Mass when priests from all over the diocese of Glasgow & Galloway meet to receive Chrism Oils.<br />
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Directed by Frikki Walker, and on this occasion accompanied by Steven McIntyre, we will sing the Communion Service in F Major by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Darke" target="_blank">Harold Darke</a>, and the anthem Ubi Caritas by <a href="http://olagjeilo.com/" target="_blank">Ola Gjeilo</a>Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-19523017297255244932016-02-07T13:51:00.000+00:002016-02-07T13:51:14.971+00:00Carlisle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJDL4RRXLB6LiJhEWvIxTWG7AXfdIIz6AOXdLgNKXzsW8-JlgpxOiWBYgh33wfTzXBC7SWZaE65SyjzOSqHgnEWA1vP4UgDVhgX8dEavBJTIxDUtXcYAjchD2fKaB5Db0rdIFdo7T3cc/s1600/IMG_0814.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJDL4RRXLB6LiJhEWvIxTWG7AXfdIIz6AOXdLgNKXzsW8-JlgpxOiWBYgh33wfTzXBC7SWZaE65SyjzOSqHgnEWA1vP4UgDVhgX8dEavBJTIxDUtXcYAjchD2fKaB5Db0rdIFdo7T3cc/s400/IMG_0814.JPG" width="300" /></a>Our visit to <a href="http://www.carlislecathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank">Carlisle Cathedral</a> got off to a wonderful start with our first rehearsal being in the Fratry, which used to be the dining hall for the monks of the mediaeval Priory. How fantastic is this for a rehearsal venue!<br />
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The nice people of Carlisle were very welcoming and friendly, particularly James and John the vergers, and all of the choir thoroughly enjoyed our visit. If they'll have us, we'll be back!<br />
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Our next meeting is on familiar territory when we will take part in a Chrism Mass in <a href="http://thecathedral.org.uk/" target="_blank">St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Glasgow</a> on Saturday 19th March at 4pm. The setting will be the <i>Communion Service in F Major</i> by Harold E Darke, and the anthem will be the rather lovely <i>Ubi Caritas</i> by <a href="http://olagjeilo.com/" target="_blank">Ola Gjeilo</a><br />
<br />Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-723750514543076822016-01-23T12:52:00.003+00:002016-01-23T12:52:59.803+00:00Carlisle<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Our 2016 season gets off to what promises to be a cracking start on Saturday 6th February when we make our first visit as a choir just across the border into England, and sing Choral Evensong at 5.30pm in historic Carlisle Cathedral.<br />
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The music list is:<br />
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Introit: Peace I leave with you - Frederick Wadeley<br />
Responses: Richard Shephard<br />
Canticles: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis in F (Collegium Regale) - Charles Wood<br />
Anthem: A song of praise - George Dyson<br />
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Please do come to the service if you're in the Carlisle area, we're very much looking forward to our visit and it'd be great to see a few people in the congregation!<br />
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<br />Layclerkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04722048321103380623noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843847121629502331.post-86500297837842568032015-12-16T22:12:00.000+00:002015-12-16T22:12:17.364+00:00Happy Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As all our members toil away at the singing commitments in their home choirs, we'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy Christmas, and a magnificent year of music-making in 2016!<br />
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