Dominic Brenton reflects on this year’s choir holiday. This year’s choir holiday was always going to be a special one for me. It was the first one on which Rachel, my fiance, would be joining me and it took me back to Norwich, the city where I had spent three happy years as a student and, in particular, its cathedral, where I had been a regular member of the congregation in those days. We joined the others on a rather damp Wednesday at Hethersett Old Hall School, our base for the stay, having travelled up a couple of days earlier to explore West Norfolk underMore »

The Choir of Romsey Abbey has returned from a successful week of singing at daily services in Norwich Cathedral. At a drinks reception given in the choir’s honour, Canon Jeremy Haselock, Precentor at the Cathedral, commented how much the Cathedral valued its contribution as a choir familiar with the way cathedral choir worked. Its musical offering began with Choral Evensong on the Feast of St. Bartholemew. The evening canticles – Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis – were sung to the setting by Peter Aston, formerly Professor of Music at the University of East Anglia, located in the city. This was partnered with Elgar’s prologue to hisMore »