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Let Us Drink and be Merry – Catch you drinking?

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Well, we started learning this in great esprit de corp before Zoom rudely pulled us apart.  Never, oh, never, oh never again.  So, here are the dots (for those of you who can still see straight!) and we will finish learning this on Thursday evening. What is a claret canary, anyway?? Audio-1 voice Audio-3 voices

Luci care, luci belle (Mozart)

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Now….at long last…..the one you’ve all been waiting for….the one you’ve all been clamouring for!  Well, most of you have, anyway.  All, right…some of you.  Right! Fair dues.  One of you in particular has asked for Luci care 3 times.  Never let it be said that we don’t listen to our constituents! But seriously, folks––this … Read more

Here’s A Health to All Good Lasses

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A Celebrated Glee!  WHEEEE-HEEEEE! WHAT’S A GLEE?? A glee is an English type of part song spanning the late baroque, classical and early romantic periods. It is usually scored for at least three voices, and generally intended to be sung unaccompanied. Glees often consist of a number of short, musically contrasted movements and their texts can be convivial, fraternal, … Read more

Alessandro Moreschi – The Last Castrato

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I obtained the Vatican recordings of Alessandro Moreschi through Trunk Records recently, and thought some of you might be interested to hear what a true castrato singer sounded like.  It’s quite extraordinary, and I confess I’ve never heard anything like it. Moreschi was the only castrato known to have made recordings, and these survive from … Read more

from the Handel opera, Acis and Galatea — The Flocks Shall Leave the Mountains

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For those of you pining for more opera, here you go. I think we’ll have a lot of fun with this. I’ve left the click in the audio parts to help you keep track of the beat, but have only given you one full bar of click before your part comes in.  BAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! All 3 … Read more

YAY! Another Purcell drinking catch to aid our…..um….singing.

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So, as promised, here is Purcell’s Drinking Catch #2 in all its lovely, sordid glory.  A bit trickier than the third one we began with (and know and love so well), but you all got a very good start on it the other evening, so here’s your chance to brush up those few notes that … Read more