Belated photo posts

From here and there.

Firsr Portsmouth...

HMS Victory

Yo, Ho, Ho... Geoffrey

Portsmouth remains a functioning dockyard

Kate about to climb the wall, John C one step ahead

Kate and John on a moving wall

Kate and Maddie climb the tower wall

John Campbell takes a well earned rest after climbing to the top
...more than once...

'Ello, 'ello, 'ello

Then Chichester...

After Masterclass, cake and tea at Chichester

The Chagall Window in Chichester is based on Psalm 150

Joshua Marc van Konkelenberg was named for Marc Chagall

Masterclass with Sarah Baldock

Checking out the smallest door...

Only Peter Mercuri could get through without ducking

The door led to what was a hiding place for the treasures of the church. It has become the hiding place for the treasures of Chichester Cathedral Choir - their Music Library.

Hemptons at the Deanery

Where you can get a Coronation Chicken Baguette

Chagall in the afternoon light

Chichester Cathedral Cloisters in the late afternoon

When standing on Sarah Baldock's "box" the DOM is taller than Lofty
... for once

We all liked the last column - Being "with it"

Singing can be tiring work!

The short Quire meant that the last treble stood on a platform and faced inwards

Hampton Court...

The full crew - the shadow is the lovely receptionist from the Premier Inn

Alice is a little over photos by Chichester

Glen and Robin at Hampton Court

Alice enters Hampton Court

While it is possible to borrow these nice medieval cloaks for your tour around Hampton Court, the serious Lord Glen and Lady Anna declined to wear them further than this hall. Pity. I'd have liked to see them at Evensong in the Chapel Royal dressed like this!

Lady Alice and Lady Anna tried hard to maintain the serious expressions while dancing in one of the boudoirs, but failed dismally, collapsing into laughter immediately after this photo was taken.

The Orangery, rebuilt after the fire in 1986

Playing with the settings on the camera

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The Big One, St Paul’s

Dear Reader Today was the Big Event of tour. St Paul’s Cathedral, London. If you are observant, you will notice my absence from the photo above, along with several of my colleagues. Sadly, this happened. After nearly four years and six vaccinations I finally succumbed to the dreaded Covid. At the worst possible time. My multiple vax status has meant I only feel a bit rotten, like a cold, but I do feel sad to have missed the day. And to miss Windsor tomorrow. I was grateful for the considered medical advice provided by Dr Ritesh, father of one of the trebles, who also updated my supply of paracetamol and ibuprofen. So I am relying on others for the report about this special day. The good bits started with four of the young Lay Clerks heading to St Paul’s for singing lessons with my friend Patrick Craig, who is an Alto Lay Vicar at St Paul. In have yet to hear from Nicholas, Marco, Charlie or James, but Patrick was very complimentary about their singing. This is w...

Worcester - that’s a wrap

Dear Reader Well, that’s a wrap. After a free morning to shop, skate, scoff scones or the like, we boarded the coach to Worcester. Annabel Crompton continued the proud tradition set by her late father, the beloved Prof David Thomas, and shared history and interesting information about the Cathedral, always including the South Australian connections. We had a very warm welcome from the Interim Dean, Canon Stephen, and Anita the Virger. On the musical menu was Hunt Versicles and Responses, Howells in G Canticles and Be Present O Merciful God by Australian composer, Owen Elsley. I thought the Anthem went particularly well. We sang two psalms, 131 to a Willcocks chant and 132 to a chant by a random (will update later). Turns out the second chant was by Richard Massey. David played a beautiful postlude, Rhapsody by Daniel Cook (b1979). When we arrived in Worcester it lived up to the reputation England has for wet and rather miserable weather, so we headed straight into the build...

Hereford, where the sound rings for four seconds

Dear Reader I remember I loved Hereford Cathedral when we visited on the first tour in 2006. Today I remember why. The Cathedral is beautiful. The welcome is warm, both spiritually and physically - they have amazing heaters. Singing there is amazing. The acoustic is kind and supportive. Actually, it is exciting. The organ is stunning. Tonight we sang Evensong, with their Precentor canting. The Versicles and Responses were by June Nixon. We sang Roland Martin’s Buffalo Canticles, which we refer to as Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo. The anthem was Bob Chilcott’s Still, Still, Still. But the most significant sing was probably the psalms. Plural. We sang four of them 147-150. Ps 147 and Ps 148 were sung to different chants by Charles V Stanford. Ps 149 had an Edward Hopkins chant and Ps 150 was by Philip Marshall. Anthony Hunt is fond of saying the only thing better than a short psalm is a long psalm, and while some of the trebles may disagree, there are many of u...

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