Workshop Review – 14 October 2017

J.S. Bach and the chorus VOICES & INSTRUMENTS Tutor: Philip Duffy St Dunstan’s Church, Liverpool Early music ?  Bach?  Really?  We have been fortunate in the past to have had Philip Duffy tutoring us in the earliest of early music with workshops on plainsong.   But in October, about thirty singers and instrumentalists met for a … Continue reading Workshop Review – 14 October 2017

Workshop Review – 13 September 2014

Chant Workshop: Holy Cross Day VOICES Tutor: Philip Duffy Location: St Nicholas Church, Pier Head, Liverpool Reviewer: Morris Davies Some 18 of us met for a Chant Workshop in Liverpool Parish Church, about half with high voices facing the lower voiced.   The following day was to be the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy … Continue reading Workshop Review – 13 September 2014

Workshop Review – 19 January 2013

Photo by Mark Bertinat Chant Workshop:  The Ceremony of the Star VOICES Tutor: Philip DuffyLocation: St Agnes’ Church, LiverpoolReviewer: Valerie Pedlar Singing the Officium Stellae: a workshop on Gregorian Chant Although I knew something in a rather vague way about liturgical drama as a precursor of the miracle and mystery plays, it is not something … Continue reading Workshop Review – 19 January 2013

Workshop review – 20 June 2009

An illuminated opening from the Chigi Codex featuring the Kyrie of Ockeghem's Missa Ecce ancilla Domini. Late 15th century. Vatican Library, Chig. C. VIII 234, music09, NB.03, ff.19v–20r. Angels and archangels – music from the Chigi Codex VOICES Tutor: Peter Syrus Location: St Mary’s Church, Whitegate, Northwich Reviewer: Jill Mitchell Title: Gems from the Chigi Codex This review includes red … Continue reading Workshop review – 20 June 2009