Eb in England--Historical Trust Sites #1

[Ebony AKA AngieJ]

Hey, Barb!

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., blpurdom at y... wrote:
> The first time I was ever paid to sing was when I did Monteverdi's 
> 1610 Vespers at Christ Church; even for one having to concentrate 
on 
> performing, it was an ethereal experience, and has been every time 
I 
> perform there. 

Oh, cool!  I had no idea that you're a singer... you'd really like my 
sister, I think.  Are you soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, or contralto?


Rutter's Requiem is fabulous, but if you're looking 
> for other British music, there's also anything by Ralph Vaughn 
> Williams (pronounced "Rafe" like Ralph Fiennes' name) and Benjamin 
> Britten (especially his St. Cecilia!).

Oh!  On one of the CDs I purchased there's an arrangement of 
Britten's "Hymn to the Virgin"... the liner notes say that he wrote 
it when he was fourteen!

Now I'm at the point where I really want to attend a symphony or two 
while I am here.  I'll have to ask around.  I also could kick myself 
for missing church this morning... I'd planned to walk to one or the 
other that had been suggested to hear the choirs, but this was the 
first time since I've been here that I was able to sleep more than 4-
5 hours at a stretch... and I slept through the alarm.  :-(

> Keep the posts coming, Eb!  The only way I could be greener is for 
> you to tell me next that you're going on a month-long tour of the 
> wondrous architecture of Italy. (Can you tell what my dream 
vacation 
> would be?)

LOL!  I want to visit the south of Europe someday, but unfortunately 
I can't get further away than Scotland or France this time around and 
still get all my work done.  The tutors are not *letting* us enjoy 
this visit fully as a vacation--I have three papers due tomorrow.  :-
(  But on a brighter note, I was using this visit to determine 
whether or not I wanted to apply for a Fulbright Teacher Exchange 
position year after next (once my first master's is finished).  I am 
pretty sure I will try for it now.

Thanks for reading!

--Ebony