All things music April 16, 2012 New files recently added   New files added 1 - 15 April 2012 Anthems and motets: Rihards Dubra: Pater noster Charles Gounod/J.S. Bach: Ave Maria Grayston Ives: Ride on Pietro Mascagni: O rejoice that the Lord has arisen (Easter hymn from Cavalleria rusticana) Knut Nysted: Immortal Bach Einojuhani Rautavaara: Ehtoohymni (Evening hymn) Noel Rawshthorne: Alleluia Jan Sandström: Det är en ros utsprungen (Es ist ein Ros entsprungen) Richard Shephard: Never weather beaten sail R.S. Thatcher: Come, ye faithful Ralph Vaughan Williams: Easter (from Five mystical songs) Tomás Luis de Victoria: Quam pulchri sunt Partsongs: William Byrd: Retire my soul William Byrd: Ye sacred muses John Dowland: Come heavy sleep John Dowland: Dear, if you change John Dowland: Go, crystal tears John Dowland: Now cease my wand’ring eyes Orlando Gibbons: The silver swan Robert Jones: Farewell, dear love Thomas Morley: Now is the gentle season Thoms Morley: Since my tears and lamenting Thomas Tallis: When shall my sorrowful sighing slake John Wilbye: Sweet honey-sucking bees Add new comment All fields are required. Name:* Email Address:* Comments* Please enter the phrase as it is shown in the box above.    No Comments April 9, 2012 Choral Evensong I've just finished catching up with yesterday’s Festal Evensong from Gloucester Cathedral. This nicely gets me in the mood for Leicester Church Music Consort ’s coming visit to Ely Cathedral, where we are singing the services this coming weekend. Check their website to see what we will be singing. JohnF Add new comment All fields are required. Name:* Email Address:* Comments* Please enter the phrase as it is shown in the box above.    No Comments April 8, 2012 Leicestershire Musical Events Diary The Events Diary is now fully transferred to this new site. My new host has added the functionality of allowing views by day, by week or by month, and they have even incorporated a search button for societies. For completeness I am still including a year view as on the old site, but you have to go to the sidebar to get diary in that format.   JohnF Add new comment All fields are required. Name:* Email Address:* Comments* Please enter the phrase as it is shown in the box above.    Show/Hide Comments (1) Jeremy Apr-8 10:26pm That is fantastic news - I was wondering about the events diary. April 8, 2012 Rehearsal files: best approach For the time being it is best to use the links on my old website for finding rehearsal files. Nearly all links on my new site are inoperable at the moment. JohnF Add new comment All fields are required. Name:* Email Address:* Comments* Please enter the phrase as it is shown in the box above.    No Comments April 8, 2012 Current state of my webpages This is my first attempt at a blog, so be gentle. I first started a music-related website in 1999 when I suggest to Mary Whittaker that I would have a go at putting her Leicestershire Anti-Clash Diary onto the internet. Since then I have added rehearsal files to help choir members learn their parts. This has being going splendidly, with lots of kind comments from users. However late last year, Apple Inc, who have hosted my site from the start, declared that they were going to stop offering hosting facilities from 30 June 2012. Despite lots of protests from concerned Apple users, they are sticking to their plan. Christmas and New Year came and went, when I realised that I had to do something about this. All the work in creating the rehearsal files was going to be wasted if I didn't. So I have chosen a new hosting company and tried to work out how I was going to transfer the 40,000 rehearsal files to a new site. As it happens, the transfer of the files was the easy part: what is taking time and care is the setting up of the listings pages and ensuring the individual pieces link up to their correct files. I have worked out a scheme, although the site may look a little disorganised for a few more weeks. I will keep you informed.   JohnF    8 April 2012  Add new comment All fields are required. Name:* Email Address:* Comments* Please enter the phrase as it is shown in the box above.    No Comments Archives April 2012