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The Cathedral Singers: Christ Church

Christ Church Cathedral is very lucky. Not only does it have an internationally renowned professional choir, it also has the Cathedral Singers. The Singers are a thriving local group who, since 1978, have sung the cathedral services when the main choir is on holiday, or away on tour. They eagerly grab opportunities to give concerts, too, the latest of them an all-baroque event featuring music by Vivaldi, Zelenka, and Handel.

Vivaldi’s Gloria RV 588 begins with a very catchy tune tossed about by oboes and trumpets. This doesn’t lead into an explosive choral entry, for this isn’t the Vivaldi Gloria RV 589 we all know and love, but its less famous brother. Here, soloists enter first, and that revealed a problem. Christ Church Cathedral has many virtues, but acting as a concert hall for a large audience isn’t one of them. The Singers, having no doubt tried many positions over the years to get the best sound for the most people, placed themselves, and their unnamed accompanying orchestra, in the central crossing, facing north. This meant that the soloists were invisible and largely inaudible from my position in the nave. Nonetheless director John Padley gave us nave-ists plenty of insights into a work that is perhaps less dramatic overall than its famous counterpart, but is still vintage Vivaldi — the lullaby-like Et in terra pax and Qui sedes were particularly memorable, as was the gutsy choral singing in Cum Sancto Spiritu.

Source: Oxford Times

Vintage 1917 Frank Holton & Co. Trumpet Navel Band Aux - TrumpetMaster

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For Sale – Vintage Yamaha Ytr-761 D/eb Trumpet - Vintage Trumpets ...

THIS TRUMPET IS ONE OF MY BABIES AND IS IN EXCELLENT PLAYING CONDITION. THERE ARE NO MAJOR SCRATCHES, DINGS, NOR FINISH WEAR, JUST A VERY GOOD, SOLID, WELL MAINTAINED (though it COULD use a good polishing as seen in the pictures – that’s what happens when it’s out on your desk all the time, available to play daily!) USED HORN. IT DOES NOT COME WITH A CASE OR MOUTHPIECE.

This is a superb example of one of Yamaha’s finer high range trumpets. The Yamaha Corporation has been known for making superior quality instruments for many decades. Among the most popular line of products they carry are their highly competitive trumpets. Trumpet players the world over had fallen in love with the superior response, and clarity of sound that these Yamaha trumpets produce.

It plays exceptionally well. The clarity to the front end articulation is extremely crisp, and clean. This does comes with 2 different tuning slides (it is not a model with the first and third D tuning slides, and I never saw a need for them when I used it, but you can obtain them from Yanaha if you think it’s necessary) to change how the horn is pitched between D and Eb, and has a 4.75″ Yellow Brass Bell. It has a bore size is .445 inches which allows the experienced player to produce that beautiful, full, and round tone perfect for the kinds of music you’d need a D/Eb trumpet for.

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