{"id":1275,"date":"2013-11-17T18:22:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T18:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2013-11-17T18:52:55","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T18:52:55","slug":"in-choir-within-david-newell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2013\/11\/17\/in-choir-within-david-newell\/","title":{"rendered":"In-Choir within: David Newell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meeting some of the singers in the University Chamber Choir. This week, bass David Newell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Bass desires: David Newell<\/p><\/div>\n

How did you get into choral singing ?<\/strong> I got into choral singing when I joined Wakefield Cathedral Choir at the age of six.<\/p>\n

What’s your favourite piece ?<\/strong> My favourite piece is the ‘Agnus Dei’ from Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor<\/em>. I sang the solo from it in Salzburg Cathedral on tour.<\/p>\n

What’s your best and worst memory of singing in a choir ?<\/strong> My best memory of singing in a choir is Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit<\/em> at Midnight Mass (hence the name) with a small chamber orchestra. So Christmassy! My worst memory involves rather too much beer, so I shan’t go into it here…<\/p>\n

What do you find the most inspirational aspect of choral singing ?<\/strong> The most inspiring thing in choral music is the homogeneous sound a choir can make. It is 100% human, no instruments to get in the way, hide behind or blame. When it is right it is the most right anything can be. Sublime.<\/p>\n