Andrew Woode
@andrewwoode.bsky.social
Linguistic, singer, unicyclist..
Looking forward to singing in this!
Last Chance TODAY to get a 20% early bird discount on our HUGE concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Jan 29th when we perform Elgar's masterpiece, The Kingdom.
With 235 singers from TWO of the UK's finest choirs, this will be POWERFUL
Promo Code 'HERTS' at the start of booking, link in comments
With 235 singers from TWO of the UK's finest choirs, this will be POWERFUL
Promo Code 'HERTS' at the start of booking, link in comments
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Looking forward to singing in this!
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Last Chance TODAY to get a 20% early bird discount on our HUGE concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Jan 29th when we perform Elgar's masterpiece, The Kingdom.
With 235 singers from TWO of the UK's finest choirs, this will be POWERFUL
Promo Code 'HERTS' at the start of booking, link in comments
With 235 singers from TWO of the UK's finest choirs, this will be POWERFUL
Promo Code 'HERTS' at the start of booking, link in comments
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Last Chance TODAY to get a 20% early bird discount on our HUGE concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Jan 29th when we perform Elgar's masterpiece, The Kingdom.
With 235 singers from TWO of the UK's finest choirs, this will be POWERFUL
Promo Code 'HERTS' at the start of booking, link in comments
With 235 singers from TWO of the UK's finest choirs, this will be POWERFUL
Promo Code 'HERTS' at the start of booking, link in comments
Recording session at St Jude’s, Hampstead Garden Suburb with Hertfordshire Chorus; singing Hubert Parry’s 12-part De Profundis (his best work according to Vaughan Williams) and his double-choir God is our Hope and Strength. This will be the first proper recording of these neglected works
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Recording session at St Jude’s, Hampstead Garden Suburb with Hertfordshire Chorus; singing Hubert Parry’s 12-part De Profundis (his best work according to Vaughan Williams) and his double-choir God is our Hope and Strength. This will be the first proper recording of these neglected works
Today on BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics they used Hertfordshire Chorus's recording of the first movement of Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man, on which I sang: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 31:10 including the presenter introduction).
Essential Classics - The very best of classical music - BBC Sounds
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November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Today on BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics they used Hertfordshire Chorus's recording of the first movement of Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man, on which I sang: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 31:10 including the presenter introduction).
#EuropeanDayOfLanguages - most recent minority language reading, Mistral’s _Mirèio_, which I was reading on a recent visit to Avigno(u)n, with excursion also to Les Baux whose landscape plays a role in the poem
September 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#EuropeanDayOfLanguages - most recent minority language reading, Mistral’s _Mirèio_, which I was reading on a recent visit to Avigno(u)n, with excursion also to Les Baux whose landscape plays a role in the poem
Linguistic though; HMP works for both Her and His Majesty’s Prison. But Welsh CEM (as seen on sign for Berwyn last night) surely can only mean the former? So if they don’t update the sign should Welsh-speaking prisoners be released on grounds of grammatical invalidity?
August 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Linguistic though; HMP works for both Her and His Majesty’s Prison. But Welsh CEM (as seen on sign for Berwyn last night) surely can only mean the former? So if they don’t update the sign should Welsh-speaking prisoners be released on grounds of grammatical invalidity?
Yesterday at the Eisteddfod; Eurig Salisbury on poet Huw Morys, Cass Meurig playing crwth, crowning ceremony for winning bard, and musical The Stand about supporters of Wrexham football
August 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Yesterday at the Eisteddfod; Eurig Salisbury on poet Huw Morys, Cass Meurig playing crwth, crowning ceremony for winning bard, and musical The Stand about supporters of Wrexham football
Neithiwr es i dros y ffin i Wrecsam am y Gymanfa Ganu yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol - yn mwynhau canu’r holl harmonïau, gan gynnwys gwaith o gyfansoddwyr lleol fel Caradog Roberts o Rosllannerchrugog/
August 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Neithiwr es i dros y ffin i Wrecsam am y Gymanfa Ganu yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol - yn mwynhau canu’r holl harmonïau, gan gynnwys gwaith o gyfansoddwyr lleol fel Caradog Roberts o Rosllannerchrugog/
Hertfordshire Chorus at Holy Sepulchre, Holborn; Paul Patterson’s Magnificat followed by Judge Smith’s prog rock Requiem Mass, getting its first live performance a mere 50 years after composition (I suspect it will get more outings soon). Both works heavy on brass. A very hot day for performing!
July 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hertfordshire Chorus at Holy Sepulchre, Holborn; Paul Patterson’s Magnificat followed by Judge Smith’s prog rock Requiem Mass, getting its first live performance a mere 50 years after composition (I suspect it will get more outings soon). Both works heavy on brass. A very hot day for performing!
So yesterday I ended a rainy working week by flying nine hours to a warm and sunny country… yes, I was flying back from Mumbai to London after a business trip. Not much opportunity for sightseeing but a few pics:
June 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
So yesterday I ended a rainy working week by flying nine hours to a warm and sunny country… yes, I was flying back from Mumbai to London after a business trip. Not much opportunity for sightseeing but a few pics:
Visit to Dunham Massey National Trust, with the rain holding off and a good tour of house and gardens plus bonus deer. A lot of history (www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cheshi...)
May 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Visit to Dunham Massey National Trust, with the rain holding off and a good tour of house and gardens plus bonus deer. A lot of history (www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cheshi...)
Looking forward to singing in this concert!
We are delighted to announce our next concert at St Albans Cathedral on 31st May. Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius is a powerful and evocative work with soaring vocals and stirring orchestration
Tickets are now available here: www.stalbanscathedral.org/Event/hertfo...
#stalbans #choralmusic #elgar
Tickets are now available here: www.stalbanscathedral.org/Event/hertfo...
#stalbans #choralmusic #elgar
May 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Looking forward to singing in this concert!
Bank Holiday trip to Tring. First to the Natural History Museum, based on the collections of Walter Rothschild, who kept kangaroos locally, drove a zebra-drawn carriage (they had _real_ zebra crossings in those days) and took his pet kiwis to university…
May 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Bank Holiday trip to Tring. First to the Natural History Museum, based on the collections of Walter Rothschild, who kept kangaroos locally, drove a zebra-drawn carriage (they had _real_ zebra crossings in those days) and took his pet kiwis to university…
Something I will be involved in later in the year - we did a rare performance of the work a couple of years ago.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/world-firs...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/world-firs...
First-Ever Recording: Hubert Parry's De Profundis
Help Us Bring Hubert Parry's 'De Profundis' to Life – A Historic First Professional Recording
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April 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Something I will be involved in later in the year - we did a rare performance of the work a couple of years ago.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/world-firs...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/world-firs...
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus i bawb! Happy St David’s Day. A little late, I know, but it was today I got to the service at the Welsh Church of Central London. Enjoyed both listening to Côr Llundain performing and tackling Welsh hymns in harmony myself, a rare event these days in my sixth language..
March 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus i bawb! Happy St David’s Day. A little late, I know, but it was today I got to the service at the Welsh Church of Central London. Enjoyed both listening to Côr Llundain performing and tackling Welsh hymns in harmony myself, a rare event these days in my sixth language..
Off to the Catalyst Museum in Widnes to catch up on local chemical heritage (it’s in the family though not my own speciality). At the site of the old Gossage’s soap factory. Lots about Brunner Mond ať Northwich including places I know well, and mentions of eg the Solvay process…
February 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Off to the Catalyst Museum in Widnes to catch up on local chemical heritage (it’s in the family though not my own speciality). At the site of the old Gossage’s soap factory. Lots about Brunner Mond ať Northwich including places I know well, and mentions of eg the Solvay process…
Enjoyed singing in Hertfordshire Chorus ‘s Bach St John Passion yesterday at St Albans Cathedral- which was looking a bit different this time with the large moon installation.
February 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Enjoyed singing in Hertfordshire Chorus ‘s Bach St John Passion yesterday at St Albans Cathedral- which was looking a bit different this time with the large moon installation.
Panshanger Park walk (between Hertford and Welwyn Garden City), this afternoon…
February 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Panshanger Park walk (between Hertford and Welwyn Garden City), this afternoon…
Off last night to @thechoircefc.bsky.social ‘s concert at Sloane Square with impressive performances of a varied programme; Paul Patterson, Barber, Tavener, Grace-Evangeline Mason, Jacob Collier
February 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Off last night to @thechoircefc.bsky.social ‘s concert at Sloane Square with impressive performances of a varied programme; Paul Patterson, Barber, Tavener, Grace-Evangeline Mason, Jacob Collier
Looking forward to singing Bach St John Passion (in English) with Hertfordshire Chorus in St Albans Cathedral at 7:30 pm on Sat 8 Feb. All welcome!
January 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Looking forward to singing Bach St John Passion (in English) with Hertfordshire Chorus in St Albans Cathedral at 7:30 pm on Sat 8 Feb. All welcome!
BBC Radio 3 this morning turned Rossini’s péchés de vieillesse (sins of old age) into pêches de vieillesse… I want to know how old you need to be to claim your pensioner’s peach allowance
January 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
BBC Radio 3 this morning turned Rossini’s péchés de vieillesse (sins of old age) into pêches de vieillesse… I want to know how old you need to be to claim your pensioner’s peach allowance
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Health, Life, Joy, Peace, Good Cheer, Hope
Υγεία, Ζωή, Χαρά, Ειρήνη, Ευθυμία, Ελπίς
4th-century mosaic from Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum)
At the British Museum
Υγεία, Ζωή, Χαρά, Ειρήνη, Ευθυμία, Ελπίς
4th-century mosaic from Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum)
At the British Museum
December 31, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Health, Life, Joy, Peace, Good Cheer, Hope
Υγεία, Ζωή, Χαρά, Ειρήνη, Ευθυμία, Ελπίς
4th-century mosaic from Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum)
At the British Museum
Υγεία, Ζωή, Χαρά, Ειρήνη, Ευθυμία, Ελπίς
4th-century mosaic from Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum)
At the British Museum
When you have to go back that far for past glories… (Grosvenor Museum in Chester)
December 31, 2024 at 5:25 PM
When you have to go back that far for past glories… (Grosvenor Museum in Chester)
Swans a-swimming deliveries are tomorrow for the 7th day. Sneak peek at one of Truelove Industries’ swan storage areas. Not yet discovered where they keep milkmaids, lords etc
December 30, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Swans a-swimming deliveries are tomorrow for the 7th day. Sneak peek at one of Truelove Industries’ swan storage areas. Not yet discovered where they keep milkmaids, lords etc
Happy Boxing Day/ Gŵyl San Steffan hapus. Went forth on the Feast of Stephen to see Flint Castle and town and a bit of the coast path
December 26, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Happy Boxing Day/ Gŵyl San Steffan hapus. Went forth on the Feast of Stephen to see Flint Castle and town and a bit of the coast path