Choir wars

[chrisjstanley]

Anyone know more about the saga just down the road from me?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9636415/An-unholy-row-singers-sacked-from-top-school-choir-due-to-envy-over-Hollywood-success.html

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Chris S

[Wolsey]

The heading to this thread needs to be changed as the article refers to a choir of the London Oratory *School*, not the Church in Brompton nor its musicians. The facts, as I understand them, bear little relation to what is reported in the Daily Telegraph (the article contains at least four other factual inaccuracies), and therefore comment on a public forum seems inappropriate.

[DracoM]

Could you not set right some of the inaccuracies?

Must say, despite reading the article twice I am still a bit puzzled by the structure: are there two 'school's' choirs, or is there a one choir at the school which gets the glitzy international work, and a second choir which does the bread and butter services at Brompton Oratory and they are the ones who are disgruntled?

[pole_2_pole]

The 'Schola' sings for Mass on a Saturday; it is made up of boys and professional men.

The 'Oratory Choir' is the senior choir and sings two services on a Sunday; it is made up solely of professional singers, both female and male.

This 'Holywood dispute' in the Telegraph is all a load of fiction and would look better off in a Red Top, not a broadsheet. It shouldn't be discussed on an internet forum.

[DracoM]

Well, sorry.........but [ ahem] I wasn't the one to bring it up!

[MrGongGong]

Church music is endlessly fascinating being such a closed and relatively small world

I'm wondering what "should" be discussed ?

[Serial_Apologist]

Church music is endlessly fascinating being such a closed and relatively small world

I'm wondering what "should" be discussed ?

DING DONG!

Down on your knees, boy!

[DracoM]

The heading to this thread needs to be changed as the article refers to a choir of the London Oratory *School*, not the Church in Brompton nor its musicians. The facts, as I understand them, bear little relation to what is reported in the Daily Telegraph (the article contains at least four other factual inaccuracies), and therefore comment on a public forum seems inappropriate.

OK, so what would you amend it to?

[french frank]

OK, so what would you amend it to?

I've temporarily amended the title since Brompton Oratory and the London Oratory aren't the same thing (I don't think). When the title gets crawled by the search engines that will put them off the scent!

I await further thoughts.

[paul duggan2]

I've temporarily amended the title since Brompton Oratory and the London Oratory aren't the same thing (I don't think). When the title gets crawled by the search engines that will put them off the scent!

I await further thoughts.

I think the London Oratory is the correct way of describing the Brompton Oratory. In any case, both refer to the same church. The London Oratory School has a choir (the Schola/boys and men) that sings in the Oratory for the evening Mass on Saturdays.

[french frank]

I think the London Oratory is the correct way of describing the Brompton Oratory. In any case, both refer to the same church. The London Oratory School has a choir (the Schola/boys and men) that sings in the Oratory for the evening Mass on Saturdays.

Thanks. I think I'd better just change it to Choir Wars. That will enable members to discuss the issue (and others to read) if they wish, but I don't see that any purpose is served by drawing it to the attention of the entire world, especially if the story is filled with inaccuracies.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Church music is endlessly fascinating being such a closed and relatively small world
?

It's only closed to those who choose not to take any interest in it.
The same could be said of contemporary music.

[MrGongGong]

For all the years i've been going to HCMF there's not been anything like the stuff one seems to get in church music
church music seems to be constantly engaged in a state of intrigue and arcane plotting

marvellous stuff much better than Poirot

[amateur51]

For all the years i've been going to HCMF there's not been anything like the stuff one seems to get in church music
church music seems to be constantly engaged in a state of intrigue and arcane plotting

marvellous stuff much better than Poirot

Or Trollope even





No, not Joanna