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These are a few of my favourite things... Catherine Duncan Departmental administrator Catherine Duncan tells us about 13 pieces of music, that, while not necessarily her favourite pieces, bring back strong memories... Songs of Leonard Cohen: First album I ever had - it was already old then, but got me into writing poetry, and he's still on the go with ‘Hallelujah’! The Best Years of our Lives - Steve Harley: Given to me for my birthday by the whole school when (you can laugh) I was Head Girl - they each donated 5p towards the cost (under duress of course!) He used to wear red braces and a bowler hat - well, at the time it seemed cool! St Nicholas - Britten: First piece of choral music I sang with BOYS (sound of tenors: wot a revelation!) Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin & Layla - Eric Clapton: Always the last tracks played at skool dances - coz soooo long… (I went to a convent boarding school - need I say more?!) Magic Flute - Mozart: First opera I heard, after being captivated by singing excerpts at skool. (Fancied Tamino a lot, but Papageno is more fun) Never mind the B******s here's the Sex Pistols: It was banned when it first came out, but I was at university teaching in France and bought it there. Taught the songs to my pupils (radical - yay!) It marked a huge change in what I listened to, but my dad threatened to snap the LP when he found it, so it had to be hidden when at home! Stop your Sobbing - The Pretenders: Coz I met Chrissie Hinde in the loo at a concert (I really wanted to BE her) and she admired the Smartie packet I wore as a pendant (going through my punky phase!) Paco Ibañez - Por una cancion: My specialist subject at uni was Spanish surrealist poetry, and Paco Ibanez set some of the Lorca poems to music - used to get me in a surreal mood! St Matthew Passion - JS Bach: Most moving piece I've sung in - still grabs my guts... Ruhe sanfte, sanfte ruhe... Sob... Cemetery Gates - The Smiths: Introduced to me by a gorgeous bloke (sigh), but also coz I love cemeteries. I really recommend a walk round York Cemetery before the next ‘Things that go Gong in the Night’ concert! Monteverdi Vespers: I'm singing it now and while lovely, it's really hard, even though I play it in the office all day! Go Silent Friend: This is a new hymn sung to the tune of the Londonderry Air, and specially written for funerals - if you ever look it is hard to find hymns with suitable words ... My mother died last year and we sang this—cried a lot, but it was still good. Words on application...