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Date: 03 July 2006 08:12:31
It was too hot yesterday to sing well.
However, I did enjoy both anthems, very different in style: the a capella 'Jesu, the very thought of thee' (Vittoria) in the morning and 'Spirit of the Lord' (Harper) for choir and organ in the evening. For unaccompanied items we sing at the back of church, facing towards the altar, standing together with a conductor. For accompanied items we stand in the choir stalls, sopranos in the front, altos in the back, with tenors on one side and basses on the other. Despite the lack of conductor (who was busily occupied playing the organ) we managed to stay reasonably together in the Harper and the throwing back and fore of the sound between the two sides of the choir came across to good effect. We could have done with some air-conditioning though - who plugged the long-time hole in the stained-glass window?