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Date: 21 May 2006 15:47:52
Saturday's concert was quite terrific - Carlo Curley isn't exactly the quietest organist on the planet. He greeted us all with a loud 'helloooo' and a giant scribbled autograph all over our concert programme, then continued to entertain us with riveting organ playing (shown on a giant screen) interspersed with highly amusing commentary. It's a long time since I've seen 300+ people leaving church with such a buzz.
This morning, even our normally bouncy relief priest seemed strangely subdued by comparison. And the church was only half-full compared with last night. We sang, 'A new commandment' by Shepherd - first time through as a quartet, followed by full choir. Our own organist played the Widor Toccata as we processed out - we decided he was trying to beat the speed with which Carlo played it last night. On balance, I think Carlo won.