Popular Anthem

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Date: 06 December 2004 08:42:32

On Friday we froze in the town square, singing carols at the Dickensian Evening. Well, those of us who were hardy enough to turn up did, anyway. Then home for a whisky and electric blankets to warm ourselves up.

At the family Eucharist on Sunday and again at Evensong, we sang 'How beautiful upon the mountains' by Stanford. Several people commented on what a lovely anthem it was, including some who said, 'is it new?' It made me wonder what the anthem normally sounded like when we sang it, to render it so unrecognisable!