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Date: 05 April 2009 11:41:37
We were going to sing Byrd's 'Ave Verum Corpus' as quartet-full-quartet-full; however only three of the four singers were able to turn up, so we reverted to full throughout. After a scare in the Gospel Acclamation where the remembered off-by-heart tune wasn't quite remembered as well as we'd thought, we concentrated extra well for the Anthem, which we were told afterwards 'sounded beautiful'. We like a nice bit o'Byrd on occasion. After an afternoon rehearsal, and a delicious tea, we joined several churches in the area to sing 'The Way of the Cross' (an RSCM service) at a village church a few miles away. The choir and the congregation packed the church out. It was hard work learning unfamiliar music in an afternoon. The service came together well, although the more difficult parts of the music could have done with more work. We were reminded how difficult it is for a large choir to keep in time with each other.