The soprano, the bishop and the two organists

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Date: 13 June 2010 19:46:29

A surprise visit from the Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf today - who very conveniently was able to confirm the daughter of one of our sopranos, as he was passing. Fittingly, said soprano sang the solo in 'Be still my soul' (Sibelius). It was also enjoyable to sing the Rawsthorne Mass setting after a long break. Numbers were down at Evensong, but with the vicar's help we were still able to sing 'Give us the wings of faith' (Bullock), not an easy anthem to sing well even by the best of choirs. As usual our bouncy blonde reader enthused about our singing - we haven't managed to put her off yet. Although, like many of the choir, I don't think she was too enamoured of the Mathias organ voluntary (Toccata Giocosa). Sadly, our deputy organist - the one who plays soft, gentle, reassuring music, has felt he has had to give up, due to health problems. We'll have to teach our noisy organist some of his repertoire to keep the variety going, and to keep everyone happy. Not an easy task.