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Date: 27 June 2010 20:57:51
Back to the Festive Eucharist (Rawsthorne) for a few weeks; fortunately it quickly became familiar again. More unfamiliar was the anthem 'All things bright and beautiful' (Rutter) which is surprisingly difficult to sing, especially for a traditional church choir. This week, we sang it mostly in unison with harmony only at the end of each verse. Perhaps we will know it well enough by next time to sing it all in the harmony version. A very enjoyable visit to another Devon church (Crediton) allowed us to hear a different choir - larger than ours and very well regarded. We were very envious that they were able to sing Walton's 'Set me as a seal' a capella, as well as the accompanied anthem 'Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace' (Sumsion). After a very hot day and an appalling World Cup defeat for England, it was a relief to enjoy the peace of evensong. A peace only shattered by our inability to hear the starting notes for our anthem, 'Teach me O Lord' (Attwood). The basses consequently had to struggle down in their boots and sounded just like bearded Russian Orthodox.