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Date: 06 January 2007 21:33:17
A very long set of notices in the morning made me feel the service was never actually going to start. The Coventry Carol (arr Shaw), although beautiful, always strikes me as rather gloomy and ponderous. However, this was offset by a cheery Sortie in Eb by Lefebure-Wely on the way out.
Taking our cassocks and music on tour, we trotted off to the little nearby country parish for Evensong, where we always get an enthusiastic welcome and heaps of food (this time, mulled wine and - more - homemade mince pies. I think this Christmas beats all previous records for the most mince pies consumed.) Not having had chance to practise the music beforehand was a concern, but the psalm, canticles and anthem (Infant Holy, arr. Willcocks) were already well-known to the lower parts and to the three sopranos who turned up. The other sopranos obviously had a better offer of entertainment on New Year's Eve - either that, or they couldn't face the thought of any more mince pies.