Britten's Ceremony of Carols

[PaulyT]

... performed my my church choir (including the wife and me) yesterday. I didn't know this work before, but I really grew to love it over the course of our rehearsing and performing it.

 

[Deleted member 133]

Nice performance but a shame that there does not seem to be that many people in the audience to hear it - or was everyone too shy to sit in the first six rows of pews that the camera showed?

Did you do multiple performances or was it just this one?

Jeff

 

[PaulyT]

Just the one. And yeah, our church was one of those big city churches that held 800+ people in its heyday in the 50's, but now has dwindled with urban flight. We're hanging on, but it's not easy in this day and age, and with a big building to support. But we have a long tradition, and the architect of the main sanctuary was the same fellow (John Russell Pope) who did the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC, and other local landmarks.

 

[PaulyT]

You can see it...

Jefferson memorial:

National archives:

Our church:

 

[Deleted member 133]

Thanks Paul.

I like his work!

Jeff