We had some pretty cool music for Evensong today.
Some months ago at a cathedral event, there had been a silent auction to help raise funds for something or other. And one of the lots on offer was the ability to select the music for a service. It's a slightly dangerous offer to make, as anybody could have ended up winning the auction, and they could have chosen a complete load of dross for us to sing.
Luckily the winner was a musician himself, and he ended up picking some rather tasteful, fun, and (as it happens) rather difficult music. He also chose to have it performed on his birthday, which was today.
After Evensong, he even came and spoke to the choir, and said how delighted he was with our performance - and how the music had managed to both move him to tears and to laugh out loud - but in a good way.
Go on, what was it then? x
Posted by: Dan | 28 October 2008 at 13:59