[Magdalen] Winchester Transfigured.

[Christopher Hart]

David,

I think that this is the same choir tour that a friend of mine's church
choir is also on. She's the rector of the Church of the  Holy Spirit in
Harleysville, Pennsylvania. BTW, I chatted with Mark Laubach briefly during
General Convention and mentioned that I knew you.

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> If I were younger and stronger, I'd be with the local Saint Stephen's
> Procathedral Choir (augmented by better singers from a couple of  other
> regional parish choirs) is taking this week's choral duties at one of  my
> favorite places, Winchester Cathedral.  The stint includes, as I  recall,
> one weekend/Sunday and also tomorrow's Feast of the Transfiguration.
> There are, of course, the daily choral Offices, including Evensong  every
> evening.
>
> The Choir has been in rehearsal for some time for this trip, and I  suspect
> they essentially have everything memorized.  One of the other  parish
> choirmasters has that duty, and the regional organ whiz-kid, Mark  Laubach
> (the Procathedral O/C), is organist for the week.
>
> I don't know where the choir is staying, but the most convenient,  though
> not the least expensive location, is the venerable Wessex Hotel which  is
> right on the Cathedral Close.  Maybe they're staying with  volunteers.
> In any case, there is nothing quite like having Sunday breakfast in  the
> Wessex restaurant, serenaded by the Cathedral ringers doing a peal.
>
> I used to visit Winchester yearly, taking the train down from London.
> The only difficult part in that was the fact that the trains  essentially
> pause at Winchester for a couple of minutes before taking off for
> Southampton, and one needs to have suitcase in hand in order to get
> off at Winchester.
>
> <<<Winchester  Cathedral
> You're  bringing me down
> You  stood and you watched as
> My  baby left town
>
> You  could have done something
> But  you didn't try
> You  didn't do nothing
> You  let her walk by>>>>>
>
>
> David  Strang.
>
>


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