[Magdalen] Hereford Musings.

[Sally Davies]

My hubby's birth mother lives near Hereford and I have a lovely memory of
wandering around the Cathedral with her. My older son Donal was 18 months
at the time, and carried in a backpack by Keith...he's a quiet boy now and
very shy but not then. It didn't take him long to discover the beautiful
acoustic - calling out loudly and musically as his voice rang
thrillingly around the rafters. Luckily no one was trying to have a service
at the time!

I love that part of England.

Sally D

On Sunday, 25 January 2015, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> There is a full page ad in the American Organist this month promoting
> the Three Choirs Festival (Hereford, Gloucester, and Worchester) this
> summer.  There are a number of these three choir festivals.  The  one I
> have attended several times is the Winchester, Salisbury, and  Chichester
> festival.
>
> In any case there is a wonderful sweeping view of the interior of  Hereford
> (as in "Hartford, Hereford, and Hampshire hardly ever have  hurricanes")
> Cathedral from a camera mounted high in the vaults of the  sanctuary.  It
> shows the Cathedral arranged for the concerts with all the  nave chairs
> turned around to the west end where there are bleachers extending up  to
> the west window to accommodate the large choir.
>
> My one trip to Hereford was before I gave up the booze, and I recall
> driving
> through the Malvern Hills from Worchester to Hereford, with a stop at  the
> Great Malvern Priory.  At that impressive church, I got into a  little tiff
> with
> a clergyman at the west entrance.  I baited him, asking him where  the
> Blessed Sacrament was kept on reserve in the Priory, suspecting full  well
> that this was a church in the Evangelical camp.
>
> In any case, I remember little about Hereford Cathedral, except for  the
> lovely Early English Lady Chapel with an unusual triptych altarpiece.
> That's shame, because it looks like a splendid building.  But then,
> alcohol
> does pickle the brain, and it was my loss.
>
> I wish I could do the Three Choirs Festival.  It looks  wonderful.
>
>
>
> David S.
>