Revd Ian Gilmour - St Andrew's & St George's

The Choir goes south 10-13 June
Alison Campbell
The “dreaming spires” were braced against wind, rain and cold
when the Choir travelled to Oxford, but the experience was
magical, and a new one to many of us. Singing a Palestrina
mass as part of the morning service in the little church of St
Frideswide was uplifting – one of these times when the music
seems to sing itself and the choir takes on a spirit of its own.
St Frideswide lived up to its traditional Anglican image by
having a door carved by Alice Liddell (the original of Lewis
Carroll‟s Alice), and by giving us sherry and fruit cake after the
service.
Some of us went to hear the Schola Cantorum of Oxford – an
outstanding young ensemble, two of whose members are Thea
Harris and Neil McCleery, of our own choir.
This was a mindblowing concert of 20 th and 21 st century music,
accompanied by a superb pianist, and introduced many of us to
new works including songs by Jonathan Dove and Quentin
Thomas, both of whom were in the audience.
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