tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post9175668871558288657..comments2024-02-08T17:05:51.909+00:00Comments on Solomon, I Have Surpassed Thee: Choristers' FarewellMark Langhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-13650934435580017442007-07-27T17:25:00.000+00:002007-07-27T17:25:00.000+00:00I happened to be visiting Westminster Cathedral fr...I happened to be visiting Westminster Cathedral from America at the what appeared to be those choirsters' last vespers. The offering of Barber's Agnus Dei in particular was so beautiful and moving and crashingly devastating all at once. It was quite a revelation. Truly, those boys and men were and are a special group of people. I can only hope that a choir like yours will someday be replicated here in the United States.Disgusted in DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099497236740569956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-28182580163096006732007-07-15T16:45:00.000+00:002007-07-15T16:45:00.000+00:00All cathedrals that run choir schools have found i...All cathedrals that run choir schools have found it difficult to recruit in recent years. Our new initiative, 'Chorister for a Day', inviting parents and children to come and experience life at the choir school, has been hugely successful in the two years it has run, and has helped enormously with recruitment. But you are right, ivo, we cannot let up at all!Mark Langhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040760021187483441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-12358100288957670272007-07-15T13:47:00.000+00:002007-07-15T13:47:00.000+00:00interesting post..now i have 2 sons!the boys look ...interesting post..now i have 2 sons!<BR/><BR/>the boys look healthy & happy & their Priest too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115875609078917723.post-58910770154791114352007-07-15T09:46:00.000+00:002007-07-15T09:46:00.000+00:00"The choristers are the foundation stones of this ..."The choristers are the foundation stones of this Cathedral".<BR/><BR/>My best wishes to these five boys. <BR/><BR/>I understand that in recent years finding good candidates had become increasingly difficult. Has the situation now improved? Is there enough intake of new choristers to keep the building upright?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com