Today the choir at St Margaret’s, Oxford (of which I am a member) sang O Sacrum Convivium by Messiaen at the Eucharist service today. This is a very hard bit of music to sing! But, I think that we just about managed it. One of the hymns we sung today was about St Simon and St Jude, as it is their festival today. A chance to sing this song only comes round once every 6 years, when the festival falls on a Sunday. The hymn was 195 (NEH) Lord of all the saints, we praise thee.
The choir practices for 45 mins on a Friday, and about 20 mins before the service on Sundays. On Friday we are starting to practice the music for the Christmas carol service, which is on the 2nd of December!
