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The nights are drawing in, and mini santas are already in the shops. For Coffee Housers who do their Christmas planning early, I’d like to extend an invitation: to The Spectator’s annual carol concert on 9 December – my favourite event of the year. Details are here. If you’re into London’s gorgeous Wren churches and Rutter-style choral arrangements then it’s a must. We serve up mulled wine and mince pies afterwards, then adjourn to the pub.
When I first joined The Spectator this was just advertised as an evening of carol singing. ‘You can rely on The Spectator to be in good voice!’ ran the advert. It seemed odd to me: why would anyone want to get in a pew and belt out ‘O Little Child of Bethlehem’ next to journalists, no matter how well they wrote? I hadn’t worked out, then, that St Bride’s church looks like this:
Nor did I twig that the music was sung by perhaps the best church choir in London (in picture, above). Here, for example, is a clip from Choir of St Bride’s arrangement of Little Town of Bethlehem:-
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