Chapel Choir travel to Peterborough Cathedral

Posted: 10/03/2015

Bromsgrove's 53 strong Chapel Choir had their own very important fixture on Saturday, singing Choral Evensong at Peterborough Cathedral.

After a long procession from the West end, our choristers kicked off with the introit 'Purest and Highest' by Charles Stanford. On an important day for rugby fans, the irony of our Chapel Choir singing in Oundle School's 'home' cathedral was not lost.

The singers performed beautifully, to a large congregation made up of locals, 38 Bromsgrove parents and the President of the School, Dr Anthony.

Mr Knight excelled at the organ once again, and our Choir raised their game: literally, as the organ was nearly a quarter tone sharp.

The evening canticles, ‘Magnificat’ and ‘Nunc Dimittis’, to the setting by Walmisley, were pillars of strength. The anthem, Fauré's 'Cantique de Jean Racine', was of the highest calibre, sensitive, emotive, empassioned. A momentous day for all involved and another great honour to sing at one of our finest Gothic cathedrals with its magnificent West End façade and the tomb of Catherine of Aragon.