I went to Southwell Minster at the weekend with the Open University Chapel Choir, having been recruited when the conductor saw on my web page that I wanted to sing at Southwell. I can see why I haven’t been there before, as they don’t get many visiting choirs. We sang several Tudor pieces, also a canticle setting by the conductor, and an anthem which managed to go all six pages without changing key. I think I can only go so long without a key change, unless it’s early music, or not in a key to start with!
We also sang a service at Upton church nearby, from the tower of which it is claimed you can see two cathedrals (Southwell and Lincoln) on a clear day.
I’ve just written to Birmingham Cathedral and St. Mary Redcliffe to see if they will have one of my other choirs (the Cathedral Chamber Choir) for a weekend in 2004. It’s the second shot at writing to Birmingham as I never had a reply to my letter of a few months ago. [I did get a reply in the end.]