a wedding at Redcliffe

I hadn’t sung at St. Mary Redcliffe for a few years, the last time being my first Exultate Singers concert. I was invited back to join the choir for a wedding. I think that since I last sang there the organ has had a rebuild; it certainly sounded good anyway. I had plenty of opportunity to admire the (considerable) architectural splendour of this church, as the bride arrived 40 minutes late (the delay being something to do with her make-up). We performed an anthem by Handel and some hymns, craning over one another’s orders of service for the words as there were only a limited number for the choir (choirs at weddings don’t need the expensive shell, but we do need the insert with the words of the hymns in!). Despite this it was a pleasant change to be a guest singer at another church, and we don’t have very many weddings at ours, though one is promised for next year.