London church crawl
We visited 5 churches today. This manuscript is housed in a glass case in St. Clement Dane. Thomas Smart wrote the chant, written with treble and figured bass, and it’s suggested that Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) probably sang this music since he was a regular worshipper here at that time. We continued on to the Temple Church (recommended by a blog reader from Pennsylvania) which is a popular concert venue set up in collegiate style. Where will the performers of next month’s Monteverdi Vespers set up? We sort of happened upon St. Andrew’s by the Wardrobe after a pub lunch on… Read More »London church crawl