Prayers and protests
Sunday afternoon I chased down musical services on the Underground (yes, mom) just before a transit strike came into effect. As I popped up above ground in Westminster, Democracy Village (shown at left) paved the way to the Abbey. (One passerby said these folks have been camped out in tents since the war in Afghanistan began – is that 9 years? ) Music at the Abbey was stellar of course, 22 boys and a dozen men. The organ scholar played a transcription of Stravinsky’s “The Firebird” after Evensong. Was this suitably sacred music? (one of my organ students would argue… Read More »Prayers and protests