I had wanted to get back to Truro in time for
Evensing at 4:00pm but on seeing the number of people at St
Michael's Mount and the line waiting to get in, I had thought
that we hadn't much hope of achieving this. To my delight, after
we left the Castle, I realised that we might be able to manage
it. Accordingly, we hot-footed our way back down the causeway,
across the sand and back to the car. Despite a wrong turn, we
managed to arrive at the Cathedral just as the bells stopped and
we entered at 3:57pm. Again the cathedral was full but we
managed to find a spot. The music included the Preces and
Responses by Bernard Rose, the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis
from "The St Paul’s Service" by Herbert Howells, Stanford's
setting of Psalm 150, and the anthem "Lo, the full, final
sacrifice" by Gerald Finzi. The choir was even larger than this
morning because many former choristers had come to sing for the
last service with the current Director of Music, Christopher
Gray, before he moves to St John's College in Cambridge. The
Organ Voluntary was "Fête" by Langlais. Once again, the
service was recorded and, for the time being at least, can be
found
here.
(We have been advised that both recordings
mentioned on this page will only be on Youtube for about a
week so don't miss out!!)Following the Service, I
managed to get some photos of the cathedral but it was getting
dark. As we are visiting it again tomorrow morning (for a
"proper" look around), I will provide photos in tomorrow's
journal entry.
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