Another Choir of the Sound performance. This time Verdi's Requiem. In St. Marks Cathedral. They brought in four professionals for the soloists, supported by a full orchestra but the parts I liked the most were the full chorus singing. It was glorious.
I'm still slightly bemused by the Cathedral. I haven't been to any modern Cathedrals in the UK so I didn't really know what to expect. It was built in the 30s on one of the highest points of the city and served as an outpost in WWII. It is basically a large cube. The ceiling is wooden and several stories high, then there are just four massive 6ft wide columns standing a little in from each corner of the room. The windows were massive and when we arrived it was full light, so we could appreciate the light they let in. No stained glass. The building was a bit sparse really, I suspect that there are usually banners which had been removed for acoustic purposes, and the echo was lovely. It did have a lovely organ (which we didn't hear but there are pipes all around the building) and also a cool glass installation, with coloured glass arranged to be perpendicular to the window in a large star or sun shape. All in all it lacked the cosy but vast feel of European Cathedrals with the arches and aisles, stained glass and high ceilings.
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| The top of on of the massive columns in St.Marks Cathedral. |
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| A fuzzy image of the pretty organ |
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| The stained glass window |
But the choral singing - that was glorious.
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