Choral Cathedral
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow
I have added a link (see after the list of Categories) to St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Great Western Road, Glasgow, where we hear the most wonderful music.
The organ-playing, hymns, anthems, Liturgy, etc are all of a high standard, and incorporate a wide range of ‘tastes’, both Ancient and Modern, with a high proportion from Scottish composers such as James MacMillan, and John Bell (in whose company I spent a wonderful evening at Iona Abbey many years ago).
St Mary’s is fortunate to have had a great succession of Organist/Choirmasters, and a history of music-making which is now recognised by the BBC as the Morning Service is quite often broadcast from there. It is also known for its peal of bells.
One extra wonderful thing about St Mary’s congregation is that even when the Choir is on holiday, the singing is still great…….this may be in no small part due to the fact that most of the Angelus Singers attend there!
Glasgow’s musical!
Glasgow has just been awarded the status of City of Music by the United Nations cultural body, UNESCO. One of the interesting facts to come out that there are about 127 musical events each week! Seville and Bologna have been the only two previous cities to be awarded this title.
In the interest of balance, I have to admit that Edinburgh was awarded the first City of Literature in 2004.
So we’re up there with the best of them!
