St. George's Bloomsbury, and this time the concert was at 7.00 p.m., instead of the usual 4.00 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon. It was advertised in the local paper as being at 4.00 p.m., and it was only curiosity to learn more about the choir before I went that lead me to find out about the different time.
There was a girl out on the pavement handing out flyers when I arrived, just a few minutes before the start time, and when I went into the church I could see why - there was hardly anyone there. Quite different to the situation at many of their afternoon concerts, where there is hardly a free seat by the time the concert starts.
But the small size of the audience did not reflect the standard of the choir. Under their conductor Thaddeus Price, they performed a wide range of gospel music in thier own style - some ot it sounded almost classical, others almost Russian. Most of the members of the choir were young and bubbling over with enthusiasm; they were doing just this one concert on their way back from France to America.
The programme was fairly short, with no interval, but was well worth the journey; the singers were so obviously enjoying themselves and were not put off by the numbers in the pews (or should I say benches - St. George's doesn't have pews any more)
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