A delightful concert in the evening at St. Pancras Church, which is just across Euston Road from the station. They have a lot of concerts there, including a lot of classical.
This one was part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, and the concert was preceded at 7 o'clock by a talk by Gavin Bryars on his life and music. Absolutely fascinating
The concert itself was quite varied, with the Gavin Bryars Ensemble, Addison Chamber Choir and the the Vigala Singers all playing a part.
Highlights of the evening included the world premiere of "Psalm 126" and the London premiere of "A Time and a Place" and "Jesus Blood Never failed Me Yet" - the latter was a a strangely moving piece, based on the words of a tramp Gavin Bryars had met.
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