St. Thomas Boys Choir Sing Britten and Rutter for the Holidays
Among all the musical traditions New York has to offer at this time of year, none is greater than the annual holiday concert by the boys of St. Thomas Choir at St. Thomas Church. As he has each year for the past nine years, John Scott led his peerless group in Britten's Ceremony of Carols and John Rutter's Dancing Day, both based on medieval English carols. With Anna Reinersman accompanying on harp, the boys' voices soared in the high stone nave, clear all the way back to where I sat up in the organ loft. With all the bright lights and clamor immediately outside on Fifth Avenue, this precious hour of quiet, angelic music never felt more necessary.
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