Visited St. Marylebone (mar y le bone) church today. Unfortunately, I've been lazy & this is my first service since I've been here. The church is across the street from the Royal Academy of Music & some of the choir are students there. Gorgeous music including Dvorak's Mass in D and Cantique de Jean Racine by Faure. The choir is professional and, although it has only 10 members, it sounds quite full. The service lasted from 11 to after 1:00; it was a special service since the rector was retiring. The rector's wife writes music & quite a lot of her music was sung, including music to "How Do I Love Thee" and "Grow Old Along With Me" by the Brownings who were married in this church. Charles Wesley is buried on the church grounds & the church has connections to many other famous people including Charles Dickens, Lord Byron & Lord Nelson. Here's a link for more information: http://www.stmarylebone.org.uk/history01.htm (7/12/09)
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