A choir of over 40 choristers sang Choral Evensong this evening. The choristers came from St Thomas' Choir and a visiting choir from All Saint's, West Dulwich. This is the fourth time that the two choirs have joined together and the third time they have sung together at St Thomas'. The connection is the music directors who are brothers. Martin has been organist and choir master for 10 years at St. Thomas' and Timothy has been director of music at West Dulwich for nearly 20 years.
A good sized congregation listened to Balfour Gardiner's Evening Hymn, Noble in B minor, the Smith responses and Vaughan William's setting of the old 100th. The service was led by Billy Howard (Lay reader at St. Thomas) and David Stevenson, Vicar of West Dulwich assisted. During the sermon Billy gave us a clearer understanding of the set readings and connected them with the two choirs.

The choir was given a beautiful tea, thanks to Elizabeth Thorn and the social commitee, in between practice and service. The two choirs are making good friendships and hope to repeat the exercise very soon at West Dulwich.

On Sunday September 7th we will be welcoming the return of the choir of All Saints, West Dulwich to participate in Choral Evensong. This is their third visit to us and both choirs are becoming firm friends - St. Thomas' choir visited them last year.

The All Saint's Choir is conducted by their director of music Timothy Penrose, brother of Martin.

Music will be announce nearer the time - so watch this space or keep an eye out for information on the weekly news sheet.