Yesterday Evensong, St Andrew’s, Tain resounded to the joyful thanksgiving for the reconstructed Belfry Tower in a service of Choral Evensong. A splendid choir assembled and led by Jamie Campbell aquitted themselves with great distinction, a superb organist in Gordon Tocher threatened to bring the tower back down again as he showed us what the Harrison and Harrison organ is capable of. Then of course there was the packed congregation who joined in the hymns with great gusto.

A huge thanks also to Myra and Carol who ensured that the choir, who rehearsed all afternoon, were fed and watered and then went on to repeat the exercise for the congregation after the service.

The readings were: Ezra 1:2-7, 2:68-70, 3:7-11: Psalm 84: John 2:13-22

The music was:
Henry Balfour Gardiner’s Evening Hymn
Anton Bruckner’s Locus Iste
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange’s Kings College Service
Setting – S Wallace in G
Voluntary – Sigfried Karg-Elert’s Chorale-Improvisation on “Nun Danket Alle Gott”