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Last night parishioner Robert Bentley '38presented two petitions to the CambridgeHistorical Commission, asking the body todesignate the choir school and the rectory acrossthe street "historical landmarks." As such, theirdestruction would be illegal. The petitionsrequire the Historical Commission to hold hearingson the subject at its March meeting...
...feted along with Singer Ray Charles, 56, Actors Hume Cronyn, 75, and Jessica Tandy, 77, Violinist Yehudi Menuhin, 70, and Choreographer Antony Tudor, 78. A galvanizing high point of the gala (which will be shown on cbs next week) came with the singing of America, the Beautiful by the choir of Charles' alma mater, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, joined by Stevie Wonder. Charles was "tremendously touched" by the moment and thrilled by the whole event. "Never, ever, in my career have I gone someplace where people purposely, directly entertained me," he said with some...
...choir has been building all month toward an evensong for All Saints. On the big afternoon, they assemble for a final rehearsal. Nothing goes right. The choir's attempt at a Nunc Dimittis produces dissonance and glances of distress. Some heretic in the alto section sings "Holy Spirit" when everybody else is singing "Holy Ghost." Twice Barber loses his place...
Then the evensong begins, with the choir in blue robes and white cottas. They sing intensely about a voice from heaven, and as they intone the words "Blessed are the dead, blessed are the dead . . ." bass, tenor, alto and soprano seem to wheel around one another, in an eerie polyphony that rolls across the congregation...
...members of the choir falter momentarily at the start of the Nunc Dimittis. But then, suddenly, everyone is there. You can hear the blend, unmistakably. They sing through the rest of the service as one choir, from the foundation of Buswell's subdued bass on up to the surging descants of the soprano line. The 22-note "Amen" dances down like the leaves in the streets outside. For a few moments, it is possible to feel ordinary people lift themselves up into the communion of saints and the cloud of witnesses...