Low Sunday
The Second Sunday in Easter (the first is Easter Sunday) is traditionally called ‘Low Sunday’, possibly to contrast it with the ‘high’ festival of the previous Sunday. At Hampstead Parish Church it is also traditionally a Sunday when the choir, who have worked so hard over Holy Week and Easter Sunday, have a break. However this Low Sunday the congregation had a treat of the combined Junior and Community Choirs. The setting was the contemplative Rawsthorne “Festive Eucharist”. They also sang an anthem, the beautiful “A Clare Benediction” by John Rutter.
They might not have had a conductor, when Aidan tested positive for Covid, but fortunately Edward Walters was able to step in, for which we were very grateful (the photo below is the choirs in rehearsal)
