A SPANISH MUSICAL ODYSSEY
By Stuart Mole
PRELUDE
By Stuart Mole
PRELUDE
The journey to Spain for the main party of EPC singers had been long and tiring. Travelling northwards from Madrid across the meseta, the high central plain, on the final leg to Salamanca, the landscape had been steadily enveloped by the gathering darkness. By late evening, as the Exeter Philharmonic touring choir checked into the Abba Fonseca hotel, their first proper glimpse of Spain, and what lay ahead, was revealed through the upstairs corridor window, and the spectacular sight of their first concert venue. On the crown of the nearby hill, in the centre of the old city, lay the floodlit and commanding bulk of Salamanca’s old and new cathedrals.
Members of the choir walked along a stretch of the St James Way (a recognised pilgrimage route from Reading to Southampton) from Upper Wield near Alresford to the historic pilgrimage city of Winchester. Along the way, we sang in ancient churches, finishing our pilgrimage with a recital in the beautiful Norman chapel of St Cross.
MORE ABOUT OUR PAST CHORAL PILGRIMAGES
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