a cornet and a harmonium played in a church over 150 years ago

'why do I keep this voluminous journal?' - kilvert, 3rd november 1874 

this quotation is out of our usual chronological cycle. (we are with kilvert in november 1871 in volume two of his diaries - as collected by plomer).

this quote is from volume three (we have not got there yet), but the question is worth asking. . 

why indeed? why does any of us do this? as kilvert's gravestone in bredwardine remarks,

'he being dead, yet speaketh.' and that's a good trick to pull off if you can manage it. 

3rd november 1871 there is choir practice in the church

'the two vulliamy brothers came from glasbury to conduct the singing. one of them played the harmonium. after the people were gone he played martin luther's hymn and his brother accompanied him on the cornet exquisitely played, and the effect in the church was grand, the long drawn solemn notes of the horn making the noble music of the hymn even more impressive.' 

and thus we can hear a cornet and a harmonium played in a church over 150 years ago. 

horsemouth and his mum have completed their week on abbey rota. further they went up into the orchard and picked some pears and apples (horsemouth chucked out some mouldy marrows to make way for them). 

alula down have a digital album coming out with a lathe cut single coming out 14th november but before that you can get a download of two tracks - the well known folksong high germany and a song that began as an improvisation summer song. it's a good 'un. 

it's the morning. a grey morning. (wow rain all week it looks like). horsemouth will have to work out how to get out for wanders suring the dry spells. he should go and put the milk in the garage while he remembers.