Anna Seward in York Minster and Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield - between late August, 1793 and early September, 1793
from Letter from Anna Seward to Mrs T––––, 10 September 1793, pages 311–312:
On my return home I passed through York, and heard choral service in the noblest cathedral in the world; at least in my estimation, who prefer, in religious edifices, the Gothic to the Grecian style of architecture. The curious luxuriance of the chiseled ornaments in the noble choir, and in those magnificent aisles; their fair proportion; their majestic amplitude; the chastised, the glooming, the awful light, shed through their “storied windows,” afforded the utmost gratification to my eye, and almost annihilated, on my imagination, the spruce elegance of our … more >>
Anna Seward, Letter from Anna Seward to Mrs T––––, 10 September 1793. In Archibald Constable (ed.), Letters of Anna Seward: Written Between the Years 1784 and 1807, volume 3 (Edinburgh, 1811), p. 311–312. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1535710504352 accessed: 3 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersThe Dedication of the Temple | performed by John Saville, The choir and organist of Lichfield Cathedral |
Choral and organ music | performed by The choir and organist of York Minster |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between late August, 1793 and early September, 1793 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |