REIMS CATHEDRAL AND A RECITAL. [To THE EDITOR OF THE
" SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—As a supporter of the British Empire Fund for the restoration of Reims Cathedral I should like to be allowed to tell your readers about a recital which is to take place in Westminster Abbey on Tuesday, January 17th, at 6 p.m. That the Abbey, which has already given two offertories to Reims Cathedral, should be making a further effort to help its sister Church in France at this time of political tension must appeal to the imagination of all lovers of both countries. Admission to the Abbey will be free, but there will be a collection in aid of the Fund. The office of the Fund, by the way, is at 8 Lower Regent Street, W. The following is the programme of the recital :- I. Fantasie and Fugue in G minor Bach II. (a) Voluntary in A minor Gibbons (b) Toccata in A major Purcell III. Improvisation
IV. Chant No. III: in A minor Franck
V. (a) Carillon Bourdon (b) Pastorale Vierne (c) Scherzo (Symphony IV.) Wider
VI. Prelude and Fugue in B major Marcel Dupre
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