Worth Abbey
Worth Abbey is a remarkable piece of architecture. I am not a Catholic, more of a born-again atheist, but Worth Abbey represents the realisation of an architectural idea which anybody can understand.
The brickwork, the windows, the sense of space even the colour of the carpet all conspire to give the impression that you are out of doors (I was there for a concert). And of course in the UK an outdoor concert would be fraught with problems with the weather, so Worth Abbey is a good venue. The acoustics are also first class.
And of course the subtext - the church has a hell of a lot of money!
The concert itself was very good, involving the country string and wind orchestras and the boys and girls choirs.
The program was very good but had the unfortunate centerpiece of a work by Nigel Hess. My immediate response to which was that I would cheerfully dig him up and throw stones at him. However I discovered that he is also the man who wrote the Maigret theme and numerous other TV program themes, so this piece of egregeous patronising tosh was an aberration