Rejoice in the Lamb by Benjamin Britten

I lived on Washington Sq. on 9/11/01. When we saw what happened, many of my friends gathered out our place. We weren't quite sure why. In hind sight, we needed to be together as a community. As usual, I made food and we listened to music. We needed to be nourished, not only with food, but also sound--most of us were classically trained musicians. I put on the Britten recording with Kings College Cambridge. Somehow it helped us through. The setting of the Christopher Smart texts is so powerful and the performance perfect. This piece is forever attached to that day in my memory. I hope, and I'm sure you will, play the Beethoven 9th. "O Freunde, night diese Toene."

Marvin J. Taylor