There are, I suspect, many Anglicans for whom Edward Noke's painting of Cockington Church reflects their inmost idea of what a church, indeed what the church, is and should remain. No amount of inner-city "diversity" and "outreach" can shake this. If we could face a new century and new conditions with this image in our hearts, and intelligent ways of adapting it without losing it in our minds, conservation and loss might be balanced in kindness. (The 'ache of the known' is, of course, the English translation of 'nostalgia'.)
Incidentally, the album is a fine example of English choral singing, with some splendid descants.
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