Following the Cross of Nails

by Mike Smith, Richard Sadler (Photographer)

In August 1964, Coventry Cathedral Choir played a key ambassadorial role in the Cathedral’s burgeoning international ministry of reconciliation. Symbolic of this ministry is the Cross of Nails, fashioned from medieval nails which fell with the roof of the old Cathedral during the Blitz which destroyed much of the city on the night of 14 November 1940. The Choir accompanied Provost Bill Williams and Canon Joseph Poole on their mission to present a replica Cross of Nails to the monastery of Ottobeuren in Bavaria, passing en route through Nuremberg and Munich. The climax of the tour was a live broadcast of War Requiem with its composer, Benjamin Britten. One of the choristers on that memorable tour was Mike Smith, who tells the story of the Choir’s tour through a commentary on the startlingly fresh photographs of Richard Sadler.

40 pages, Paperback

Published December 6, 2012

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