The public has not been allowed into the chapel, so the choir has effectively stopped performing its religious role. Instead it has worked, then worked some more, toward the Christmas Eve service. Extra measures were taken to keep the adult members safe from the virus, Mr. Elsley added. “There is always that niggling little thought in the back of your mind that if one person goes down, then all of us go down,” Mr. Elsley said. The King’s Singers, a vocal ensemble formed by former members of the choir, was called up as a replacement.

Source: New York Times December 22, 2020 14:48 UTC