Churches as concert halls : why stop at Messiah? / Sydney Carter -- New church music / Christopher Dearnley -- English cathedral music in history / Peter le Huray -- Language and music / Allan Wicks -- Liturgy and music / Herbert Waddams -- The place of the choir school in musical life / Alan Ridout -- The music of silence / Peter Hurford -- Hymns : the contemporary scene / Erik Routley -- Recent books / Michael St. John Parker.