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The Premier Guide
Completed in 1708, St Paul's is one of London's most visited sites.This Premier Way2GoGuide gives you all the experiences of the standard guide and much more - enjoy a spectacular recording of the organ, hear what an American visitor thought in 1834, discover some villainous goings-on in the Cathedral's prison and bring the poet John Donne's monument to life.
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SEE
St Paul’s Cathedral website
Old St Paul’s with its spire
A picture on Wikipedia shows the road to Smithfield Market was named after a particular animal part for sale along it.
Old St Paul’s without its spire
A picture showing Inigo Jones’ Classical portico on Wikipedia
Great Fire of 1666
OldLondonMaps.com has pictures before and after the fire. Zoom in for more detail.
Wren’s plan for London
Zoom in to see boulevards and piazzas. British Library
Most famous picture of St Paul’s
Recent research on Herbert Mason’s photo of St Paul’s during the Blitz suggests it was manipulated. See the front cover of the Daily Mail, 31st December 1940 at Museum of London
HEAR
Music for Admiral Lord Nelson
The music in Chapter 9 is the Burial Sentences by William Croft. It was sung at Nelson’s funeral and every state funeral since including that of Diana Princess of Wales at Westminster Abbey in 1997. A CD with St Paul’s Cathedral choir at Hyperion Records. A CD recreating Nelson’s funeral service at HeraldAV
St Paul’s Organ
The organ music in Chapter 5 is by Felix Mendelssohn who regularly gave recitals at St Paul’s and was a favourite of Queen Victoria. The work features on a CD of St Paul’s organ from the Cathedral shop
Choir of St Paul’s
A wide choice of CDs at Hyperion Records
FREE Elgar mp3
The second music in Chapter 10 is Nimrod from the Variations on an Original Theme Enigma by Edward Elgar. An mp3 is available free on iTunes (iTunes required).
READ
American Roll of Honor
An interactive CD-ROM listing the names of 28,000 American and Canadian men and women who died while stationed in Britain during the Second World War is published by St Paul’s
WATCH
The Royal Wedding 1981
HRH Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on YouTube
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Excellent and Instructive
Reviewed by: Eugene
Superb introduction to this great church and its history, with beautiful music and crisp narration. (Note that the American visitor in 1834 was impressed by the great building, but unsympathetic to elaborate liturgy.)
Date Posted : 30/10/2009 11:57:00
A Saturday Afternoon at St. Paul's
Reviewed by: Malcolm
The Way2GoGuide to St. Paul's is incredibly atmospheric and moving at times, especially those chapters relating to Nelson's Funeral and the Blitz. Very well edited and the use of different voices to help illustrate times past is very clever. It made the whole experience more enjoyable and I felt I learnt a lot that I didn't know before. A must buy for everyone!
Date Posted : 07/04/2009
