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The Choir

Cathedral Sacred Music Art | Original 5×7″ Framed Oil Painting & Prints

The Choir captures the transformative moment when voices rise in St. Mary’s Cathedral and medieval stone comes alive with sacred sound. This intimate artwork depicts the choir in their red and white robes amid the solemn chancel, where music creates something you can feel “in your bones.”

The painting reveals the deep interior with its vast grey and brown stonework and massive pillars. Light filters through stained glass windows, scattering fragmented colours across the ancient floor. Against this imposing medieval architecture, the choir appears visually small yet emotionally powerful—the true source of the space’s aliveness.

Sacred sound that fills the soul: The cathedral’s “fantastic acoustic” creates a profound sense of peace and well-being. Visitors consistently describe the sensory experience as deeply spiritual, with choral music filling the soul and transforming cold stone into what one person called “a shelter motherly feeling.” This artwork captures that physical sensation—the way centuries-old architecture amplifies human voices into something transcendent.

The artist experienced this magic firsthand, witnessing how sound stops you in your tracks and humanises the massive medieval structure. The choir represents a “mix of ages and generations,” demonstrating contemporary life actively meeting ancient craftsmanship through lunchtime concerts, soprano performances, and choral union practices.

Community through music: Members treasure the experience of singing in the cathedral and “meeting the choir afterwards and having a chat with them.” These interactions build “a community and sense of belonging, no matter your nationality, your financial situation or your background.” This painting serves as a testimonial to music’s power as a social unifier.

The composition links the physical weight of stone (history) directly to the emotional lightness afforded by sound (spirit and community). The cathedral “connects us to the past but its story continues in the present and in the future”—and the choir is the living breath that animates it.

Available formats:

• Original Oil Painting: 5″ x 7″, framed, one-of-a-kind artwork
• Prints: Multiple sizes available, high-quality archival printing

Perfect for music lovers, collectors of sacred art, and anyone who understands the transcendent power of voices rising in ancient stone.