http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b013xq72/Twenty_Minutes_Quakers_Dont_Sing/
This was announced at the rise of Meeting for Worship yesterday, and we made sure to listen when it was broadcast last night. Some F/friends in the States also heard it and passed the link on to the Quaker Pagans email list. It's both fun and deeply moving.
Many creative people have found a spiritual home amongst the Quaker movement in our noisy modern world but one thing seems to be missing from this most peaceful of all gatherings - music. Dame Judi Dench, novelist Margaret Elphinstone and the composer Sally Beamish contribute to a montage of thoughts, akin to a Quaker meeting discussion, and reveal their own relationships with silence and music.
The Quaker part starts at about time mark 3:30. Enjoy!
(The broadcast is available on-line through 8:30 PM British Summer Time on 4 September.)
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