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Coronavirus Kent: Canterbury Cathedral Choir sings haunting rendition of O Vos Omnes amid lockdown

The banning of mass gatherings has failed to stop a Kent choir producing a haunting lockdown performance.

Canterbury Cathedral Choir's eerie spectacle sounds as if they are in the same room.

Listen: Canterbury Cathedral Choir's performance

Conducted by Dr David Flood, the video shows 22 men and boys delivering a powerful rendition of Pablo Casals' O Vos Omnes.

Chorister Dylan Shearer said: "This year, we could obviously not sing and Covid-19 has also resulted in the cancellation of the Lambeth Conference.

"Despite the restrictions, Dr Flood has managed to put this together.

"We have produced a performance that sounds as if we were all in one room."

Canterbury Cathedral Choir performing amid lockdown. Picture: Dr David Flood / YouTube
Canterbury Cathedral Choir performing amid lockdown. Picture: Dr David Flood / YouTube

Hundreds of musicians and entertainers across Kent have taken to social media to share their lockdown productions.

A family went viral after sharing a lockdown-themed rendition of a Les Misérables song.

The Marsh household, who live in Faversham, took to singing about things people had been complaining amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Following their viral success, the family appeared on ITV's This Morning and an emotional Holly Willoughby was brought to tears after watching their video.

Churchgoer Audrey Bigley, who lives at Freeman House near The Spitfire Ground in Canterbury, played to neighbours listening from the patio and from their flats.

Opera singer Kristin Finnigan, from Whitstable, posted her funny take of Adele's Hello on Facebook - which has been shared by hundreds of people.

Another Whitstable resident helped lift the spirits of his neighbours stuck in lockdown by singing covers of popular tracks to his street.

Elvis impersonator Neil Duncan performed renditions of songs such as Viva Las Vegas and Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond.

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