JULY AT WELLS CATHEDRAL Service Information and Music List Service Highlights for July The Service Information and Music List for the month of July is available to view on the Cathedral website or in the Nave from the start of the month. Saturday 1 July, 3.00pm - Ordination of Priests Service Sunday 2 July, 10.30am - Ordination of Deacons Service Sunday 2 July, 5.00pm - Ordination of Priest Service Monday 3 July, 5.15pm - Festal Evensong: Thomas the Apostle Sunday 9 July, 5.15pm - Final Evensong of the academic year sung by Wells Cathedral Choir Saturday 22 July, 12.00pm - Eucharist with Prayers for Healing The Dean's Message July brings us lots of very welcome visitors: many hundreds will come for the ordinations of deacons and priests; lots will come for a host of musical events; and day by day visitors from across the UK and the world come to experience this glorious space. All are very welcome. The Very Revd Dr John Davies, Dean of Wells
Events Highlights for July The summer season continues at the Cathedral with art exhibitions and a plethora of concerts. Please see our Music in Wells 2017 leaflet for more details of the below events. Friday 23 June to Friday 7 July, in the South Cloister - Exhibition by artist David Carson Shaw. Admission free. Thursday 6 July, 1.05pm in the Quire - Lunchtime Organ Recital by James Kealey (Senior Organ Scholar, Wells Cathedral). Admission free with retiring collection Friday 7 July, 7.30pm in the Nave - Wells Cathedral School Symphony Orchestra Concert. Tickets available from wells-cathedral-school.com and on the door Thursday 13 July, 1.05pm in the Quire - Bach Complete Organ Works: Recital 16 by Matthew Owens, Organist and Master of the Choristers. Admission free with retiring collection. Please note this has moved from 6 July Saturday 15 July to Saturday 29 July, in the South Cloister - Exhibition by Jesmarie Painters and Timsbury Art Group. Admission free. Monday 17 July, 10.45am, Organ Recital & Talk: Association of Anglican Musicians Friday 21 July, 1.05pm in the Nave - Lunchtime Concert Academia Music. Admission free with retiring collection Monday 24 July, 1.05pm in the Nave - Lunchtime Concert Harlow Chorus. Admission free with retiring collection Saturday 29 July, 7.00pm in the Nave - Somerset Chamber Choir Concert: Serenade to Music. Tickets 10-25.00 available from Wells Cathedral Box Office 01749 671663 Duke of Gloucester Visit HRH The Duke of Gloucester visited Vicars' Close in Wells and Wells Cathedral School (Cedars Hall) on the afternoon of 13 June 2017. His Royal Highness was greeted by The Lord- Lieutenant of Somerset (Mrs Anne Maw), the Mayor of Wells (Councillor Alison Gibson) and members of Wells Cathedral Chapter. He was then escorted on a tour of Vicars' Close; the most complete example of a medieval Close in the UK and built 650 years ago to house the men of the Cathedral choir. Later in the afternoon, His Royal Highness visited Cedars Hall, the award winning performing arts centre situated in the grounds of Wells Cathedral School, where he met principal Elizabeth Cairncross, head of the senior school Dr Andrew Kemp, head of the junior school Julie Barrow and Cedars Hall architect, Eric Parry, along with head boy Angus Mitchell and head girl Zoe Tweed. The Duke also attended Evensong in the Cathedral before departing Wells.
Music News For 'Latest News' from the Music Department please visit the Cathedral website. Saints Addresses July sees a series of addresses on great saints, to be offered by clergy coming from across the diocese. They will be bringing parish groups with them, both for evensong and a tour. 9th July 16th July 23rd July 30th July The Revd Rosie Lunn St Benedict The Revd Toby Osmond Raphael the Archangel The Revd Dr Simon Bale St Francis The Revd Preb. Noel Hector St Laurence Saying Farewell We would like to thank those who are leaving the Cathedral Music Foundation at the end of the academic year, and are deeply grateful to them for their commitment, dedication, hard work and marvellous music making. Choristers Orla Donoghue, Harriet Perring, Henry Dukes and Hugh Latta are leaving the choir at the end of their choristerships. We are very grateful to them and their families for all that they have given to the choir and Cathedral. Theo Golden, Counter Tenor Choral Scholar, will be studying music at Durham University; Oscar Golden-Lee, Tenor Choral Scholar is going to be a Choral Scholar at Lincoln Cathedral; William White, our Bass Choral Scholar, has secured a job with IBM in London. We wish them all the best of luck for the future. Bach Complete Organ Works: Recital 16 The sixteenth in the bi-monthly series of lunchtime organ recitals will be held on Thursday 13 July in the Quire from 1.05-1.40pm. Played by Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers, Wells Cathedral) and surveying the complete organ works of J.S. Bach over six years: Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 536; Fugue in B minor, on a theme of Corelli, BWV 579; Trio in G minor, BWV 584; Toccata in E major, BWV 566; Chorale Preludes from the Neumeister Collection.
Admission: free with retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music. (Please note, this is a change to the date published in the Music in Wells leaflet. James Kealey s Lunchtime Organ Recital will now take place on Thursday 6 July.) Somerset Chamber Choir Concert: Serenade to Music An evening of celebratory works on Saturday 29 July from 7.00pm culminating in a rare chance to experience a performance of Vaughan Williams s famous masterpiece Serenade to Music. Tickets: 10.00-25.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office 01749 672773 and at the door. Cathedral Tours Our FREE Weekly Walks and series of Fixed Date Special Interest Tours continue this month with new themes. JULY'S FREE 20 minute WEEKLY WALKS THEMES Stained Glass, 11.10am 'St Dunstan' Embroideries, 11.40am 'Two Martyr Saints' SPECIAL INTEREST TOURS - pre-bookable at 10/person Saturday 1 July, 10.00am "Stained Glass: Chronology" and A Doorway into Gothic Architecture Tuesday 18 July, 2.15pm Cathedral Carvings, and "Chained Library". Special Interest Tours last approx. 1.5 hours and give an in-depth look at some of the Cathedral treasures.tickets can be booked via our Cathedral Box Office in person or over the phone on 01749 672773, or online via our website. If you're a group that can't make these dates please contact our Visits team for a tailor-made booking. Be a Chorister for a Day Our next Be a Chorister for a Day event will take place on Saturday 14 October from 11.00am - 5.00pm, and includes singing games, learning about the Cathedral and finding out what a Chorister really does. Lunch is provided, and at the end of the day the children sing Evensong with the Cathedral Choir. In the afternoon parents can take a tour of Wells Cathedral School, and have afternoon tea in Vicars' Hall before Evensong.
If you know a child who will be aged between 7 and 9 on this date and would like to take part, please send your contact details to Melanie Lawlor in the Music Office by emailing: musicoffice@wellscathedral.uk.net or telephone 01749 674483. Places are limited, so please register early. Cedars Hall Awards Congratulations to Wells Cathedral School's Cedars Hall, a state of the art performing arts centre, for being presented with a South West RIBA award, as well as the prestigious RIBA South West Building of the Year Award 2017 for the South West & Wessex region, at the RIBA South West Architecture Awards held recently in Bristol. Cathedral Library Book of the Month - July SPON, Isaac History of the City and State of Geneva (1687) Isaac (better known as Jacob) Spon (1647-1685) was a French medical doctor and antiquarian. He travelled extensively and was one of the first educated men to become familiar with the classical antiquities of Greece and Rome. Cathedral Charities of the Month - July British Red Cross and Somerset Cruse The Cathedral is committed to supporting community groups which serve people facing challenging circumstances. The Week s Good Cause Donation Point provides a dedicated space for Somerset organisations, both to raise awareness of the group s aims, and to raise funds for that work.
In Our Thoughts: Amnesty Victim of Injustice for July - Kyrgystan Azimjan Askarov, a human rights defender and ethnic Uzbek, was accused of being involved in the murder of a police officer during violent clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks in Southern Kyrgyzstan. He was arbitrarily detained and tortured while in police custody. In September 2010, after an unfair trial he was jailed for life on fabricated politically motivated charges. In March 2016, the UN Human Rights Committee recognized that Azimjan Askarov was a victim of torture, had been arbitrarily detained, that the conditions of his detention were inhumane, and that he was denied a fair trial. In response the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan reviewed his case. Instead of releasing Azimjan, the case was referred to Chui Regional Court, which in January 2017 upheld his sentence. Copyright 2017 Wells Cathedral, All rights reserved. Unsubscribe from this list. Our mailing address is: Wells Cathedral Offices, Chain Gate, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE