Wells Cathedral Email Newsletter
July 2014
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What's On in July
Thursday 2 July, 1.05 – 1.40pm.
BACH’S COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS
The fourth recital surveying the complete organ works of J.S. Bach, played
by Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers), will take
place on Thursday 2 July from 1.05 – 1.40pm. The programme will be
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 561; Chorale partita "Christ, der du
bist der helle Tag", BWV 766; Aria in F major (after Couperin), BWV 587;
Chorale partita “Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn”, BWV Anh. 77;
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 531.
Admission is free, with a retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral
Music.
Thursday 9 July, 1.05pm-1.40pm
FREE LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITAL
Shaun Ward, Director of Music at St Laurence, Ludlow, will give a lunchtime organ recital on Thursday 9
July from 1.05pm-1.40pm.
Admission is free, with a retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music.
Saturday 11 July, 12noon - 12.50pm
HEALING SERVICE
This month’s Eucharist with Healing takes place on Saturday 11 July at noon in the Lady Chapel at the East
End of the Cathedral. The Eucharist with Healing is a reflective service which offers an opportunity to pray
for healing and to come forward for the laying on of hands.
Monday 13 July, 1:05 - 1:45pm
LUNCHTIME CONCERT
St. Paul’s Co-educational College, Hong Kong.
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Friday 17 July, 1:05 - 1:45pm
LUNCHTIME CONCERT
Michael Christian Durrant, Classical Guitarist
Join the celebrated classical guitarist Michael Christian Durrant as he returns to Wells Cathedral for a
lunchtime recital where you will be guided through a captivating programme of diverse music for the
classical guitar. As one of the most exciting classical guitarists of the current generation, Durrant is widely
recognised for presenting beautifully varied concert programmes.
Saturday 25 July, 7.00 - 9.30pm
SOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR: IN PARADISUM
Fauré Requiem; David Briggs Messe pour Notre-Dame; Eric Whitacre Sainte-Chapelle. Tickets: £10.00 £28.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office (01749 672773).
Summer Holiday Family Workshops
Our holiday creative workshops always prove popular and, over the
summer holidays, we invite you to spend time with us for two sessions
where you may not only learn a little more about the Cathedral but also
test your creative skills!
Wednesday 29th July, 1-3pm ‘Masons’ Marks Treasure Hunt and
soap carving activity’
Join us to follow our masons’ marks Treasure Hunt and enjoy soap carving
activities during our summer holiday ‘have a go’ creative family sessions! Mason marks are a series of
symbols that, for the past 4,000 years, have been used by designers and builders to inscribe patterns on
stones to help illiterate masons to carry out their orders and know which materials fitted where. A
treasure hunt in the style of a bingo card will be available during your visit; can you find all the masons’
marks around the cathedral?
The chemical free soap for today’s workshop is made by a local craftsman; the particular blend was
created to produce a soap which has the colour and texture resembling the locally quarried Doulting
stone which was used to build the cathedral. And the best thing of all? You get to keep your soap as a
souvenir of your visit!
£2.00 per person. No need to book. All materials will be provided for this creative session to be held in
the Cathedral’s Undercroft between 1-3pm on Wednesday 29th July.
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Wednesday 26th August, 1.30-3.30pm ”Discover Chained Books’
Our Cathedral Library was built in the mid-fifteenth century over the East
Cloister and houses the book collection of the Chapter. We’ll be
discovering Chained Books during this summer holiday ‘have a go’ creative
family session where we’ll give you the chance to write with quill pens and
illuminated initials, make a mini chained book with a leather binding and
take a peek at 17th-18th century books chained in the Cathedral’s unique
library.
This particular session will take place between 1.30-3.30pm on Wednesday
26th August in our Education Room. £1.50 per person, all materials will be provided. No need to book;
just get ready to be busy!
Launch Of New Wells Cathedral Choir Recording by US Composer Gary
Davison
The Cathedral Choir’s new CD of works by renowned US composer Gary
Davison, entitled The Armour of Light, will be available on general release
from 16 July. The disc features the Girl Choristers and Vicars Choral.
Steeped in the rich Anglican choral tradition, American composer Gary
Davison is one of the US’s leading composers of sacred choral music. He is
Organist and Choirmaster of Saint Francis Episcopal Church in Potomac, Maryland, and maintains an active
schedule as a solo and collaborative keyboard artist, and particularly enjoys a close musical relationship as
a composer with Wells Cathedral.
The recording will be available for purchase in our Cathedral shop from 29 June for the special purchase
price of £10. Call 01749 672773 for more details.
STOP PRESS! Archdeacon Ruth Worsley announced as next Bishop of
Taunton
We are delighted to congratulate the Venerable
Ruth Worsley who is to be the next Bishop of
Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells.
Ruth is currently Archdeacon of Wilts in the
neighbouring Diocese of Salisbury, a position she
has held since January 2013.
Ruth will be ordained and consecrated as a Bishop by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby in
London this autumn. She will then be officially installed as Bishop of Taunton here in Wells Cathedral later
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this year. Ruth will live in Wells and work from the Bishops’ Office at the Bishop’s Palace in Wells,
alongside Bishop Peter Hancock.
More details available via the Diocese of Bath and Wells website.
Service Information and Music List
Our Service Information and Music List for the month of July is available to view on our website by
clicking here.
Cathedral Café’s New Summer Lunch Menu
Our catering team has been hard at work updating the café's lunch menu to
reflect a lighter note in anticipation of a warm British summer!
Recent additions now include a homemade beetroot falafel wrap with tahini
yoghurt dressing and mixed leaves as well as a roasted pepper frittata with
summer garden salad and tomato and coriander salsa.
All food served in our contemporary café is freshly prepared and baked by
our team in the Cathedral kitchen each day – including our homemade
bread! – using local Somerset and Fairtrade produce wherever possible. All
profits from the café go to supporting the work of the Cathedral.
Our summer menu is also now available on our website.
A Note for the Diary - Fixed Date Tours
We are running a number of fixed date special interest
tours later in the year which are now available to book,
including two for stained glass enthusiasts.
Wells Cathedral has one of the most substantial
collections of medieval stained glass in England, the
crowning glory being the Jesse window at the eastern end
above the altar which narrowly escaped destruction
during the English Civil War. It is now one of the best preserved windows of the period in the country.
The Cathedral also has important and interesting glass from the 1500s, 1600s and the 1900s designed by
some of the leading Glass Manufacturers of their time.
Tuesday 8 September, 2.30pm
'The Work of Angels in Heaven and on Earth'
As a special feature of this tour we shall look at examples of the angels depicted through the centuries in
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the glass and discuss their stories. Suitable for groups and individual bookings.
Monday 14 September, 10.30am
'Marvel at Mediaeval Glass'
A closer study of the celebrated medieval glass of Wells cathedral. Attention will be given to images that,
because of their position, can easily be over looked. Suitable for groups and individual bookings.
For ALL stained glass tours binoculars are highly recommended as this will greatly increase the enjoyment
of the experience. Many images are high up and quite small!.
For more information or to book a place on a fixed date tour please contact us by emailing
visits@wellscathedral.uk.net or telephone 01749 674483.
642nd Mayor of Wells Elected
On 21 May 2015 Councillor Gordon Wilson was elected 642nd Mayor of Wells. Canon Dr Graham
Dodds, Canon Treasurer here at Wells Cathedral, will act as Mayor's Chaplain for the year.
This very ancient post, which is held for one year at a time, has existed in Wells since medieval times. The
Mayor is the head of the City Council and the First Citizen of the City of Wells. He or she chairs meetings
of the full Council and performs ceremonial civic duties, representing the Council at social and ceremonial
events. The Mayor supports a broad spectrum of local organisations and acts as an ambassador for the
city.
As a member of our Cathedral congregation we wish our new Mayor of Wells all best wishes in his new
role.
Free Weekly Walks : July
We offer a different theme for our free weekly walks each
month. During July our embroidery guides will be looking at
King Alfred. What we usually remember from school days is
that Alfred burnt the cakes! There is no mention of that incident
in our embroideries, but there is plenty to interest us.
Lasting 20-25 minutes, from April to October, our free
embroidery walks start at 11.40am every Saturday and
Wednesday. There is no booking required, simply gather at the
Information Desk in the Entry Cloister to join the Window Walk tour of your choice.
Stained glass window walks also take place each Saturday and Wednesday. Taking place at 11.15am our
July Window Walks will be "Looking East and West” at windows by glass designer A K Nicholson in
the 1920s, showing two very different styles of design. Remember your binoculars! Our stained glass
window walks will finish in time for you to then join an embroideries walk if you wish.
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Ordination Services
Each year, near to the feast of St Peter, the Bishop comes to the Cathedral to ordain men and women as
deacons and priests to serve the parishes of the Diocese. The Priests ordination service takes places on
the Saturday afternoon (Saturday 4 July) so that they can celebrate the Eucharist in their parishes the
following morning, and the Deacons ordination takes place on Sunday morning.
Joy Hawes from the Cathedral is to be ordained deacon at the ordination on Sunday 5th July and will be
working locally in Wedmore and neighbouring villages as well as continuing as chaplain at the Blue School
here in Wells. Good luck Joy!
Leavers
We would like to say 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.
They are: choristers Natalie Borenstein, Freya Carruthers, Niamh Davies, Flora Hartz, Madeleine Perring,
Maxim Davis, Zach Everson, and Greg Wills; Choral Scholar Daniel Brown; Counter Tenor Vicar Choral
Tim Angel; and Senior Organ Scholar Nicholas Freestone.We wish them all the very best with their future
studies and/or careers.
'Spoken Stories' by Sue Latimer
An exciting and unusual new book has been published entitled 'Spoken
Stories', by Sue Latimer.
Sue is a chaplain to Wells Cathedral – you may have seen her in the BBC
series on Cathedrals a couple of years ago. Sue’s stories were, as the title
suggests, originally written to be read aloud. Interspersed with powerful
poems by Clive Sansom, and illustrated with images created by a Christian
community in Cameroon, each story offers a radical and personal
perspective on a familiar Bible text.
Sue’s own story is about “a life which includes twenty years of drug
addiction and twenty nine years of recovery: a life in which Jesus was a
constant presence. He accompanied me in all the twists and turns of my
journey. I cannot imagine life without him.” Perhaps it is this raw
experience which enables Sue to penetrate so alarmingly and creatively into
the subtext of the biblical stories.
Copies can be ordered from the ReSource website – where you can also read Sue’s story of
Nicodemus, published in the Leadership issue of ReSource magazine.
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Cathedral Library book of the month for July
Our book of the month for July is The Koran (1734).
The library has 3 copies of the Koran. The Arabic copy was printed in
Hamburg in 1694 and belonged to Bishop Hooper. There are two English
translations which are interesting.
In our thoughts : Amnesty Victim of Injustice
Amnesty Victim of Injustice for July – Indonesia
Johan Teterissa, a school teacher, was arrested with other activists for leading a peaceful protest at a
public event in Ambon, the capital of Maluku province. The President of Indonesia attended the event,
during which Johan Teterissa raised the ‘Benang Raja’ flag, a banned symbol of Maluku independence. He
and others were tortured by police during their arrests and in pre-trial detention. Johan has not received
the specialist medical treatment he needs for the injuries he sustained, and has been in constant pain. He is
serving his fifteen year sentence in East Java, thousands of kilometres from his family in Maluku, which
makes it impossible for them to visit him.
Former Prisoner Update – Mexico June 2015
Claudia Medina Tamariz, last month’s victim of injustice, has had all charges against her dropped and is
free.
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Calendar of Events July 2015
Weds
Thurs
Fri
1
2
3
9.30 am
1.05 pm
5.15 pm
7.30 pm
4.00 pm
7.30 am
10.30 am
3.00 pm
5.15 pm
Sat
Sun
4
5
Mon
6
Tues
7
Weds
8
9.30 am
5.15 pm
Thurs
9
Fri
10
1.05 pm
5.15 pm
5.15 pm
Sat
11
Sun
12
Mon
13
1.05 pm
5.15 pm
Tues
14
12.25 pm
5.15 pm
Weds
15
9.30 am
5.15 pm
Thurs
16
Fri
17
11.30 am
5.15 pm
1.05 pm
5.15 pm
Sat
18
Sun
19
Mon
Tues
20
21
Weds
22
Thurs
Fri
Sat
23
24
25
6.30 pm
12.25 pm
5.15 pm
12 noon
5.15 pm
5.15 pm
5.15 pm
12.25 pm
5.15 pm
9.30 am
5.15 pm
5.15 pm
5.15 pm
5.15 pm
7.00 pm
Holy Communion
Bach Complete Organ Works: Recital 04 - Matthew Owens
Solemn Evensong
Wells Cathedral School Prestige Series Concert: Symphonic Finale
Ordination of Priests Service
Matins said
Ordination of Deacons Service
Final Evensong of the Choir’s Year
The Choir of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina,
USA to sing Evensong
Taste and See in the Chapter Room
Holy Communion
The Choir of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina,
USA to sing Evensong
Holy Communion
The Choir of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina,
USA to sing Evensong
Lunchtime Organ Recital: Shaun Ward, St Laurence, Ludlow
Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir to sing Evensong
The Choir of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina,
USA to sing Evensong
Eucharist with Healing
The Choir of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina,
USA to sing Evensong
The Choir of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Columbia, South Carolina,
USA to sing all services
Lunchtime Concert St Paul’s Co-educational College, Hong Kong
The Choir of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia,
USA to sing Evensong
Holy Communion
The Choir of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia,
USA to sing Evensong
Holy Communion
The Choir of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia,
USA to sing Evensong
Mothers Union Prayers (St Cuthbert’s Church)
Collegium Singers to sing Evensong
Lunchtime Concert Michael Christian Durrant, Classical Guitarist
The Choir of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia,
USA to sing Evensong
The Choir of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia,
USA to sing Evensong
The Choir of Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia,
USA to sing all services
The Choir of St Alphege, Solihull to sing Evensong
Holy Communion
Evening Prayer said
Holy Communion
Evening Prayer said
The Choir of St Lincoln College to sing Evensong
The Choir of Croydon Minster to sing Evensong
The Choir of Croydon Minster to sing Evensong
Somerset Chamber Choir Concert
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Sun
Mon
26
27
Tues
28
Weds
29
Thurs
Fri
30
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The Choir of Croydon Minster to sing all services
5.15 pm The Choir of St John’s Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
to sing Evensong
7.00 pm Congregation Meeting in the Education Room
12.25 pm Holy Communion
5.15 pm The Choir of St John’s Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
to sing Evensong
9.30 am Holy Communion
1.00 pm Children’s Holiday Workshop Discovery Tours & Activity ‘Masons
Marks’
5.15 pm The Choir of St John’s Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
to sing Evensong
5.15 pm Evening Prayer said
5.15 pm Harmonia Sacra to sing Evensong
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