This week's recital will include Buxtehude and Bach. The featured work will be L'Ascension by Olivier Messiaen .
As always, admission to London's Organ Recital Series is free and takes place in the beautiful surroundings of London's oldest church.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Tuesday Noon Hour Organ Recital - May 29th - Michael Bloss
Michael Bloss makes a welcome return to the recital series this coming Tuesday.
This week's recital will include Buxtehude and Bach. The featured work will be L'Ascension by Olivier Messiaen .
As always, admission to London's Organ Recital Series is free and takes place in the beautiful surroundings of London's oldest church.
This week's recital will include Buxtehude and Bach. The featured work will be L'Ascension by Olivier Messiaen .
As always, admission to London's Organ Recital Series is free and takes place in the beautiful surroundings of London's oldest church.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tuesday Noon hour Organ Recital - May 22nd - Angus Sinclair
Join St Paul's Cathedral Affiliate Organist and musician extraordinaire, Angus Sinclair, for a recital of popular organ music.
This week, Angus will play music by Mouret, Bach, Fiocco, Mozart, Finzi, Rawsthorne, Hancock and Sousa.
The Sousa March will certainly end this recital on the right high note!
Admission as always, to this recital in London's oldest church, is free.
This week, Angus will play music by Mouret, Bach, Fiocco, Mozart, Finzi, Rawsthorne, Hancock and Sousa.
The Sousa March will certainly end this recital on the right high note!
Admission as always, to this recital in London's oldest church, is free.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Tuesday Noon Hour Organ Recital - May 15th - Mary Lou Nowicki
Join Dr Mary Lou Nowicki, organist at St John' Episcopal Church, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this coming Tuesday as she presents her first recital in the St Paul's series.
Mary Lou's programme includes the music of Nicolaus Bruhns, J.S. Bach and Max Reger.
Of particular interest will be the Four Fugues for Organ (from Douze Courtes Pièces) by Canadian composer and organist, Rachel Laurin.
Admission, as always, is free.
We look forward to seeing you here at St Paul's, London's oldest church.
Mary Lou's programme includes the music of Nicolaus Bruhns, J.S. Bach and Max Reger.
Of particular interest will be the Four Fugues for Organ (from Douze Courtes Pièces) by Canadian composer and organist, Rachel Laurin.
Admission, as always, is free.
We look forward to seeing you here at St Paul's, London's oldest church.
Picture © 2012, John Sproule
Monday, May 7, 2012
Tuesday Noon hour Organ Recital - May 8th - Marlin Nagtegaal
Join Marlin Nagtegaal, Organist and Director of Music at St John the Evangelist Church, Kitchener, for his recital at 12.15pm tomorrow.
Marlin will be playing music by H. Barrie Cabena, Johann Ludwig Krebs and Felix Mendelssohn.
Of particular interest to lovers of Canadian organ music will be the selection from Five Fancies for Fleet Feet by Cabena.
Admission, as always, is free.
Marlin will be playing music by H. Barrie Cabena, Johann Ludwig Krebs and Felix Mendelssohn.
Of particular interest to lovers of Canadian organ music will be the selection from Five Fancies for Fleet Feet by Cabena.
Admission, as always, is free.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
St Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo @ St Paul's Cathedral, London, ONn
St Paul's Cathedral London is excited to have the choir of St Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo with us this weekend.
Music by Byrd, Tomkins, Willan, Leighton and Wood at the two services tomorrow.
A great musical weekend in store!
Join us at 10am and 5pm for a musical extravaganze in preparation for the Three Cathedrals Festival, May 3-5 2013.
Music by Byrd, Tomkins, Willan, Leighton and Wood at the two services tomorrow.
A great musical weekend in store!
Join us at 10am and 5pm for a musical extravaganze in preparation for the Three Cathedrals Festival, May 3-5 2013.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Tuesday Noonhour Organ Recital - May 1st 2012 - Dr John Vandertuin
Join Brantford organist, Dr John Vandertuin, as he returns to St Paul's with a recital of French music.
The programme will feature the Suite Orbis Factor by Canadian organist, composer and teacher, Conrad Letendre; Supplication by Jean Langlais, which was written by Langlais for John in 1972; Final from 1e Symphonie by Louis Vierne.
As always, admission is free.
The programme will feature the Suite Orbis Factor by Canadian organist, composer and teacher, Conrad Letendre; Supplication by Jean Langlais, which was written by Langlais for John in 1972; Final from 1e Symphonie by Louis Vierne.
As always, admission is free.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Tuesday Noonhour Organ Recital - April 24th at 12.15pm - Brent Fifield
On Tuesday, organist Brent Fifield will present a programme of English and North American music.
Howells and Preston are the English offerings and from North America there will be music by Gilbert Martin, Gordon Young, David N. Johnson.
Also included will be Laudate Dominum: Ruminations by John S. McIntosh. Dr McIntosh was Head of the MusicTheory department and later Chair of the Applied Music department at UWO. He was also organist and choirmaster at St James Westminster Anglican Church in London, ON.
Admission is free and the recital starts at 12:15 p.m.
Howells and Preston are the English offerings and from North America there will be music by Gilbert Martin, Gordon Young, David N. Johnson.
Also included will be Laudate Dominum: Ruminations by John S. McIntosh. Dr McIntosh was Head of the MusicTheory department and later Chair of the Applied Music department at UWO. He was also organist and choirmaster at St James Westminster Anglican Church in London, ON.
Admission is free and the recital starts at 12:15 p.m.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
The Paschal Triduum - 3 Days, 1 Journey
Please join the community of St Paul's Cathedral and the clergy and choir for the annual celebration of The Paschal Triduum - 3 Days, 1 Journey.
Starting with the Maundy Thursday Eucharist, the Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion and culminating with The Great Vigil of Easter on Holy Saturday, this is liturgy at its finest.
Music over the Three Days includes: Charles Wood Communion in the Phrygian Mode, Pange lingua by Greg Heislman, Ps 51 with Fauxbourdons by the cathedral's Director of Music, The Reproaches by John Sanders, Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti, The Exsultet in a setting by Christopher Walker, Psalm settings by Haas, Haugen and Soper, Eucharistic music by Jones and Joncas and the Easter motet, Dum transisset Sabbatum by John Taverner.
We look forward to welcoming you to St Paul's.
Starting with the Maundy Thursday Eucharist, the Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion and culminating with The Great Vigil of Easter on Holy Saturday, this is liturgy at its finest.
Music over the Three Days includes: Charles Wood Communion in the Phrygian Mode, Pange lingua by Greg Heislman, Ps 51 with Fauxbourdons by the cathedral's Director of Music, The Reproaches by John Sanders, Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti, The Exsultet in a setting by Christopher Walker, Psalm settings by Haas, Haugen and Soper, Eucharistic music by Jones and Joncas and the Easter motet, Dum transisset Sabbatum by John Taverner.
We look forward to welcoming you to St Paul's.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Sequence of Music & Readings for Passiontide
Sunday, April 1st 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
The Cathedral Choir will present a sequence of music and readings on the Passion on Palm Sunday at 4pm.
The readings will include biblical and non-biblical texts (John Donne, George Herbert, Oscar Wilde).
The music will include Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti, Salvator Mundi by John Blow, O vos omnes by Pablo Casals and music by Purcell, Stainer, Morales, Walton and Hewitt Jones.
The choir will present the Sequence in the beautiful acoustic of the cathedral's Cronyn Hall. We look forward to seeing you there as we commence our journey into Holy Week.
The Cathedral Choir will present a sequence of music and readings on the Passion on Palm Sunday at 4pm.
The readings will include biblical and non-biblical texts (John Donne, George Herbert, Oscar Wilde).
The music will include Crucifixus by Antonio Lotti, Salvator Mundi by John Blow, O vos omnes by Pablo Casals and music by Purcell, Stainer, Morales, Walton and Hewitt Jones.
The choir will present the Sequence in the beautiful acoustic of the cathedral's Cronyn Hall. We look forward to seeing you there as we commence our journey into Holy Week.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ Recital - March 27th 2012 - Daniel Norman, Toronto
Next Tuesday, March 27th, Daniel Norman from St Anne's Church in Toronto will join us for a recital of Buxtehude, Widor and the Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor by Bach.
Spend some of your lunch hour in the relaxing atmosphere of London's oldest church.
Spend some of your lunch hour in the relaxing atmosphere of London's oldest church.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ Recital - March 20th 2012 - Jeremy David Tarrant, St Paul's Cathedral, Detroit
This week we welcome Jeremy David Tarrant, Organist and Choirmaster of the Cathedral Church of St Paul, Detroit, Michigan.
Jeremy's repertoire for the recital includes the Prelude in B minor and Chorale Prelude on Schmücke Dich by Johann Sebastian Bach and the three-movement Suite pour Orgue by Jehan Alain.
Join us in London's oldest church for London's only ongoing organ recital series!
Admission is free.
Jeremy's repertoire for the recital includes the Prelude in B minor and Chorale Prelude on Schmücke Dich by Johann Sebastian Bach and the three-movement Suite pour Orgue by Jehan Alain.
Join us in London's oldest church for London's only ongoing organ recital series!
Admission is free.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ Recital - March 13th 2012 - Stephanie Burgoyne and William Vandertuin
This Tuesday, Stephanie Burgoyne (St Jude's Church, Brantford & St Paul's United Church, Paris) and William Vandertuin (St Jude's Church, Brantford) present a varied programme for two and four hands (and feet!).
The programme repertoire is Fantasia in D minor by Stanford, Pastorale from Sonata Op.13, No.2 by Widor, Handel Sonata in F major (Op.2) and Finale-Toccata from Becker's Third Sonata in E.
Join us in the beautiful surroundings of London's oldest church for another recital in the only year-round, ongoing recital series in the city!
Admission is free.
The programme repertoire is Fantasia in D minor by Stanford, Pastorale from Sonata Op.13, No.2 by Widor, Handel Sonata in F major (Op.2) and Finale-Toccata from Becker's Third Sonata in E.
Join us in the beautiful surroundings of London's oldest church for another recital in the only year-round, ongoing recital series in the city!
Admission is free.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ Recital - March 6th 2012 - Thomas Gonder
This Tuesday, Thomas Gonder, of the Church of the Transfiguration in Toronto , makes a welcome return to the cathedral.
Tom will play a Marche Nuptiale (written by him for his sister's wedding), Improvisation VII by Saint-Saëns, Two Pieces for Organ by Canadian composer, Gerald Bales and Joseph Jongen's Sonata Eroica, Op. 94.
Admission as always is free.
Tom will play a Marche Nuptiale (written by him for his sister's wedding), Improvisation VII by Saint-Saëns, Two Pieces for Organ by Canadian composer, Gerald Bales and Joseph Jongen's Sonata Eroica, Op. 94.
Admission as always is free.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Music for Lent and Easter @ St Paul's
Music for Lent and Easter
So here we are, approaching Ash Wednesday and the first Sunday of Lent. The forty-day fast that we now refer to as Lent was first observed at the turn of the fourth century in Egypt, although it’s focus at that time was more on the fast Jesus took in the wilderness after his baptism, than on a preparation for Easter. The forty-day Lenten preparation for Easter, as celebrated by Western Christians, appeared in Rome sometime between 354 and 384; its beginning was moved back to Ash Wednesday in the sixth century, in order to allow for forty full days of fasting (since the Sundays are officially non-fast days, or Sundays in Lent rather than of Lent). The forty days of Lent, as we now observe them, then run until the evening of Holy Thursday – at which point we start the three-day Easter Triduum.
The Easter Triduum – a single, unified, liturgy, comprising the Holy (“Maundy”) Thursday evening Eucharist (commemorating the Last Supper), the Good Friday Celebration of the Passion and the Great Vigil of Easter on Holy Saturday night – is rooted in the liturgies of the Church of Jerusalem, which are beautifully (and in great detail) reported for us by the Gallic pilgrim, Egeria, who observed, in Jerusalem during her travels there in 381-384, the reliving of the gospel events in the locations in which they originally took place.
Given the nature of the whole season of Lent and the Easter Triduum – the climax of the entire Church Year – it is hardly surprising that is has produced some of the highest forms of both the visual and aural arts. Painters and composers alike have been moved to create works of astonishing depth and expression and it is from this musical repertoire that we draw our music for the season.
During Lent, the choir music each Sunday comes primarily from the English Reformation period (16th century) with composers such as Tallis and Byrd. The music in Holy Week – from Palm Sunday – includes composers such as Victoria and the Spanish Renaissance composer, Christobal Morales. The Easter Triduum will provide its usual varied menu of music, from the 16th century English composer, John Taverner, to a contemporary setting of the Pange Lingua text by Gregory Heislman, Director of Music at the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist in Cleveland, OH.
The choir will, as in previous years, set the tone for Holy Week with the Sequence of Music and Readings for Passiontide on the afternoon of Palm Sunday, April 1st at 4.00 p.m. Using the unique ambience and acoustic of Cronyn Hall, the music will include God So Loved the World by Stainer, Hear My Prayer by Henry Purcell and Antonio Lotti’s famous Crucifixus. We will also hear readings from a variety of sources, both biblical and non-biblical. Do put this in your calendar and plan to join us.
On Easter Sunday morning, we will be joined by a brass quartet and the musical setting of the Eucharist will be the Missa Resurrectionis by Gerre Hancock – the famed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York who died in January of this year. Dr Hancock was one of America’s most highly acclaimed organists and choral directors and his loss will be felt profoundly by all involved in church music in North America and much further afield. On Easter morning, we will also sing the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah; music will be available for any congregation members who would like to sing along.
So here we are, approaching Ash Wednesday and the first Sunday of Lent. The forty-day fast that we now refer to as Lent was first observed at the turn of the fourth century in Egypt, although it’s focus at that time was more on the fast Jesus took in the wilderness after his baptism, than on a preparation for Easter. The forty-day Lenten preparation for Easter, as celebrated by Western Christians, appeared in Rome sometime between 354 and 384; its beginning was moved back to Ash Wednesday in the sixth century, in order to allow for forty full days of fasting (since the Sundays are officially non-fast days, or Sundays in Lent rather than of Lent). The forty days of Lent, as we now observe them, then run until the evening of Holy Thursday – at which point we start the three-day Easter Triduum.
The Easter Triduum – a single, unified, liturgy, comprising the Holy (“Maundy”) Thursday evening Eucharist (commemorating the Last Supper), the Good Friday Celebration of the Passion and the Great Vigil of Easter on Holy Saturday night – is rooted in the liturgies of the Church of Jerusalem, which are beautifully (and in great detail) reported for us by the Gallic pilgrim, Egeria, who observed, in Jerusalem during her travels there in 381-384, the reliving of the gospel events in the locations in which they originally took place.
Given the nature of the whole season of Lent and the Easter Triduum – the climax of the entire Church Year – it is hardly surprising that is has produced some of the highest forms of both the visual and aural arts. Painters and composers alike have been moved to create works of astonishing depth and expression and it is from this musical repertoire that we draw our music for the season.
During Lent, the choir music each Sunday comes primarily from the English Reformation period (16th century) with composers such as Tallis and Byrd. The music in Holy Week – from Palm Sunday – includes composers such as Victoria and the Spanish Renaissance composer, Christobal Morales. The Easter Triduum will provide its usual varied menu of music, from the 16th century English composer, John Taverner, to a contemporary setting of the Pange Lingua text by Gregory Heislman, Director of Music at the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist in Cleveland, OH.
The choir will, as in previous years, set the tone for Holy Week with the Sequence of Music and Readings for Passiontide on the afternoon of Palm Sunday, April 1st at 4.00 p.m. Using the unique ambience and acoustic of Cronyn Hall, the music will include God So Loved the World by Stainer, Hear My Prayer by Henry Purcell and Antonio Lotti’s famous Crucifixus. We will also hear readings from a variety of sources, both biblical and non-biblical. Do put this in your calendar and plan to join us.
On Easter Sunday morning, we will be joined by a brass quartet and the musical setting of the Eucharist will be the Missa Resurrectionis by Gerre Hancock – the famed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York who died in January of this year. Dr Hancock was one of America’s most highly acclaimed organists and choral directors and his loss will be felt profoundly by all involved in church music in North America and much further afield. On Easter morning, we will also sing the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah; music will be available for any congregation members who would like to sing along.
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ Recital - February 21st at 12.15pm
Join William Lupton - organist at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London (ON) and Huron University College - for a programme of Bach, Buxtehude, Mendelssohn (Sonata in A major/minor), Dupré (Cortège et Litanie) and Parry (Chorale Prelude on Dundee).
The recital starts at 12.15pm and admission is free.
The recital starts at 12.15pm and admission is free.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ Recital - February 14th 2012
This week, Simon Walker from the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Toronto, plays Bach's D minor Toccata and Fugue, Walton's Crown Imperial March and Thalben-Ball's Tune in E (in the style of John Stanley).
Come and relax over your lunch hour in the beautiful surroundings of London's oldest church.
Admission is free.
The Chancel at the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Toronto:
Come and relax over your lunch hour in the beautiful surroundings of London's oldest church.
Admission is free.
The Chancel at the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Toronto:
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ + Harp Recital - February 7th 2012
Join harpist, Kathleen Gahagan and Cathedral Organist, Andrew Keegan Mackriell, for a recital of Spanish music.
Music will include a Tiento by Cabanilles and music by, Alfonso X "El Sabio", Alfredo Rolando Ortiz and Praetorius.
We will also continue our look at The Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach with Contrapunctus X
.
Admission, as always, is free.
Music will include a Tiento by Cabanilles and music by, Alfonso X "El Sabio", Alfredo Rolando Ortiz and Praetorius.
We will also continue our look at The Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach with Contrapunctus X
.
Admission, as always, is free.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ Recital - January 31st at 12.15pm
Join organist, Janet Hereema of Trivitt Memorial Church, Exeter, ON, for a recital of music by Karg-Elert, Wilbur Held, Lowell Mason and Don Wyrtzen.
Janet also conducts the Exeter-based South Huron Community Adult, Youth & Handbell Choirs.
Janet also conducts the Exeter-based South Huron Community Adult, Youth & Handbell Choirs.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
St Paul's Cathedral Patronal Festival Weekend - January 29th, 2012
This coming Sunday marks the Patronal Festival at the Cathedral - the feast of The Conversion of St Paul (on the road to Damascus). The morning service starts with Bruckner's motet Locus Iste (a motet for the Feast of the Dedication) and we celebrate a Festive Eucharist with the music of English organist, David Briggs accompanied by guest organist, Michael Bloss.
On Sunday afternoon, we have another of our Diocesan Evensong services, at which the Cathedral Choir is joined by members of parish choirs in the locality. This is part of our diocesan musical outreach and allows these choir members to sing, in their cathedral, music which would not generally be sung in their home parishes.
Another aspect of our diocesan musical outreach is the Cathedral Choir's Sunday afternoon trips to sing cathedral-style evensong in many of the parishes of the Diocese of Huron. Since 2009, the choir has sung in some eleven or twelve parishes each year. Apart from being a very good social outing for the choir, it has reconnected many parishes to the cathedral and enabled diocesan parishioners to experience the traditional Book of Common Prayer Office of Evensong - something that many have reported not having been able to attend in some twenty years or more.
All the activities of the music programme are published here on our Blog and our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/musicatstpauls).
On Sunday afternoon, we have another of our Diocesan Evensong services, at which the Cathedral Choir is joined by members of parish choirs in the locality. This is part of our diocesan musical outreach and allows these choir members to sing, in their cathedral, music which would not generally be sung in their home parishes.
Another aspect of our diocesan musical outreach is the Cathedral Choir's Sunday afternoon trips to sing cathedral-style evensong in many of the parishes of the Diocese of Huron. Since 2009, the choir has sung in some eleven or twelve parishes each year. Apart from being a very good social outing for the choir, it has reconnected many parishes to the cathedral and enabled diocesan parishioners to experience the traditional Book of Common Prayer Office of Evensong - something that many have reported not having been able to attend in some twenty years or more.
All the activities of the music programme are published here on our Blog and our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/musicatstpauls).
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ Recital - Jan 24th - Angus Sinclair, OH
Join Angus Sinclair at 12.15pm on Tuesday, January 24th for a programme of organ arrangements including music by the "Big Three" of 1685 - Handel, Scarlatti and Bach.
Music includes arrangements from The Royal Fireworks Suite and The Water Music Suite in D, together with Bach's arrangement of the Vivaldi Concerto in F and the ‘Cat’ Fugue by Domenico Scarlatti.
Admission is free and the recital lasts 30 minutes.
Music includes arrangements from The Royal Fireworks Suite and The Water Music Suite in D, together with Bach's arrangement of the Vivaldi Concerto in F and the ‘Cat’ Fugue by Domenico Scarlatti.
Admission is free and the recital lasts 30 minutes.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ Recital - January 17th at 12.15pm
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ recital - January 17th @ 12.15pm
Join St Paul's Director of Music and Cathedral Organist, Andrew Keegan Mackriell, for the next instalment of The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus IX.
Also on the programme, organ music by Carl Czerny and the Vitali Ciaccona with Nic Carlucci, violin.
Admission is free.
Join St Paul's Director of Music and Cathedral Organist, Andrew Keegan Mackriell, for the next instalment of The Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus IX.
Also on the programme, organ music by Carl Czerny and the Vitali Ciaccona with Nic Carlucci, violin.
Admission is free.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ Recital Series - January 10th @ 12.15pm
This week our recitalist is Joel VanderZee - St John's-Kilmarnock School, Waterloo, ON.
The repertoire for the recital is entirely based around well-known hymn tunes with preludes by Hal Hopson, Vaughan Williams, Georg Boehm, Hermann Schroeder, Jean Langlais, John Ferguson and Sigfrid Karg-Elert.
Enjoy this free recital in the beautiful and relaxing surroundings of St Paul's Cathedral, the oldest church in London.
The repertoire for the recital is entirely based around well-known hymn tunes with preludes by Hal Hopson, Vaughan Williams, Georg Boehm, Hermann Schroeder, Jean Langlais, John Ferguson and Sigfrid Karg-Elert.
Enjoy this free recital in the beautiful and relaxing surroundings of St Paul's Cathedral, the oldest church in London.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Ringing In The New Year...
In addition to our two remaining Diocesan Evensongs of this academic year – on Jan 29th and April 29th – the cathedral choir will be travelling to sing evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral, Detroit on Sunday, March 25th and will be hosting the choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo on April 29th.
These latter two new collaborations with our nearest sister cathedral choirs, are in preparation for a “Three Choirs” event being planned for the Spring of 2013 that will see the three choirs come together, here in London, for a weekend of music, both sacred and secular. While it is still at the early stages of planning, this venture is beginning to look very exciting indeed. We’ll keep you posted as the plans develop.
The choir will, of course, also be leading music at the Diocesan Ordinations, a Deanery Confirmation and the Synod service, and will be travelling to sing Sunday evensong in another five parishes of our diocese, bringing our total of these parish visits to eleven for this year.
Finally, and to explain the article title above, the Ontario Guild of English Handbell Ringers has, very generously, just loaned us a 3-octave set of hand chimes, so we will shortly be contacting our Saturday morning group to see how we can incorporate this new layer of sound into our music programme. If you are interested in joining us, please contact the Director of Music at 519-434-3225.
These latter two new collaborations with our nearest sister cathedral choirs, are in preparation for a “Three Choirs” event being planned for the Spring of 2013 that will see the three choirs come together, here in London, for a weekend of music, both sacred and secular. While it is still at the early stages of planning, this venture is beginning to look very exciting indeed. We’ll keep you posted as the plans develop.
The choir will, of course, also be leading music at the Diocesan Ordinations, a Deanery Confirmation and the Synod service, and will be travelling to sing Sunday evensong in another five parishes of our diocese, bringing our total of these parish visits to eleven for this year.
Finally, and to explain the article title above, the Ontario Guild of English Handbell Ringers has, very generously, just loaned us a 3-octave set of hand chimes, so we will shortly be contacting our Saturday morning group to see how we can incorporate this new layer of sound into our music programme. If you are interested in joining us, please contact the Director of Music at 519-434-3225.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Tuesday Noon-hour Organ Recital Series - January 3rd @ 12.15pm
Join us as we recommence our Noon-hour organ recital series this Tuesday, January 3rd.
The recitalist will be St Paul's Cathedral Director of Music & Cathedral Organist, Andrew Keegan Mackriell.
The recital will include Contrapunctus VIII from The Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach, continuing The Art of Fugue series, and music by Flor Peeters, Eric Thiman, Richard Purvis and Ivan Langstroth.
Admission is free and the recital lasts 30 minutes.
The recitalist will be St Paul's Cathedral Director of Music & Cathedral Organist, Andrew Keegan Mackriell.
The recital will include Contrapunctus VIII from The Art of Fugue by J.S. Bach, continuing The Art of Fugue series, and music by Flor Peeters, Eric Thiman, Richard Purvis and Ivan Langstroth.
Admission is free and the recital lasts 30 minutes.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Christmas Eve 2011 - St Paul's Cathedral at 7.30pm and 11.00pm
Join the St Paul's Cathedral community as we celebrate Christmas 2011!
The 7.30pm service will be led by the cathedral choir and will feature well known Christmas hymns but will have a more congregational and contemporary feel than the Midnight Mass.
The 11.00pm Midnight Mass, at which Bishop Robert F. Bennett will preside, will also be led by the cathedral choir. The setting is the Messe de Minuit de Noël by Marc-Antoine Charpentier accompanied by organ and strings and the motet is There Is No Rose by Joel Martinson. We will be joined by a brass group who will play the traditional fanfares for O Come, All Ye Faithful and Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.
The 7.30pm service will be led by the cathedral choir and will feature well known Christmas hymns but will have a more congregational and contemporary feel than the Midnight Mass.
The 11.00pm Midnight Mass, at which Bishop Robert F. Bennett will preside, will also be led by the cathedral choir. The setting is the Messe de Minuit de Noël by Marc-Antoine Charpentier accompanied by organ and strings and the motet is There Is No Rose by Joel Martinson. We will be joined by a brass group who will play the traditional fanfares for O Come, All Ye Faithful and Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Service of Nine Lessons and Carols - St Paul's Cathedral, Sunday December 18th at 4.00pm.
Join us on Sunday afternoon at 4.00pm for the traditional Service of Nine Lessons and Carols with the Cathedral Choir, Congregation and Clergy.
Music by Whitehead, Nixon, Dexter, Ord, Willcocks, Martinson and the traditional nine readings telling the Christmas story, concluding with the Prologue from the Gospel of John and the Blessing by the Bishop of Huron, The Right Reverend Robert F. Bennett.
Music by Whitehead, Nixon, Dexter, Ord, Willcocks, Martinson and the traditional nine readings telling the Christmas story, concluding with the Prologue from the Gospel of John and the Blessing by the Bishop of Huron, The Right Reverend Robert F. Bennett.
Monday, November 28, 2011
BCP Evensong - St Andrew Memorial Church - Wednesday 30th at 7pm
BCP Evensong for the Feast of St Andrew - St Andrew Memorial Church, London, ON at 7.00pm
Come and join the Anglican community at St Andrew Memorial Church as the choir sings Evensong from the Book of Common Prayer - music settings include the canticles in Bb by Stanford and Bairstow's anthem Give Us The Wings of Faith.
BCP Evensong at its cathedral best! This Office of Evensong celebrates the Patronal Festival and 70th Anniversary of St Andrew's.
Come and join the Anglican community at St Andrew Memorial Church as the choir sings Evensong from the Book of Common Prayer - music settings include the canticles in Bb by Stanford and Bairstow's anthem Give Us The Wings of Faith.
BCP Evensong at its cathedral best! This Office of Evensong celebrates the Patronal Festival and 70th Anniversary of St Andrew's.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Procession with Lessons and Carols for Advent - tomorrow at 4:00pm
Procession with Lessons and Carols for Advent - St Paul's Cathedral, 472 Richmond St (at Queens). Tomorrow - Sunday, November 27th at 4:00pm.
Music by Lloyd, Handl, Sterndale Bennett, Guerrero and the O Antiphons sung in Latin.
Hope to see you there!
Music by Lloyd, Handl, Sterndale Bennett, Guerrero and the O Antiphons sung in Latin.
Hope to see you there!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Advent Procession with Carols and Lessons - Sunday, Nov 27 @ 4pm
The much-awaited and anticipated annual Advent Lessons and Carols service takes place this Sunday afternoon (November 27th) at 4.00pm.
Following the Proclamation of the Advent, the service continues with music from Francisco Guerrero, Sterndale Bennett, Jacob Handl, Richard Lloyd and John Bertalot.
Canon Bill Cliff joins us to sing the O Antiphons (in Latin) and the service includes 8 biblical readings including the Annunciation story.
Five hymns for the congregation complete this first carol service of the year.
The Service of Nine Lessons and Carols for Christmas will follow on Sunday, December 18th at 4.00pm.
We hope you will join us this Sunday afternoon as we enter into the time of waiting for the birth of the Christ-child.
Following the Proclamation of the Advent, the service continues with music from Francisco Guerrero, Sterndale Bennett, Jacob Handl, Richard Lloyd and John Bertalot.
Canon Bill Cliff joins us to sing the O Antiphons (in Latin) and the service includes 8 biblical readings including the Annunciation story.
Five hymns for the congregation complete this first carol service of the year.
The Service of Nine Lessons and Carols for Christmas will follow on Sunday, December 18th at 4.00pm.
We hope you will join us this Sunday afternoon as we enter into the time of waiting for the birth of the Christ-child.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Tuesday Noonhour Organ Recital - November 22nd at 12.15pm
This week, Andrew Adair (St James' Cathedral, Toronto) plays music by Handel and Franck.
In honour of the Feast of St Cecilia, Andrew plays three movements from Handel's Ode and follows with Prélude, fugue et variation, Cantabile and Pièce héroïque by César Franck.
In honour of the Feast of St Cecilia, Andrew plays three movements from Handel's Ode and follows with Prélude, fugue et variation, Cantabile and Pièce héroïque by César Franck.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
A Liturgical Year In Review
So, here we find ourselves coming to the end of the church’s year (Year A of the three year cycle) and at the beginning of Advent and a new year, Year B. It’s a good time both to reflect and look forward.
This has been an extremely busy year for the choir and I think that one of the key features of the choir’s work during this time has been its outreach to the wider community. The choir is doing a great deal to connect with Anglicans who call Huron their home and St Paul’s “their” cathedral. The last 12 months have seen the choir visit 17 parishes of the Diocese to sing evensong or a carol service and everywhere we go, apart from being very well fed indeed, the constant comment is how proud the parishes are to host their cathedral choir.
This is an outreach project to which we at St Paul's are passionately committed, particularly given the far flung nature of our diocese. The delight (and sometimes, relief) of those who attend the services we sing around the diocese, when they realise that the BCP is alive and flourishing despite what they may have been led to believe, is often quite palpable.
Here, at home, we have been equally busy and, although somewhat smaller in number than in previous years, we have kept up a challenging selection of repertoire, much of it new to the choir and St Paul’s, with very little repetition year to year. This is a happy and healthy position to be in and the commitment of the members of the choir to our mission is to be applauded.
We are particularly heartened by the way the choir have adapted to (and adopted?) the new musical requirements and challenges of our liturgy as we move forward, ever developing what it means, at least to us, to be an authentic Canadian Anglican cathedral as opposed to one that merely imitates an English model. We are, I believe, amongst a very small number of cathedrals seriously reflecting on where we should be going, and I know that we are working hand-in-hand with the Dean's vision for the future of St Paul’s.
As we come to the Last Sunday after Pentecost: the Reign of Christ (or The Sunday Next Before Advent), next week, Sunday, November 27th, sees our annual Procession with Carols and Lessons for Advent at 4:00 p.m. with music from the mid-1500s to the mid-1800s and 2011.
On Sunday, December 18th also at 4:00 p.m. we will have the well-loved Service of Nine Lessons and Carols with the now traditional mix of seasonal hymns, new arrangements of familiar carols and some newly-published music for Christmas.
So put these in your calendars and come and join us as we journey through Advent to Christmas and beyond.
In closing, on behalf of all the cathedral musicians, I would like to thank the family here at St Paul’s for the encouragement that we receive on an ongoing basis from the community we are privileged to serve.
This has been an extremely busy year for the choir and I think that one of the key features of the choir’s work during this time has been its outreach to the wider community. The choir is doing a great deal to connect with Anglicans who call Huron their home and St Paul’s “their” cathedral. The last 12 months have seen the choir visit 17 parishes of the Diocese to sing evensong or a carol service and everywhere we go, apart from being very well fed indeed, the constant comment is how proud the parishes are to host their cathedral choir.
This is an outreach project to which we at St Paul's are passionately committed, particularly given the far flung nature of our diocese. The delight (and sometimes, relief) of those who attend the services we sing around the diocese, when they realise that the BCP is alive and flourishing despite what they may have been led to believe, is often quite palpable.
Here, at home, we have been equally busy and, although somewhat smaller in number than in previous years, we have kept up a challenging selection of repertoire, much of it new to the choir and St Paul’s, with very little repetition year to year. This is a happy and healthy position to be in and the commitment of the members of the choir to our mission is to be applauded.
We are particularly heartened by the way the choir have adapted to (and adopted?) the new musical requirements and challenges of our liturgy as we move forward, ever developing what it means, at least to us, to be an authentic Canadian Anglican cathedral as opposed to one that merely imitates an English model. We are, I believe, amongst a very small number of cathedrals seriously reflecting on where we should be going, and I know that we are working hand-in-hand with the Dean's vision for the future of St Paul’s.
As we come to the Last Sunday after Pentecost: the Reign of Christ (or The Sunday Next Before Advent), next week, Sunday, November 27th, sees our annual Procession with Carols and Lessons for Advent at 4:00 p.m. with music from the mid-1500s to the mid-1800s and 2011.
On Sunday, December 18th also at 4:00 p.m. we will have the well-loved Service of Nine Lessons and Carols with the now traditional mix of seasonal hymns, new arrangements of familiar carols and some newly-published music for Christmas.
So put these in your calendars and come and join us as we journey through Advent to Christmas and beyond.
In closing, on behalf of all the cathedral musicians, I would like to thank the family here at St Paul’s for the encouragement that we receive on an ongoing basis from the community we are privileged to serve.
Gala Organ & Trumpet Concert - November 18th at 7.30pm
On Friday, November 18th at 7.30pm the Cathedral Arts Programme will present a Gala Organ and Trumpet concert.
The performers are Dr Maxine Thévenot, a Canadian organist who is currently Director of Cathedral Music at St John’s Cathedral, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Shawn Spicer, principal trumpet of Orchestra London.
Admission is by donation at the door, with thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor who is supporting this concert.
The concert will be followed by a reception to meet the performers and CDs will also be available.
For more information please contact the cathedral at 519-434-3225 or the Director of Music at AKeeganMackriell@stpaulscathedral.on.ca.
The performers are Dr Maxine Thévenot, a Canadian organist who is currently Director of Cathedral Music at St John’s Cathedral, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Shawn Spicer, principal trumpet of Orchestra London.
Admission is by donation at the door, with thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor who is supporting this concert.
The concert will be followed by a reception to meet the performers and CDs will also be available.
For more information please contact the cathedral at 519-434-3225 or the Director of Music at AKeeganMackriell@stpaulscathedral.on.ca.
BCP Evensong - Christ Church, Chatham - Sunday Nov 20th @ 5pm
Following on the great evensong last week in St Mary's (and a wonderful supper too!) the Cathedral Choir continues its visits to parishes of the Diocese of Huron this coming Sunday, November 20th.
Come and join the Anglican community in Christ Church, Chatham as the choir sings an English Reformation Evensong with Johnstone 4th Service Canticles, Robert White's Christe qui lux es et dies, and the Preces & Responses by John Reading.
The preacher at the Office will be The Very Reverend Kevin Dixon, Rector of St Paul's Cathedral and Dean of Huron.
BCP Evensong at its cathedral best! This Office of Evensong is part of Christ Church's 150th Anniversary Celebration.
Christ Church, 80 Wellington St West, Chatham,ON N7M 1J1(Map)
Come and join the Anglican community in Christ Church, Chatham as the choir sings an English Reformation Evensong with Johnstone 4th Service Canticles, Robert White's Christe qui lux es et dies, and the Preces & Responses by John Reading.
The preacher at the Office will be The Very Reverend Kevin Dixon, Rector of St Paul's Cathedral and Dean of Huron.
BCP Evensong at its cathedral best! This Office of Evensong is part of Christ Church's 150th Anniversary Celebration.
Christ Church, 80 Wellington St West, Chatham,ON N7M 1J1(Map)
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
BCP Evensong - St James' Church, St Mary's - Sunday Nov 13th @ 4pm
The Cathedral Choir continues its visits to parishes of the Diocese of Huron this coming Sunday, November 13th.
Come and join the Anglican community in St Mary's as the choir sings Stanford in C Canticles, Balfour Gardiner's Evening Hymn (sung in the Latin text Te Lucis Ante Terminum) with the Preces & Responses by Herbert Sumsion.
We will be joined by Maestro Angus Sinclair, OH at the organ.
BCP Evensong at its cathedral best!
St James' Church, 65 Church St S, St. Mary's,ON N4X 1B8 (Map)
Come and join the Anglican community in St Mary's as the choir sings Stanford in C Canticles, Balfour Gardiner's Evening Hymn (sung in the Latin text Te Lucis Ante Terminum) with the Preces & Responses by Herbert Sumsion.
We will be joined by Maestro Angus Sinclair, OH at the organ.
BCP Evensong at its cathedral best!
St James' Church, 65 Church St S, St. Mary's,ON N4X 1B8 (Map)
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Tuesday Noonhour Organ Recital - Tuesday @ 12.15 p.m.
Join organist, David Greenslade, this coming Tuesday at 12.15pm for a recital that includes music by Bach, Brahms, Healey Willan, Flor Peeters, Ronald Beckett and David Johnson.
Take some time out from the busy schedule of the world to relax in the beautiful space of St Paul's Cathedral.
Take some time out from the busy schedule of the world to relax in the beautiful space of St Paul's Cathedral.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Fanshawe Chorus London and St Paul's Director of Music - November 5th
On Saturday, November 5th, at 7.30pm Fanshawe Chorus London will be joined by St Paul's Cathedral Director of Music and Cathedral Organist, Andrew Keegan Mackriell, to present a concert titled Great Hymns and Anthems.
Music will include Parry's anthem I was glad (as sung at successive coronations), Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus, Brahms' Wie Lieblich (How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings) and many popular hymns for the audience to sing with the choir, organ, piano and brass sextet.
As a post-Halloween organ solo, Andrew will play Bach's well-known Toccata and Fugue in D minor (think Phantom of the Opera).
Tickets are available at the door and more information can be found here.
Music will include Parry's anthem I was glad (as sung at successive coronations), Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus, Brahms' Wie Lieblich (How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings) and many popular hymns for the audience to sing with the choir, organ, piano and brass sextet.
As a post-Halloween organ solo, Andrew will play Bach's well-known Toccata and Fugue in D minor (think Phantom of the Opera).
Tickets are available at the door and more information can be found here.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Tuesday Noonhour Organ Recital - Tuesday @ 12.15 p.m.
Our noonhour Organ Recital series continues on Tuesday, November 1st with the Cathedral Director of Music, Andrew Keegan Mackriell, performing works by Bach, Dubois, Saint-Saëns and Borowski.
30 minutes of glorious music during your lunch hour. Come and join us and take some time out from the busy-ness of the world in the beautiful and relaxing space of St Paul's Cathedral.
30 minutes of glorious music during your lunch hour. Come and join us and take some time out from the busy-ness of the world in the beautiful and relaxing space of St Paul's Cathedral.
Music @ St Paul's on Facebook
As part of our presence in the wider world, we now also have a Facebook page for Music @ St Paul's - www.facebook.com/musicatstpauls.
Join us over on Facebook to keep up to date with happenings in the world of music at St Paul's Cathedral!
Join us over on Facebook to keep up to date with happenings in the world of music at St Paul's Cathedral!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Diocesan Evensong - St Paul's Cathedral - Sunday, November 6th
So, a great start to the term with three parish visits to sing BCP evensong (in Paris, Sarnia and London).
The next musical item on the schedule is the first of our three Diocesan Evensongs at which members of parish choirs are invited to join the cathedral choir - either as a parish group or individually.
On Sunday, November 6th at 5.00pm we will sing the Office to music by Stanford, Rose and Basil Harwood - his great anthem for All Saints, O How Glorious Is The Kingdom with Maestro Sinclair at the organ.
If you would like the music so that you can come to the rehearsal at 3.00pm on that Sunday and sing with us, please get in touch.
The next musical item on the schedule is the first of our three Diocesan Evensongs at which members of parish choirs are invited to join the cathedral choir - either as a parish group or individually.
On Sunday, November 6th at 5.00pm we will sing the Office to music by Stanford, Rose and Basil Harwood - his great anthem for All Saints, O How Glorious Is The Kingdom with Maestro Sinclair at the organ.
If you would like the music so that you can come to the rehearsal at 3.00pm on that Sunday and sing with us, please get in touch.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Gala Organ and Trumpet Concert - November 18th at 7.30pm
On Friday, November 18th at 7.30pm the Cathedral Arts Programme will present a Gala Organ and Trumpet concert.
The performers are Dr Maxine Thévenot, a Canadian organist who is currently Director of Cathedral Music at St John’s Cathedral, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Shawn Spicer, principal trumpet of Orchestra London.
Admission is by donation at the door, with thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor who is supporting this concert.
The concert will be followed by a reception to meet the performers and CDs will also be available.
For more information please contact the cathedral at 519-434-3225 or the Director of Music at AKeeganMackriell@stpaulscathedral.on.ca.
The performers are Dr Maxine Thévenot, a Canadian organist who is currently Director of Cathedral Music at St John’s Cathedral, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Shawn Spicer, principal trumpet of Orchestra London.
Admission is by donation at the door, with thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor who is supporting this concert.
The concert will be followed by a reception to meet the performers and CDs will also be available.
For more information please contact the cathedral at 519-434-3225 or the Director of Music at AKeeganMackriell@stpaulscathedral.on.ca.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
The Cathedral Choir Mission Statement
The music ministry of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir exists
- to nurture the worshipping community of St Paul’s in the faith and the expression of that faith through music
- to aid St Paul’s congregations in worship by beautifying the liturgy with music
- to lead the members of the cathedral congregations in expressing their own worship through song by encouraging a high level of musical participation
- to provide musical leadership to the Diocese of Huron both at the cathedral and in the parishes of the diocese
- to contribute to the life of St Paul’s Cathedral and of the wider London community
In seeking to fulfil these aims St Paul’s Cathedral Choir is also committed
- to fulfilling the duty of every cathedral since the Reformation to offer worship of the highest order of excellence
- to maintaining and continuing to develop an authentic Canadian Anglican cathedral tradition, in particular as it is expressed in the Diocese of Huron
- to striving for perfection in performance as befits the role of a cathedral choir
- to being a role model for choirs in the parishes of the Diocese of Huron
- to supporting and engaging in the fund-raising and outreach projects of St Paul’s
In order to achieve these goals St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
- is an auditioned and paid choral organization open to singers of all denominations
- places an extremely high reliance on vocal ability and extensive choral experience
- requires highly developed skills in sight-reading
- maintains a wide repertoire of choral and congregational music
- requires a strong commitment from all singers in order to meet the needs of the extensive cathedral and diocesan liturgical schedule
It is the privilege of the members of St Paul’s Cathedral choir to serve the worshipping community which calls the mother church of the Diocese of Huron its home.
Music, Mission & Ministry at St Paul's Cathedral
What we're about here at St Paul's, musically and liturgically, differs somewhat from what might be called the traditional "English model" of cathedral. While we do maintain both cathedral standards and ethos, we are also very aware of our parish community and also our ministry to the wider diocesan family.
We are very much focussed on maintaining and developing what we refer to as an "authentic Canadian cathedral tradition" which attempts to blend those three elements - cathedral, parish, diocese - together into a cohesive whole. While this is focussed on the needs of our particular situation in the Diocese of Huron, it does provide a handy springboard for a wider discussion of the role(s) of a cathedral and its music department, in 21st century Canada.
The resulting philiosophy and its working out in practice makes us look somewhat different from most other cathedrals in Canada, in that we have a very high level of congregational ownership of, and participatiion in, the liturgy, which regularly includes singing, in harmony, without accompaniment.
We will share the cathedral choir's mission statement in a subsequent posting and you'll be able to see how this mission and ministry is addressed by them - we are extremely fortunate to have such a committed group of professional, semi-professional and student musicians, who put in the regular "Choir Night in Canada" time every week through the year, in addition to all our other activities.
We are very much focussed on maintaining and developing what we refer to as an "authentic Canadian cathedral tradition" which attempts to blend those three elements - cathedral, parish, diocese - together into a cohesive whole. While this is focussed on the needs of our particular situation in the Diocese of Huron, it does provide a handy springboard for a wider discussion of the role(s) of a cathedral and its music department, in 21st century Canada.
The resulting philiosophy and its working out in practice makes us look somewhat different from most other cathedrals in Canada, in that we have a very high level of congregational ownership of, and participatiion in, the liturgy, which regularly includes singing, in harmony, without accompaniment.
We will share the cathedral choir's mission statement in a subsequent posting and you'll be able to see how this mission and ministry is addressed by them - we are extremely fortunate to have such a committed group of professional, semi-professional and student musicians, who put in the regular "Choir Night in Canada" time every week through the year, in addition to all our other activities.
BCP Evensong - Sunday, October 16th 2011 - Paris, Ontario
So, for those who love the red Book of Common Prayer, the Cathedral Choir will be singing BCP Evensong at St James Church, Paris, Ontario at 5.00pm on Sunday, October 16th. We will be joined, as we often happily are, by Maestro Angus Sinclair at the organ.
The music includes Stanford in Bb Canticles, Bernard Rose Preces and Responses and Save Us, O Lord by Edward Bairstow.
We will be accompanied by Dean Kevin Dixon, Rector of St Paul's, who will preach/sermonize/reflect (or choose your own verb!).
If there are any PBSC members in that area, we look forward to seeing you there. Our thanks go especially to our friend, Brian Munroe, who so lovingly supports and encourages all things BCP in this area of the province.
The music includes Stanford in Bb Canticles, Bernard Rose Preces and Responses and Save Us, O Lord by Edward Bairstow.
We will be accompanied by Dean Kevin Dixon, Rector of St Paul's, who will preach/sermonize/reflect (or choose your own verb!).
If there are any PBSC members in that area, we look forward to seeing you there. Our thanks go especially to our friend, Brian Munroe, who so lovingly supports and encourages all things BCP in this area of the province.
Music @ St Paul's - A New Blog
Welcome to Music @ St Paul's - the blog of the Music Department of St Paul's Cathedral, London (that would be the St Paul's Cathedral in London, Ontario, Canada not the slightly larger and better know one in England - though we've had a link with them, as have others, for many years and last sang there in 2009).
For those who may not know London, it is a city of some 350,000 situated in the south west of the province of Ontario, 2 hours (200km) west of Toronto and 2 hours (200km) east of Windsor and Detroit, MI. We're also about 200km from Buffalo.
St Paul's Cathedral, London, is the oldest church in the city, dating from 1846, and is the mother church of the Diocese of Huron (Anglican Church of Canada).
Both of the Episcopal cathedrals in Detroit and Buffalo are dedicated to St Paul, so it might be no surprise that we are building up a good working relationship between the three of us as we plan a Three Choirs Festival weekend in the spring of 2013.
The plan is to use this blog to keep you up to date with what the choir and musicians are doing, what music we're singing, when and where you can join us for services - particularly when we sing in the parishes of our diocese - and to share other thoughts and activities as they arise.
The cathedral website is stpaulscathedral.on.ca and the Director of Music, Andrew Keegan Mackriell, may be contacted at AKeeganMackriell@stpaulscathedral.on.ca.
Please do get in touch with us - we'd love to hear from you!
For those who may not know London, it is a city of some 350,000 situated in the south west of the province of Ontario, 2 hours (200km) west of Toronto and 2 hours (200km) east of Windsor and Detroit, MI. We're also about 200km from Buffalo.
St Paul's Cathedral, London, is the oldest church in the city, dating from 1846, and is the mother church of the Diocese of Huron (Anglican Church of Canada).
Both of the Episcopal cathedrals in Detroit and Buffalo are dedicated to St Paul, so it might be no surprise that we are building up a good working relationship between the three of us as we plan a Three Choirs Festival weekend in the spring of 2013.
The plan is to use this blog to keep you up to date with what the choir and musicians are doing, what music we're singing, when and where you can join us for services - particularly when we sing in the parishes of our diocese - and to share other thoughts and activities as they arise.
The cathedral website is stpaulscathedral.on.ca and the Director of Music, Andrew Keegan Mackriell, may be contacted at AKeeganMackriell@stpaulscathedral.on.ca.
Please do get in touch with us - we'd love to hear from you!
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