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Music inWells Cathedral2016

Music in Wells Cathedral 2016Thursday 14 January 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALJonathan Vaughn (Assistant Organist,Wells Cathedral)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Friday 15 January 7.00pmPROMENADE CONCERT: TALLIS VOICESPeter Leech (conductor)Renaissance music in praise of St CeciliaTickets: £10.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, at the door, or by postfrom Dr C.R. Lovell, Green Farm Cottage, The Green, Farmborough, Bath, BA2 0BA,enclosing a stamped addressed envelopeIn aid of the Wells Cathedral Chorister Trust (wcct.co.uk)

Thursday 21 January (all day)BACH DAY“For the glory of the most high God alone, And for my neighbour to learn from”(J.S. Bach, epigraph to The Little Organ Book, 1717)A festive day of Bach performances in some of the Cathedral’s most inspiringspaces,with musicians fromWells Cathedral School, from the most intimate ofkeyboard pieces and dances for solo string instruments, to the glorious liturgicalmusic for choir and organ, including an Epiphany Cantata at 5.15pm (duringChoral Evensong), and:1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS: RECITAL 07The seventh in the bi-monthly series of organ recitals surveying the complete organworks of J.S. Bach over six years – this year featuring the miscellaneous choralepreludes, alongside the ‘free’ organ works – played by Matthew Owens (Organistand Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral):Chorale Preludes for Christmas;CanonicVariations on“Vom Himmel hoch da komm’ ich her”,BWV 769aAdmission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Friday 22 January 6.45pmPROMENADE CONCERT: OPUS ANGLICANUMThe Candlemas Procession of Chant –Vespers recited in the Quireand music for the blessing of candles, followed by the procession inwhich the audience joins, around the entire cathedralTickets: £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office and at the door

Tuesday 26 January 7.00pmPROMENADE CONCERT: WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOLArchitecture in Sound: a showcase for some of Britain’s finest young brassand percussion players fromWells Cathedral School, weaving a rich musicaltapestry of sounds from the Middle Ages onwardsTickets: £7.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office and at the doorIn aid of the Wells Cathedral

Wednesday 27 January 7.00pmPROMENADE CONCERT: WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOLLet EverythingThat Has Breath: exceptional young wind players, singers, andstrings fromWells Cathedral School perform in the awe-inspiring surroundingsof Wells CathedralTickets: £7.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office and at the doorIn aid of the Wells Cathedral

Sunday 31 January 4.30 – 5.30pm (in the Quire)ORGAN RECITAL: MESSIAEN MEDITATION (I)Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral)and Prebendary Elsa van der Zee (narrator) give the annual performanceof Olivier Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur (The Birth of our Lord) in the first ofthree Messiaen organ meditations in 2016Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Thursday 11 February 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALBlandine Jacquet (Junior Organ Scholar, Wells Cathedral)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Friday 12 February 7.30pmWELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRADuncan Ward (conductor)Shostakovich’s first cello concerto is the centrepiece for a programme oforchestral classics, which includes music from the BBC’s 10 Pieces projectTickets: £8.00 – £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral School Box Office(telephone 01749 834483) and at the door

Saturday 5 March 7.00pmMILLFIELD FESTIVAL CHORUSHandel MessiahTickets: free of charge; available from Millfield Music Box Office(telephone 01458 444404, or email music@millfieldschool.com)Retiring collection for school charities

Thursday 10 March 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS: RECITAL 08The eighth in the bi-monthly series of organ recitals surveying the completeorgan works of J.S. Bach over six years – this year featuring the miscellaneouschorale preludes, alongside the ‘free’organ works – played by MatthewOwens (Organist and Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral): ChoralePreludes for Lent and Passiontide –Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 736; Valet willich dir geben, BWV 735; In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr, BWV 712; Erbarm dichmein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721; Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727; Preludeand Fugue in E minor, BWV 548Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Friday 11 March 7.30pmWELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL CHOIRS & ORCHESTRA:CHICHESTER PSALMS AND ZADOK THE PRIESTLeonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and best-loved classics, including Handel’sZadok the PriestTickets: £8.00 – £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral School Box Office(telephone 01749 834483) and at the door

Saturday 12 March 7.00pm (in the Quire)EARLY MUSIC WELLS:VICTORIA REQUIEM BY CANDLELIGHTThe Early Music Wells Consort, directed by Mattthew Owens, sings oneof the sublime masterpieces of the Spanish Renaissance,Tomás Luis deVictoria’sRequiem – Officium defunctorum (1605)Tickets: £12.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office and at the door

Thursday 17 March 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALNicholas Morris (Assistant Organist, Birmingham Cathedral)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Palm Sunday 20 March 3.00 – 4.00pmJOHN JOUBERT: ST MARK PASSION (first performance)Wells Cathedral Choir, Richard May (cello), Jonathan Vaughn (organ),Matthew Owens (conductor)This major new setting of the St Mark Passion is given itsWorld Premiere byWellsCathedral Choir,within a service, on the day of the composer’s 89th birthdayAdmission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Good Friday 25 March 7.30pmBATH CAMERATA: MUSIC FOR GOOD FRIDAYMedici Ensemble, Benjamin Goodson (conductor)Handel Dixit Dominus and other worksAdmission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Thursday 14 April 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALRichard Pinel (Assistant Director of Music, St George’s Chapel,Windsor Castle)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Saturday 23 April 7.00pmWELLS CATHEDRAL ORATORIO SOCIETY:GREAT BRITISH CLASSICSChoristers of Wells Cathedral ChoirSouthern Sinfonia, Matthew Owens (conductor)A programme in celebration of the 90th birthday of HM The Queen, including:Parry I was glad; Jerusalem; Elgar Nimrod (from Enigma Variations); Elgar Te Deumand Benedictus; Parry Blest Pair of Sirens; Walton Orb and SceptreTickets:£10.00 – £25.00; available from wcos.org.uk, Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door

Thursday 28 April 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALGiven by students of Wells Cathedral SchoolAdmission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Saturday 30 April 2.15 – 2.45pm (in the Quire)AFTERNOON ORGAN RECITALfor the Federation of Cathedral Old Choristers’ Associations (all welcome)Jonathan Vaughn (Assistant Organist,Wells Cathedral)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Ascension Day, Thursday 5 May 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)ORGAN RECITAL: MESSIAEN MEDITATION (II)Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral)and Prebendary Elsa van der Zee (narrator) give the annual performanceof Olivier Messiaen’s L’Ascension (Four Symphonic Meditations for Organ) inthe second of three Messiaen organ meditations in 2016Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Thursday 12 May 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALDavid Simon (Yale University, USA)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Saturday 14 May 7.00pmSOMERSET SINGERSBrandon Hill Chamber OrchestraRuth Holton (soprano),Robert Rice (baritone), Jonathan Vaughn (conductor)Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture VaughanWilliams A Sea SymphonyTickets: £10.00 – £22.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door,or telephone 01934 838843

Pentecost Sunday 15 May 4.30 – 5.00pm (in the Quire)ORGAN RECITAL: MESSIAEN MEDITATION (III)Matthew Owens (Organist and Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral) andPrebendary Elsa van der Zee (narrator) give the annual performance of OlivierMessiaen’s Messe de la Pentecôte in the third of this year’s Messiaen meditationsAdmission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Friday 20 May 7.30 – 8.30pm (in the Quire)EARLY MUSIC WELLS: FROM LONDON TO LÜBECKA musical journey through Baroque Europe, with Matthew Owens (Organistand Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral), featuring music by Handel,Sweelinck, François Couperin, Frescobaldi, and BuxtehudeTickets: £12.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office and at the doorThis concert is generously sponsored by Mrs Pamela Pye

Thursday 26 May 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS: RECITAL 09The ninth in the bi-monthly series of organ recitals surveying the complete organworks of J.S. Bach over six years – this year featuring the miscellaneous choralepreludes, alongside the ‘free’ organ works – played by Matthew Owens (Organistand Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral):Chorale Preludes for Easter –AlleinGott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWVs 715, 711, 717;Christ lag inTodesbanden, BWV 718;Fantasia super: Christ lag inTodesbanden, BWV 695; Prelude and Fugue in B minor,BWV 544Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Thursday 9 June 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALBryan Anderson (Senior Organ Scholar,Wells Cathedral)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Saturday 25 June 7.00pmORLANDO SINGERS:David Everett (director)Palestrina Dum complerentur, Missa Dum complerentur, Hodie;Allegri Missa Che da oggi mio Sole, Florete floresAdmission: £15.00 (£11.00 under 20); available from Orlando SingersBox Office 01202 528348, Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door

Thursday 7 July 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS: RECITAL 10The tenth in the bi-monthly series of organ recitals surveying the completeorgan works of J.S. Bach over six years – this year featuring the miscellaneouschorale preludes, alongside the ‘free’ organ works – played by MatthewOwens (Organist and Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral): Concertoin C major (after Ernst), BWV 595; Chorale Preludes – Herr Gott, dich lobenwir, BWV 725; Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWVs 690, 691; Jesus,meine Zuversicht, BWV 728; Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWVs 730, 731;Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Friday 8 July 7.30pmWELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAJac van Steen (conductor)Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1Shostakovich Symphony No 10Admission: £8.00 – £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral School Box Office(telephone 01749 834483) and at the door

Thursday 14 July 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALJonathan Vaughn (Assistant Organist,Wells Cathedral)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Saturday 23 July 7.00pmSOMERSET CHAMBER CHOIR: THE ENGLISH GENIUSAndrew Kennedy (tenor), George Humphreys (baritone),Anita D’Attelis and Duncan Honeybourne (piano),Southern Sinfonia, Graham Caldbeck (conductor)Purcell; Holst; Gibbons (arranged Bairstow and Nico Muhly);Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs; Britten St NicolasTickets:£10.00 – £30.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, Taunton TouristInformation Centre (01823 336344), and at the door, or somersetchamberchoir.org.uk

Thursday 11 August 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALMatthew Redman (Director of Music,All Hallows’ School; and Organist,Wells CathedralVoluntary Choir)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Thursday 8 September 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALManuel Torregrosa Valero (Murcia Cathedral, Spain)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Friday 9 September 7.30pmTHE SIXTEENHarry Christophers (conductor)The Choral Pilgrimage 2016Byrd Diliges Dominum, Miserere mihi, Domine, Emendemus in melius, Tribue,Domine, Christe qui lux es et dies, O lux beata Trinitas, Ad Dominum cum tribularer,Laetentur coeli; Arvo Pärt A Deer’s Cry, The Woman with the Alabaster Box,Nunc dimittis;Tallis Miserere nostriTickets: available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office and at the door

Saturday 17 September 7.00pm (in the Quire)EARLY MUSIC WELLS:BACH CELLO SUITES BY CANDLELIGHTSome of the most beautiful music ever written for the cello, in the candlelitsurroundings ofWells Cathedral,with one of Europe’s leading baroque cellists,Luise Buchberger (Co-Principal Cello of the Orchestra of the Age ofEnlightenment): Suites No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007;No. 4 in E-flat major,BWV 1010; and No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011Tickets: £12.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office and at the door

Thursday 22 September 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS: RECITAL 11The eleventh in the bi-monthly series of organ recitals surveying the completeorgan works of J.S. Bach over six years – this year featuring the miscellaneouschorale preludes, alongside the ‘free’ organ works – played by Matthew Owens(Organist and Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral): Prelude in A minor,BWV 569; Kleines harmonisches Labyrinth, BWV 591; Chorale Preludes –Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 706; Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWVs709, 726; Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720; BWV 726; Ach Gott, vonHimmel sieh’ darein, BWV 741; Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Saturday 24 September 7.00pmWELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIR IN CONCERT:FAURÉ REQUIEMWells Cathedral Choir, Jonathan Vaughn (organ),Matthew Owens (conductor)In a fundraising concert forWells Cathedral, the world-famous choir sings oneof the greatest choral works ever written, alongside other choral favouritesTickets: £10.00 – £25.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office and at the door

Thursday 13 October 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALJames Thomas (Director of Music, St Edmundsbury Cathedral)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Saturday 15 October 7.00pmWELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL:A CELEBRATION OF MESSIAENProgramme to include Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time (to mark its 75thanniversary), and Trois petites liturgies de la présence divineTickets: £8.00 – £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral School Box Office(telephone 01749 834483) and at the door

Tuesday 18 October 1.05 – 1.50pm (in the North Transept)NEW MUSIC WELLS:WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL LUNCHTIME RECITALPart of new music wells 76 –16, given by the New Music Ensemble fromWellsCathedral School, featuring compositions by student composers from the schoolAdmission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Wednesday 19 October 1.05 – 1.50pm (in the North Transept)NEW MUSIC WELLS:WELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL LUNCHTIME RECITALPart of new music wells 76 –16, the New Music Ensemble from Wells CathedralSchool plays a programme of works by this year’s featured composer,Judith Weir CBE (Master of the The Queen’s Music)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Wednesday 19 October 7.30 – 9.00pm(in the Education Room,The Friends Building)NEW MUSIC WELLS:AN EVENING WITH THE MASTER OF THE QUEEN’S MUSICA rare opportunity to hear the featured composer of new music wells 76 –16,JudithWeir CBE (Master of the Queen’s Music, and one of the UK’s finestcontemporary composers), in conversation with fellow composers Judith Binghamand Howard Skempton, along with Matthew Owens,with an opportunity forquestions from the audienceAdmission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Thursday 20 October 1.05 – 1.50pm (in the Quire)NEW MUSIC WELLS: ORGAN RECITALGordon Stewart (International Concert Organist) performs a recital of organmusic for new music wells 76–16, including works by Naji Hakim, Andrew Carter,and by this year’s featured composer, JudithWeir CBE (Master of The Queen’sMusic)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Friday 21 October 7.30pmWELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAThe finest instrumentalists ofWells Cathedral School perform an excitingprogramme of orchestral classicsTickets: £8.00 – £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral School Box Office(telephone 01749 834483) and at the door

Thursday 10 November 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALSachin Gunga (Assistant Director of Music, Wakefield Cathedral)Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Thursday 10 November 8.00pm (in the North Transept)VICARS CHORAL COMMEMORATION CONCERTA candlelit concert featuring a selection of some of the finest cathedral music formen’s voices, and arrangements of popular songs, performed by the highly acclaimedVicars Choral of Wells Cathedral Choir, directed by Jonathan VaughnTickets: £15.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office

Saturday 12 November 7.00pmWELLS CATHEDRAL ORATORIO SOCIETY:MOZART VESPERS AND HAYDN NELSON MASSRuby Hughes (soprano),Rachael Lloyd (mezzo soprano),Ed Goater (tenor),Morgan Pearse (bass),Music for Awhile Orchestra (on period instruments;leader – Maggie Faultless),Matthew Owens (conductor)Mozart Solemn Vespers, K. 339;Haydn Nelson MassTickets:£10.00 – £25.00; available from wcos.org.uk,Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door

Remembrance Sunday 13 November 3.00 – 4.00pmREMEMBRANCE SUNDAY REQUIEMWells Cathedral Choir, Rachael Lloyd (mezzo soprano),Philip Dukes (viola), Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Matthew Owens (conductor)Following the Cathedral Choir’s world premiere performance, in 2015, of GaryDavison’s Requiem, the work is performed once again, within a devotional service,interspersed withWar PoetryAdmission: free Retiring collection in aid of the Poppy Appeal and Wells Cathedral Music

Thursday 17 November 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)LUNCHTIME ORGAN RECITALGiven by students of Wells Cathedral SchoolAdmission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Thursday 24 November 1.05 – 1.40pm (in the Quire)BACH COMPLETE ORGAN WORKS: RECITAL 12The twelfth in the bi-monthly series of organ recitals surveying the complete organworks of J.S. Bach over six years – this year featuring the miscellaneous choralepreludes, alongside the ‘free’ organ works – played by Matthew Owens (Organistand Master of the Choristers,Wells Cathedral): Choral Preludes forAdvent andChristmas – Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 722; Gott, durch deine Güte(Gottes Sohn ist kommen), BWV 724; Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, BWV732; Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, BWV 734; Fantasia: Jesu,meine Freude, BWV713; Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 694; Fughetta:Gottes-Sohn ist kommen, BWV703; Fughetta: Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott, BWV 704; Trio sonata in C minor,BWV 526; Meine Seele erhebt den Herren: Fuga sopra il Magnificat, BWV 733Admission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Saturday 26 November 7.00pm (in the Quire)EARLY MUSIC WELLS:SAINT CECILIA CONCERT BY CANDLELIGHTIn its 20th anniversary year, The Brook Street Band (“Finely balanced, deliciouslyspiced, infectiously musical!” Andrew McGregor, BBC Radio 3) presents musicby Bach, Handel, Leclair, andTelemannLisete da Silva (baroque flute), Farran Scott (baroque violin), Tatty Theo(baroque cello), Carolyn Gibley (harpsichord)“So infectious is the enthusiasm of these gifted players for their Baroque master that youwill find it hard to suppress a smile at the sheer energy and effervescence” (The Observer)Tickets: £12.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office and at the door

Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 November 7.00pmWELLS CATHEDRAL SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLS’ CHRISTMAS CONCERTSModern and traditional Christmas songs performed by a massed choir of localprimary school children with instrumental items fromWells Cathedral SchoolAdmission: free Retiring collection in aid of Wells Cathedral Music

Saturday 3 December 7.00pmWELLS CATHEDRAL ORATORIO SOCIETY:HANDEL MESSIAHAli Darragh (soprano), Tim Wilson (countertenor), Alexander JamesEdwards (tenor), Andrew Mahon (bass), Music for Awhile Orchestra (onperiod instruments; leader – Maggie Faultless), Matthew Owens (conductor)Book early for Handel’s greatest Oratorio, in the annual performance from theWells Cathedral Oratorio SocietyTickets:£12.00 – £28.00; available from wcos.org.uk, Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office, and at the door

Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 December 7.00pmWELLS CATHEDRAL JUNIOR SCHOOLCHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONJill Edmonds (musical director), Judith Burns (speech director)Christmas music, readings, and instrumental itemsAdmission: free Retiring collection for charity

Monday 12 December 7.30pmMEDIAEVAL CAROLSOpus AnglicanumA candlelit concert of English 15th century carols, together with liturgicalchant for Christmas in the context of a narration from mediaeval writings;music by Machaut, Dunstable, Obrecht, and CornyshTickets: £20.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office

Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 December 7.00 – 8.15pmCANDLELIGHT CHRISTMAS CONCERTSWITH WELLS CATHEDRAL CHOIRJonathan Vaughn (organ), Matthew Owens (conductor)Early booking is advised for these highly popular concerts when the CathedralChoir performs seasonal music, interspersed with readings, in the Cathedral,lit by thousands of candlesTickets: £14.00 – £26.00; available from Wells Cathedral Shop Box Office from 1 August andat the door; please ask about our Sponsor a Candle scheme (shop@wellscathedral.uk.net)Proceeds from these concerts support Wells Cathedral Choir and the wider work of Wells Cathedral

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Lunchtime ConcertsLocal School ConcertsLunchtime Concerts will be given in thecathedral by young musicians from schoolsand colleges from the locality on someFridays in May, June and September. Theconcerts last approximately 45 minutes

Visiting Choir Informal ConcertsThroughout the year visiting choirs come togive informal concerts at lunchtime, startingat 1.05pm for approximately 45 minutes.They come from the USA, Canada, Australia,Russia, Continental Europe as well as thiscountry. Please check details on theCathedral Music List.

Wells Cathedral School,Music School Concert HallLunchtime concerts are given by pupils onTuesdays, Thursdays and and occasionallyon Fridays at 1.00pm during each schoolterm. Admission is free. Wells is one of thefour schools in England which caters forchildren of outstanding musical ability

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HOW TO BOOKWells Cathedral ShopAll tickets sold through the Cathedral ShopBox Office may be booked by any of themethods below. We are able to sell thetickets as soon as the concert organizersdeliver them.N.B. £1.50 is charged per transaction on ticketbookings made with a credit/debit card or cheque.

Personal BookingsTickets can be bought from one of the till pointsin the Shop between the following hours:10.30 - 16.30 Monday to Saturday11.30 - 16.30 on Sundays & Bank HolidaysCredit/debit cards, cheque or cash willbe accepted.

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Postal BookingsMust include a stamped addressed envelopetogether with credit/debit card details(including the 3 digit security code number)or a cheque made payable toWells Cathedral Publications Ltd.Send your request to: Wells CathedralPublications, Shop and Box Office,Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UA.A daytime telephone contact number mustbe provided.

President: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CH CBEHelp commission pre-eminent British composers John Joubert and Judith Weir CBE (Masterof the Queen’s Music) for less than £10 a month (per composer). In return, as a CathedralCommissioner, you normally have the following privileges:• You will be invited to meet the composer• You will receive a signed copy of the new work’s score• You will be invited to special rehearsals• You will be invited to a commissioners’ reception at the world premiere• You will be directly supporting a composer’s work and Wells Cathedral ChoirFor further details about this exciting opportunity please contact the Dr Nicholas Hooper, Cathedral CommissionsAdministrator, Wells Cathedral Music Office, Chain Gate, Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset BA5 2UE, or telephone01749 832204 or email administrator@cathedralcommissions.co.uk

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