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Magna Carta 800 - 2015 in Review Services and Music News and Events

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Foreword: Looking Forward 2 – 3

Magna Carta 2015 in Review 4 – 8

Cathedral Services I – X Music Highlights XI Epiphany Procession XI News and Events XII – XV

Art at the Cathedral 24 – 25 News and Events 26 – 29 Looking forward... Amnesty International 30 Friends’ Update 30 The beginning of a year is a good time to look forward. People instinctively plan ahead as Organ Recitals / Contacts / Subscriptions31 the year starts to move out of winter and the Cathedral is also looking forward. Events Back cover For much of last year we ran a public consultation on our draft ‘Master Plan’, the summary of significant potential projects which might shape our life beyond the finishing of the Major Repair Programme. We started in May by presenting the proposals to the Cathedral Council and College of Canons and then spent the following seven months in encouraging the widest participation possible including questionnaires, Open Days, exhibitions, presentations, face-to-face conversations and media interviews.

In a radio interview during the consultation I said Front Cover: Photo from inside the Chapter that ‘Cathedrals plan in decades not weeks or House by Ash Mills. months’. Some of the projects we’ve just put to public scrutiny have been under discussion for at least 20 years and some may not see the light of day for another generation. The challenges described in this ‘Master Plan’ have been on the Chapter’s monthly agenda for almost ten years

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the experience of welcome or facilities for our education work or offering apprenticeships for young people in our Works Department have all gained enthusiastic support.

It’s harder to listen well when people disagree with you. Yet we have worked hard to take on board dissenting views. The whole purpose of this consultation was in order to improve our view of the future, to help shape our perspectives about what will work and what won’t. As the draft Master Plan turns into more firm proposals the wisdom of those views offered will be seen in the final outcome. So before we move forward I want to say a big thank you to all who have participated in our public consultation. It has made a real Looking forward... difference to our thinking and forward planning. I hope when it appears on the website towards already so no-one can accuse us of rushing Easter you will also read our report on what we our fences! If I know anything about the life of heard. the Close it is that every issue and proposed improvement is related to the whole and impacts Not many of us love the title ‘Master Plan’. It’s a on how the entire environment is experienced. term familiar to local government planners which So it’s right that we’ve taken time to hear the is why we’ve used it to describe our processes. divergent views of many stakeholders and Planning for the future is about stepping forward interested parties. together, sharing what we have with others, strengthening our cathedral city, and being I’m hoping that everyone has appreciated that the true to our mission of being visible and lived Cathedral has been in listening mode. Over the out Christianity in this place. We invite you to next few months we will be writing up what we continue the journey with us. have heard and asking the question – did we hear it right? It’s important to us that, whilst we won’t June Osborne agree with every opinion offered, we will have dean of salisbury listened. As we stand to face the future with God Serious listening is a demanding exercise. It’s behind us in the past relatively easy to listen to things which reinforce Christ be before us, the way ahead our own views. And it’s been good to discover Christ be beneath us, in our weakness that many agree with us about aspects of Christ be in us, equipping us with our direction of travel. Universally people his all-sufficient grace recognise that making our treasures, including Thus we travel in faith, in hope and in love. the landscape of the Close, more available to Amen a wider audience is a good thing. Improving

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Magna Carta 2015: The year of the Volunteer

This year proved beyond doubt that our volunteers From the Speaker of the House and a former and wider community are the engine that make Chief Justice, friends at archives, libraries and the Cathedral run. Three years in the planning, museums, charities far and near, to bakers and our volunteers, supporters and visitors made jewellers, the range of collaborators was wide. It Magna Carta 800 possible with its concerts and was an opportunity to share in 242,940 moments plays, talks, conferences, pageants, tea parties, of history (the sum of all our events this year – family activities and work with schools. Whether minus preparation – an estimated 4,049 hours!) participating, organising, guiding, supporting or But much of it was just the willingness to give and joining our congregation, you all played a part and to join in. These photos capture snippets of an this is a record of our year with you. unforgettably altruistic year.

Magna Carta 800 costumed interpreters sh Mills Photography credit: A 24 January/February 2016 salisbury Cathedral News www.facebook.com/salisburycathedral 100 years of the Women’s Institute 750 volunteers in total 145 received special Magna Carta Training of which 87 were new recruits. 16 volunteers trained as costumed interpreters.

200,000 visitors visitors have walked through our doors since March, 60% of whom came from abroad from 100 different countries.

20,352 hours of Magna Carta Open Day guiding from floor tours to tower tours to insights on Magna Carta.

500 flower-arrangers transformed the building using over 30,000 blooms and attracting 21,000 visitors to Magna Flora

Magna Carta Exhibition Opening Floral designers Michael Bowyer and Pam Lewis

Magna Flora Preparations

From Weymouth’s Lorton scribes to Magna Flora flower arrangers, volunteers came from across the diocese and visiting groups came from across the UK, including the Devon and Dorset WI, who celebrated their centenary visiting our Magna Flora Flower Festival.

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You shared your amazing talents. Communities from around Salisbury made banners exploring the freedoms Magna Carta had given them.

500 schools and colleges interacted with us.

1,250 pupils used our Magna Carta resource boxes.

600 people in 11 schools played our new game Due Process.

Volunteers took art classes to Erlestoke prison and drove miles to tell tales of Magna Carta at local history festivals, inspiring young and old.

Erlestoke Prison Outreach Project

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July

400 participants and 4,000 spectators from communities throughout Wiltshire enjoyed the colourful Magna Carta Pageant

2576 cups of tea were served efficiency our volunteers rolled up their sleeves at our ‘Liber-tea’ party along with cakes and and cleared everything away. Stewarding, flapjacks cooked by Erlestoke inmates, all chatting, educating and guiding – this really was to celebrate the sealing of Magna Carta… the year of the volunteer, the unsung heroes who ...and when it was all over, with characteristic give the Cathedral its much - loved public face.

Magna Carta Pageant Liber-tea Party

The Bishop meets King John

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July

A thousand walked with the Bishop on his pilgrimage from Old Sarum, a great display to mark the legacy that Magna Carta has given to our Cathedral and the Church.

Easter Mass

Much happened in the Cathedral over the year and worship continued supported by our dedicated team of servers, taperers, accolytes and stewards who support our services througout the year.

Your enthusiasm earned you places on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts sh Mills around the world.

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Friday 1 The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus 8.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 16.00 Evening Prayer said, Trinity Chapel Psalms 6, 7, 8 Saturday 2 Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers, 379 and 389 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 17.30 Choral Evensong sung by the St John Singers of Salisbury Sumsion Responses • Psalm 12 Stanford in A • Archer A child is born in Bethlehem Hymn 21 Sunday 3 The Second Sunday of Christmas 8.00 Holy Communion CW Order Two, Trinity Chapel President Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer 9.15 Morning Prayer said, Trinity Chapel Psalm 87 10.30 The Eucharist sung by the St John Singers of Salisbury President Canon Edward Probert, Chancellor Preacher Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer Ephesians 1: 3–14 • John 1: 1–18 Ireland in C • Rutter Christmas Night Hymns 34, Child in the manger (tune 237), 465, 336 Briggs Fantasie (i) 16.30 Choral Evensong sung by the St John Singers of Salisbury Sumsion Responses • Psalm 135: 1–12 Dyson in D • Mendelssohn There shall a star Hymn 28 Mendelssohn Allegro moderato e serioso (Sonata I) Monday 4 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 10.00 Contemplating Prayer Trinity Chapel 17.30 Evening Prayer said, Trinity Chapel Psalms 22, 23 Tuesday 5 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 12.00 Holy Communion CW Order One, Trinity Chapel 17.30 Evening Prayer said, Trinity Chapel Psalms 27, 28, 29 Wednesday 6 The Epiphany 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 17.30 The Eucharist sung by the Cathedral Chamber Choir President Canon Edward Probert, Chancellor Preacher Canon Tom Clammer, Precentor Ephesians 3: 1–12 • Matthew 2: 1–12 Plainsong Missa de Angelis • de Morales Gloria (Missa de Beata Virgine) Rubbra Jesukin Hymns 49 (tune ii), 48, 52, 51

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Thursday 7 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 12.00 Holy Communion BCP 1662, Trinity Chapel 17.30 Evening Prayer said, Trinity Chapel Psalm 37 Friday 8 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 17.30 Choral Evensong sung by the Choir of Amesbury Abbey Smith Responses • Psalm 41 Noble in B minor • Carter A maiden most gentle Saturday 9 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 17.30 Evening Prayer said, Trinity Chapel Psalms 47, 48, 49 18.30 Diocesan Confirmation Sunday 10 The Baptism of Christ • The First Sunday of Epiphany 8.00 Holy Communion CW Order Two, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel President Canon Edward Probert, Chancellor 9.15 Morning Prayer said, Trinity Chapel Psalm 89: 19–29 10.30 The Eucharist sung by the Sussex Festival Singers President Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer Preacher Canon Edward Probert, Chancellor Acts 8: 14–17 • Luke 3: 15–17, 21–22 Haydn Little Organ Mass • Bruckner Locus iste 60 Hymns 52, A&M 109, A&M 108 (tune NEH 167), 332 16.30 Choral Evensong sung by the Sussex Festival Singers Smith Responses • Psalm 46 Brewer in D • Ouseley From the rising of the sun 221 Hymn 339 Monday 11 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Ayleward Responses • Psalm 59 Gibbons Short Service • Poulenc Videntes stellam 259 Tuesday 12 Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion CW Order One, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Ayleward Responses • Psalm 65: 1–8 Byrd Second Service • Warlock Bethlehem Down 369 Wednesday 13 Hilary, Bishop of Poiters, Teacher 367 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion Morning Chapel 9.00 Bishop Wordsworth’s School Assembly 17.30 Choral Evensong Archer Responses • Psalm 70 Harker in D • Shephard Prayer for a new mother 301

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Thursday 14 CANTORIS 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion BCP 1662, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Ayleward Responses • Psalm 74: 1–12 Wood in D • Aston The true glory 5 Friday 15 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 8.55 Cathedral School Assembly Quire 12.00 Rosary Group St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Ayleward Responses • Psalm 77: 1–10 Byrd Short Service • Stravinsky Ave Maria 246 Saturday 16 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Ayleward Responses • Psalms 82, 84, 85 Watson in E • Shephard Alleluia! Today a star led the wise men Hymn 57 Messiaen Le Verbe (La Nativité) Sunday 17 The Second Sunday of Epiphany 8.00 Holy Communion CW Order Two, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel President The Very Revd June Osborne, Dean 9.15 Choral Mattins Ayleward Responses • Venite Chant 3 • Psalm 145: 1–13 Howells Collegium Regale • Alcock For thou, Lord, art holy 1 Hymn 51 Bach In dir ist Freude (BWV 615) 10.30 The Eucharist President Canon Tom Clammer, Precentor Preacher The Very Revd June Osborne, Dean 1 Corinthians 12: 1–11 • Gradual Psalm 36: 5–12 • John 2: 1–11 Darke in F • Philips Ave verum corpus 65 Hymns 484 (tune 167), 56, 140 Daquin Noël X 17.0 0 Epiphany Procession Music by Poulenc, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Tavener and Shephard Monday 18 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Radcliffe Responses • Psalms 93, 94 Berkeley Chichester Service • Tavener The Lamb Tuesday 19 Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion CW Order One, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Radcliffe Responses • Psalm 98 Aston in F • Berlioz The Shepherd’s Farewell 36

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Wednesday 20 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion Morning Chapel 12.00 Prayers for Justice and Peace Morning Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong sung by Bryanston Chamber Choir Smith Responses • Psalm 104: 1–9 Stanford in C • Howells O pray for the peace of Jerusalem 176 Thursday 21 Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304 DECANI 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion BCP 1662, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Radcliffe Responses • Psalm 106: 1–12 Sumsion in A • Händl Omnes de Saba 154 Friday 22 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 8.55 Cathedral School Assembly Quire 17.30 Choral Evensong Radcliffe Responses • Psalms 108, 109 (omit vv 5–19) Todd Short Service • Shephard In Christ we see our God Saturday 23 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Radcliffe Responses • Psalm 114 Mathias Jesus College Service • Howells Here is the little door 174 Hymn 49 Schumann Fugue VI on BACH Sunday 24 The Third Sunday of Epiphany 8.00 Holy Communion CW Order Two, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel President Canon Tom Clammer, Precentor 9.15 Choral Mattins Radcliffe Responses • Venite Chant 1 • Psalm 113 Britten Festival Te Deum • Sanders Jubilate • Shephard If you continue in my word Hymn 48 Böhm Vom Himmel hoch 10.30 The Eucharist President Canon Ian Woodward, Vicar of the Close Preacher Canon Tom Clammer, Precentor 1 Corinthians 12: 12–31a • Gradual Psalm 19 • Luke 4: 14–21 Halls Missa Festiva • Messiaen O sacrum convivium 234 Hymns A&M 486, 302, A&M 666 Howells Rhapsody III 16.30 Choral Evensong with Baptism Radcliffe Responses • Psalm 149 Alcock in A • Stanford Beati quorum via 311 Hymns on order of service Reger Weihnachten Monday 25 The Conversion of Paul 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 The Eucharist President Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer Preacher Canon Edward Probert, Chancellor Acts 9: 1–22 • Gradual Psalm 67 • Matthew 19: 27–end Ireland in C • Harris Holy is the true light 163 Hymns 115 (tune 117), 420, 480 (tune 15) • Psalm 150

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Tuesday 26 Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion attended by Mothers’ Union CW Order One, St Margaret’s Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Plainsong Responses • Psalm 119: 145–152 Plainsong Canticles • Archer Brightest and best Wednesday 27 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion Morning Chapel 15.30 Choral Evensong broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 Shephard In Christ we see our God • Radcliffe Responses • Psalms 126–131 Berkeley Chichester Service • Bach Komm, Jesu, komm Hymns on order of service Thursday 28 Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher, 1274 CANTORIS 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion BCP 1662, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapell 17.30 Choral Evensong Smith Responses • Psalm 137 (omit v 9) Brewer in D • Bruckner Locus iste 60 Friday 29 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 8.55 Cathedral School Assembly 17.30 Choral Evensong sung by the Sopranos of the Cathedral Chamber Choir and the Lay Vicars Plainsong Responses • Psalm 142 Plainsong Canticles • Tallis Videte miraculum Saturday 30 Charles, King and Martyr, 1649 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Smith Responses • Psalms 147, 148 Jackson in G • Wood in B flat •Mendelssohn There shall a star Hymn 334 Buxtehude Präludium in C (BuxWV 137) Sunday 31 The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany 8.00 Holy Communion CW Order Two, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel President Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer 9.15 Choral Mattins Smith Responses • Venite Chant 6 • Psalm 71: 1–11 Purcell in B flat •Poulenc Salve regina 254 Hymn 361 (tune 235) Vaughan Williams Rhosymedre 10.30 The Eucharist President The Very Revd June Osborne, Dean Preacher Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer 1 Corinthians 13 • Gradual Psalm 48 • Luke 2: 22–40 Mozart in F K192 • Gjeilo Ubi caritas 115 Hymns 234 (tune ii), A&M 641 (tune ii), 408 (tune ii) Gigout Grand Choeur Dialogué 16.30 Organ Vespers Messiaen La Nativité du Seigneur (John Challenger)

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Monday 1 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 10.00 Contemplating Prayer Morning Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong with procession to St Margaret’s Chapel sung by the Cathedral Chamber Choir Byrd Responses • Psalm 6 Moore St John’s Service • Reger The Virgin’s Slumber Song 19.30 Cathedral Choir Diocesan Concert at Canford School Tuesday 2 The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas) 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion CW Order One, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 The Eucharist President The Very Revd June Osborne, Dean Preacher Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer Hebrews 2: 14–end • Luke 2: 22–40 Sumsion in F • Eccard When to the temple Mary went • Byrd Senex puerum portabat 86 Hymns on order of service Wednesday 3 Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion Morning Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Aston Responses • Psalm 18 Rose in E • Vaughan Williams The song of the tree of life Thursday 4 DECANI 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion BCP 1662, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Smith Responses • Psalm 23 Wood in D • Elgar Light out of darkness Friday 5 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 8.55 Cathedral School Assembly Quire 17.30 Choral Evensong sung by the Lay Vicars Rose Responses • Psalm 27: 1–8 Ives Magdalen Service • Byrd Gloria tibi Domine Saturday 6 Accession Day 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong with Admission of Choristers Clucas Responses • Psalms 32, 33, 34 Purcell in G minor • Gabrieli Jubilate Deo 125 Hymns 336, 489 (verse 1) Elgar Imperial March Sunday 7 The Sunday next before Lent 8.00 Holy Communion CW Order Two, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel President Canon Tom Clammer, Precentor 9.15 Choral Mattins Clucas Responses • Venite Chant 2 • Psalm 2 Stanford in C • Schubert Where thou reignest Hymns 234 (tune ii) Whitlock Folk Tune

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Sunday 7 The Sunday next before Lent (continued) 10.30 The Eucharist President Canon Edward Probert, Chancellor Preacher Canon Tom Clammer, Precentor 2 Corinthians 3: 12–4.2 • Gradual Psalm 99 • Luke 9: 28–36 Vierne Messe Solennelle • Philips Ave verum corpus 250 Hymns 410, 271, 178 Vierne Introduction et Allegro (Symphonie VI) 16.30 Choral Evensong Clucas Responses • Psalm 89: 5–12 Howells Collegium Regale • Moody In the hand of God Hymn 244 Vierne Adagio (Symphony VI) Monday 8 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Clucas Responses • Psalm 41 Tallis Short Service • Blitheman In pace 37 Tuesday 9 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion CW Order One, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Plainsong Responses • Psalm 47 • Office Hymn Alleluia, song of gladness (tune 195) Plainsong Canticles • Elgar Doubt not thy father’s care Wednesday 10 Ash Wednesday 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion Morning Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion Morning Chapel 17.30 The Eucharist President The Bishop Preacher The Very Revd June Osborne, Dean Joel 2: 1–2, 12–17 • John 8: 1–11 Palestrina Missa Æterna Christi munera • Morley Nolo mortem peccatoris 210 Hymns Lent Prose, 67, Can man by searching, 439 (tune ii), 64 Thursday 11 CANTORIS 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion BCP 1662, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Plainsong Responses • Psalm 61 Wicks Cherubini Service • Vaughan Williams The Call 390 Friday 12 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 8.55 Cathedral School Assembly Quire 17.30 Choral Evensong sung by the Lay Vicars Plainsong Responses • Psalm 65 Plainsong Canticles • Tomkins Out of the deep Saturday 13 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 10.00 Organ Open Morning by Pipe Up 17.30 Choral Evensong sung by Quoque plures mulieres Shephard Responses (2015) • Psalm 70 Ferguson Fourth Service • Holst Ave Maria 58 Hymn 368

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Sunday 14 The First Sunday of Lent 8.00 Holy Communion CW Order Two, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel President Canon Edward Probert, Chancellor 9.15 Morning Prayer said, Trinity Chapel Psalm 50: 1–15 10.30 The Eucharist sung by Quoque plures mulieres President The Very Revd June Osborne, Dean Preacher Canon Edward Probert, Chancellor Deuteronomy 26: 1–11 • Luke 4: 1–13 Britten Missa Brevis • Saint-Saëns Ave Maria 58 Hymns Lent Prose, 357, 393, 67 16.30 Choral Evensong sung by Quoque plures mulieres Shephard Responses (2015) • Psalm 119: 73–80 Hopkins in A • arr. Jacob Brother James’s Air Hymn 70 (tune ii) Monday 15 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Evening Prayer said, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel Psalm 78 Tuesday 16 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion CW Order One, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong sung by the Farrant Singers Smith Responses • Psalm 84 Purcell in G minor • Purcell Hear my Prayer, O Lord Wednesday 17 Janani Luwun, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion Morning Chapel 12.00 Prayers for Justice and Peace Morning Chapel 17.30 Evening Prayer said, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel Psalm 89 Thursday 18 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Holy Communion BCP 1662, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Evening Prayer said, St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel Psalms 93, 94 Friday 19 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 12.00 Rosary Group St Edmund & St.Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong sung by the University of Chichester Otter Consort Smith 5 part responses • Psalm 101 Stanford in C • Mundy O Lord, Maker of All Things Saturday 20 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion St Edmund & St Thomas Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong sung by Choir of St John the Divine, Kennington Byrd Responses • Psalm 104: 1–23 Moore Third Service • Batten Hear my prayer, O God Hymn 382

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Sunday 21 The Second Sunday of Lent 8.00 Holy Communion CW Order Two, Trinity Chapel President The Very Revd June Osborne, Dean 9.15 Morning Prayer said, Trinity Chapel Psalm 119: 161–end 10.30 The Eucharist sung by the Choir of St John the Divine, Kennington President Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer Preacher The Very Revd June Osborne, Dean Genesis 15: 1–12, 17–18 • Luke 13: 31–end Byrd Mass for four voices • Byrd Civitas sancti tui 68 Hymns Lent Prose, 359 (tune 322), 148 (omit vv 3 & 5), 461 (tune Corvedale) 16.30 Choral Evensong sung by the Choir of St John the Divine, Kennington Byrd Responses • Psalm 135: 1–14 Sumsion in A • S S Wesley Wash me throughly 389 Hymn 376 Monday 22 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 17.30 Choral Evensong Clucas Responses • Psalms 108, 109 (omit vv 5–19) Wood in E flat II •Poulenc Timor et tremor 262 Tuesday 23 Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 12.00 Holy Communion attended by Mothers’ Union CW Order One, Trinity Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong Clucas Responses • Psalms 114, 115 Blow in G • Stainer God so loved the world Wednesday 24 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 17.30 Choral Evensong Halls Responses • Psalm 119: 1–32 Howells in E flat •Parry He delivereth the poor Thursday 25 DECANI 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 12.00 Holy Communion BCP 1662, Trinity Chapel 17.30 Choral Evensong with Welcome and Installation of Bishop of Sherborne Clucas Responses • Psalm 119: 73–88 Humfrey in E minor • Purcell Remember not, Lord, our offences 278 Friday 26 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 8.55 Cathedral School Assembly Quire 17.30 Choral Evensong Rose Responses • Psalm 119: 145–176 Todd Short Service • Lloyd The Call 399 Saturday 27 George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 17.30 Choral Evensong Rose Responses • Psalms 126, 127 Howells in G • Halls The Windows Hymn 456 Bach Vater unser im Himmelreich (BWV 682)

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Sunday 28 The Third Sunday of Lent 8.00 Holy Communion CW Order Two, Trinity Chapel President Canon Ian Woodward, Vicar of the Close 9.15 Choral Mattins Rose Responses • Venite Chant 2 • Psalm 26 Canticle for Lent • Stanford Benedictus in C • Poulenc Tristis est anima mea 263 Hymn 433 (omit *) Bach Herzlich tut mich verlangen (BWV 727) 10.30 The Eucharist President Canon Tom Clammer, Precentor Preacher Canon Ian Woodward, Vicar of the Close Isaiah 55: 1–9 • Luke 13: 1–9 Mozart in C K220 • Vaughan Williams Love bade me welcome 394 Hymns Lent Prose, 282, 368, 414 Bach Prelude in C minor (BWV 546) 15.00 Cathedral Choir Pre-Tour Concert Spire Crossing Music by Byrd, Harris, Hassler, Purcell and Stanford 16.30 Choral Evensong Rose Responses • Psalm 12 Stanford Latin Magnificat •Plainsong Nunc dimittis • Allegri Miserere mei Hymn 409 Bach Fugue in C minor (BWV 546) Monday 29 7.30 Morning Worship with Holy Communion 17.30 Choral Evensong Rose Responses • Psalms 142, 143 Gibbons Second Service • B Naylor O Lord, almighty God 217 In Residence JANUARy 1–2 Canon Ian Woodward, Vicar of the Close 3–9 Canon Edward Probert, Chancellor 10–16 Canon Tom Clammer, Precentor 17–23 Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer 24–30 Canon Edward Probert, Chancello 31 Canon Tom Clammer, Precentor FEBRUARy 1–6 Canon Tom Clammer, Precentor 7–13 Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer 14–20 Canon Edward Probert, Chancellor 21–27 Canon Tom Clammer, Precentor 28–29 Canon Robert Titley, Treasurer

david Halls, Director of Music Canon Tom Clammer, Precentor the Very Revd June Osborne, Dean

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Sunday 17 January, 17.00

In a reversal of the west to east movement of Darkness to Light, Music Highlights this service moves from east to west, following, symbolically, There are many musical highlights between the start of the the wise men on their journey Lent Term and Easter Day, with the Cathedral Choir enjoying a following the “westward particularly busy January and February. leading” star. The seating in the cathedral is rearranged for this The Epiphany Procession (January 17) is always a high point, service, and the congregation featuring music by Mendelssohn, Poulenc, Shephard and Tavener face towards the centre line of while on Holocaust Memorial Day (January 27) the choir will be the nave, along which symbols heard live on Radio 3, broadcasting Choral Evensong. Suitably of Christ’s early ministry are solemn though beautiful music by Lennox Berkeley and J S Bach placed. has been chosen for this service. The procession moves slowly On February 6, three girl probationers (Annenora Benians, Octavia towards the west doors, as we Dawson and Anna Staines) will be promoted at Evensong and their in heart and mind follow Christ first service as full choristers includes Henry Purcell’s joyful G through his early life and into minor canticles and Giovanni Gabrieli’s spectacular Jubilate Deo. manhood.

Later that month, the choir will record a CD of Sunday Services Tom Clammer music including Howard Moody’s Southern Cathedrals Festival Canon Precentor commissioned anthem, the Missa Festiva by David Halls and another commission, Will Todd’s Short Service, which was so well received at its first performance in October 2015.

Allegri’s timeless Miserere will be heard on Sunday February 28 at Evensong, along with Stanford’s virtuosic Latin Magnificat. On the same day, the choir will give a concert previewing repertoire to be sung during its post-Easter German tour.

Special mention should be made of John Challenger’s performance of Messiaen’s superb Christmas suite for organ – La Nativité du Seigneur – in a liturgical setting, on Sunday 31 January. Please see his article on page XV.

David Halls director of music

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Regular worshippers will remember that over by many to be too large for the smaller altar, the past two years we have been advancing restricting the flexibility of the chapel, and also some reordering plans for the Trinity Chapel. We proved a trip hazard to clergy and servers in their experimented with various seating arrangements liturgical functions. and various positions and sizes of altar. The aim is to be able to continue to use the Trinity Chapel The decision has been made, and approved as a regular place for early morning worship, by the Fabric Advisory Committee, to remove as well as processional services, and other the stone altar dais from the Trinity Chapel, occasional services and events. and to level the floor in that area with the Purbeck marble flagstones so that the floor is a The extraordinary power and presence of this continuous whole from east to west. This work most ancient part of our building is something will be undertaken by our own Works Department that we are clear we want to preserve in the New Year, beginning in the second week of and enhance. After the several reordering January and lasting about six weeks. experiments, the Ministerial Meeting together with the Fabric Advisory Committee had a The small altar will be retained, and there will conversation about the best way forward and we be a further period of experimentation between are now able to announce what will happen next. February and the summer to ascertain exactly where the small altar should be positioned in The decision has been made to leave the relation to the walls of the chapel and to the seating arrangements as they are for normal congregation. Once that has been determined, weekday morning services. The semi-circular the hope is that a new altar, together with altar seating arrangement seems very popular with furniture, can be designed, commissioned, and people, and is well suited to the daily prayers installed. The seating arrangements will remain of the Cathedral community. Other results of unchanged, and it is hoped that these alterations the feedback were that the smaller altar was to the chapel will prove beneficial not only for preferred as being a more appropriate size for the regular congregation, but also for occasional that Chapel, and also that congregations enjoyed services, and the visitor experience as well. the altar and celebrant being closer to them Do ask me, or Canon Robert, if you have any (therefore further west) than the current altar dais questions about the reordering, and we would be allows. very happy to fill you in further.

The stone altar dais itself, which was installed Tom Clammer towards the middle of the last century, was felt Canon Precentor

XII January/February 2016 salisbury Cathedral News www.facebook.com/salisburycathedral News and Events ‘To be a Pilgrim’ Lent Programme New Bishop of Sherborne ‘Happy are those whose hearts are set on the pilgrim way’ (Psalm 84.5) The Ven Karen Gorham, formerly Archdeacon Pilgrim is a new course for the Christian journey of Buckingham, was some of which we will be offering in two halves appointed Bishop at the beginning of 2016. Here’s a taste of how it of Sherborne on 26 describes itself. November.

“Life is a journey. It begins when you’re born. Karen holds a BA from the University of Bristol It ends when you die. You don’t need to be a and trained at Trinity College in the same city. Christian to know this. But as we get older we do Before ordination she worked as an administrator know that there is probably more road behind us with BTEC and the Royal Society of Arts and as a than ahead of us. So what difference does being a Pastoral Assistant in Essex and Hull. She served Christian make? We can live and travel as pilgrims. her title at Northallerton in York 1995-1999 and This course is designed to help you discover this was ordained in 1996. In 1999 she went on to Christian way of life better. It unpacks the basic become Priest-in-Charge of St Paul’s, Maidstone. message and teaching of the Christian faith in a In 2006 she became an Honorary Canon of way that is reflective and conversational. It may Canterbury Cathedral, becoming Archdeacon of change the perspective of your life; it might also Buckingham in 2007. Karen has been a member change its direction.” of the Church of England General Synod for 12 years, and for the last two has served as a The invitation is to any member of the Cathedral member of the Panel of Chairs. Her interests community - congregation, staff or volunteer include travel, walking, the coast and Celtic - to join us on Wednesday evenings at 19.30 spirituality. She enjoys days out with friends and in the Cathedral. The first four weeks will be occasionally a visit to a good restaurant. introductory sessions led by the clergy. During Lent we will be changing the focus and choosing Karen’s consecration will take place on 24 one of the themes to study in smaller groups. February at Westminster Abbey followed by her installation at Evensong here the next day, before 13 January she joins the Diocese formally in March. The Ten Commandments with the Dean 20 January Master Plan update The Lord’s Prayer with the Canon Precentor 27 January Our Draft Master Plan consultation closed on The Beatitudes with the Canon Chancellor 31 December and the process of reviewing and 3 February evaluating all of the feedback collected from a The Eucharist with the Canon Treasurer wide variety of stakeholders has begun.

Lent Groups meet on the five Wednesday We expect to have a report on the consultation by evenings from 17 February to 16 March. the spring.

www.twitter.com/SalisburyCath salisbury Cathedral News January/February 2016 XIII Xxxx Choir Tour to Germany

Our choir is touring Xanten (and surrounding towns and cities) this spring. Touring helps choirs improve their technical standard as well as build morale. On top of providing a valuable educational experience for the choristers, it is an excellent L-R: Canon Chancellor Edward Probert, Dean of Salisbury June Osborne, way of promoting the Cathedral Chapter Clerk Jackie Molnar, Canon Treasurer Robert Titley, Bishop of abroad. Salisbury Nicholas Holtam and Canon Precentor Tom Clammer

Funding for such tours is New Canon Treasurer and a combination of Chapter Chapter Clerk Installed donation, parental contribution, and fundraising in the During Evensong on 15 November Canon Dr Robert Titley was community. On Sunday 17 installed as the Cathedral’s Canon Treasurer and Jackie Molnar was January, our choir’s first admitted as Chapter Clerk. Sunday back after Christmas, we will launch our fundraising As Canon Treasurer Robert will work closely with the Cathedral effort – look out for exciting Architect and the Clerk of the Works, ensuring the care and opportunities to be involved! If maintenance of the medieval building and taking responsibility for you would like more information the delivery of future development plans. Previously Robert worked do talk to the Precentor. as a Team Rector in Richmond, overseeing three churches.

Jackie Molnar joined from Bournemouth University where she was Voice trials the head of the university’s Organisational Change Programme. Children in Years 3-4 who love to As Chapter Clerk and senior lay manager, she is responsible for sing are invited to audition to join advising on and overseeing the execution of the strategic policies our choir in our annual trials. delivered by the Cathedral’s senior management team. Boys’ Voice Trials Charitable Giving Saturday 23 January 2016 Girls’ Voice Trials The Community Forum have agreed the following recipient Saturday 6 February 2016 charities for the 2015-16 financial year: Us. (formerly USPG), UNICEF, The Children's Society, The Salvation Army, Serve On, For details, call Kathy Davies Salisbury Hospice Charity, The Bridge Project in Salisbury and CAP on 07979 378926 or email (Christians Against Poverty) Debt Centre in Salisbury. chorister.recruitment@ salcath.co.uk

XIV January/February 2016 salisbury Cathedral News www.facebook.com/salisburycathedralXIV News and Events Organ Vespers with Chorister makes History! Messiaen’s organ cycle On Sunday 6 December, the Bishop of Salisbury stepped down during Evensong and 12 year old ‘La Nativité du Seigneur’ Maddie Lyles took his place in a history-making Sunday 31 January, 16.30 Chorister Bishop ceremony.

The composer Olivier Messiaen’s name is often Maddie is the first-ever girl Chorister Bishop – or read with suspicion. In the context of a family Boy Bishop as it was known until last year– in carol service, sandwiched between conventionally the Cathedral’s lifetime. The original ceremony tonal music, his own music can seem rather out dates back to the Middle Ages, and Maddie’s of place, his harmonic language foreign to our predecessors, the Boy Bishops, were elected ears. To appreciate his music, we are required annually in English Cathedrals right up until to immerse ourselves in his world. Messiaen was the reign of Henry VIII. Henry put a stop to the fascinated by stained glass: he called it one of practice, declaring it a distraction from proper the most wonderful creations of man, likening its church business. It was revived in its present ‘overwhelming’ effect to being in paradise. This is form in Salisbury during the 1980s. fitting, because Messiaen sought to overwhelm his listeners through his own music. As a church The service is a reminder to the church and organist his whole life (and notable improviser), he clergy that they must always consider the humble knew how to set a scene, and his compositions and meek, in particular, children, something are no different from any other form of Christian Maddie’s sermon addressed, along with the iconography, aiming to bring the observer closer significance of St Nicholas, Patron Saint of to an understanding of God. Children.

On Sunday 31 January, instead of Choral The selection of a girl this year demonstrates Evensong, there is a rare opportunity to hear how willing the Cathedral and Cathedral School Messiaen’s complete organ cycle La Nativité are to move with the times, without ever losing du Seigneur performed liturgically. The nine touch with the Cathedral’s past and its present movements of the work will be woven into meaning. Salisbury was one of the first cathedrals the structure of Evening Prayer, enhanced by to introduce a girls’ choir in 1991 and makes no prayer and readings. La Nativité was completed distinction between the boys and girls. in 1935 and is one of Messiaen’s earlier and more accessible organ works. Lovers of our fine Cathedral organ are strongly encouraged to immerse themselves in the kaleidoscopic colours, set in the context of Evening Prayer. The work draws upon a wide range of religious imagery in celebration of Christ’s Nativity, and is a fitting conclusion to our celebrations, just two days before Candlemas.

John Challenger Assistant Director of Music

www.twitter.com/SalisburyCath salisbury Cathedral News January/February 2016 XV ‘Relationships’Xxxx Sculpture by Sophie Ryder 12 FEBRUARY - 4 JULY 2016

From 12 February Minatours and Lady Hares will populate the Cathedral Close, beguiling figures in bronze and wire exploring the themes of relationships and family...

XVI January/February 2016 salisbury Cathedral News www.facebook.com/salisburycathedral This spring, as you make your way to the relationships onto the sculptures. They also allow Cathedral, you will pass under an arch formed me to explore the physical side of relationships by gigantic clasped hands. Elsewhere on more easily because they are half animal, which is the Cathedral lawn a huge human ‘hare’ will somehow less shocking. crouch, shielding a smaller hare inside. These monumental works are part of the Relationships “I get a thrill from working ‘big’ but I also want the exhibition by internationally renowned sculptor, pieces, while huge, to be transparent, allowing Sophie Ryder which is coming to the Cathedral in you to see through them. It is also exciting to February. have the combination of sizes in the particular Cathedral setting. I like to show my work in both The sculptures, large and small, investigate rural and urban settings but very often in urban Sophie’s interactions with her own family, her settings, especially one like Salisbury, the work partner and her dogs but they also reflect us all needs to be monumental to compete with the as Jacquiline Creswell, Salisbury Cathedral’s Arts Cathedral otherwise it would be dwarfed by it.” Advisor and curator of the exhibition, explains: Sophie is no stranger to Salisbury Cathedral. 25 “Her work explores the realm of relationships, her years ago she exhibited in the Cathedral Cloisters hare motif and her animal forms are used as a and also made a sculpture outside in the grounds. metaphor to discuss a complex range of human This time, working in partnership with the emotions. They are a beguiling blend of human Cathedral, Sophie is also exhibiting her sculpture and animal forms that lend to a mysterious and drawings at Sarum College, The Salisbury otherness. I’m struck by their childlike innocence, Museum and the Young Gallery in Salisbury. although we may see ourselves reflected in The Museum exhibition will re-create a studio their attitudes and gestures, they seem more environment in order to give visitors an insight expressive in their silence, as animals they are a into how her work is made. purer version of ourselves” While art like Sophie’s in the Cathedral is an Sophie was the youngest student admitted attraction for visitors, Jacquiline Creswell, the to the Royal Academy Schools since Turner exhibition’s curator, argues that it is also a way of and she began her training at the age of 17. addressing thought-provoking subjects. Breathtakingly bold even at then, she is equally at “Art is a very effective way to reach out and home creating on a monumental scale as she is engage the wider community. It has the power working on a more intimate scale - and she works to reveal hidden meaning and transform beliefs. in two dimensions too, drawing and painting and The visual arts provide a shorthand through which a variety of three dimensional mediums including people can absorb a message very quickly and wire and bronze. The family has always been instinctively. Given that Sophie is well known in at the heart of her work but, she suggests, the Europe and America we anticipate that there will animal heads help to make their story more be considerable interest from home and abroad.” universal. Relationships opens on 12 February 2016 “The Lady Hare ‘mask’ and the Minotaur head with works installed in the Cathedral Close and are a way of concealing the identity of the figures exhibitions in The Salisbury Museum, Salisbury’s in the sculptures, otherwise it would always be Young Gallery and Sarum College. A second me or one of my family. It is better for people to element will open on 15 April inside the Cathedral. make up their own story and project their own The exhibition runs until 3 July 2016.

www.twitter.com/SalisburyCath salisbury Cathedral News January/February 2016 25 Events ‘Unlocking Treasures’ Lecture Series

Don’t miss opportunity to hear three high-profile speakers talk in the Cathedral!

Parish Churches, Tuesday 12 January, 16.00 – 17.00 John Goodall, architectural historian and Architectural Editor of Country Life John will be looking at the treasures of parish churches, which are living repositories for a breathtaking array of artistic treasures from ‘Pipe Up’ Open Morning painting to ironwork, sculpture to stained glass Saturday 13 February, 10.00–13.00 and furniture and architecture. This illustrated talk will explore the richness of this outstanding Students who are part of the Diocese’s Pipe Up inheritance and the challenges of preserving and training scheme and other young musicians (aged conserving it for the future. between 7 and 19) are invited to play our great Father Willis Organ at Salisbury. There will be Our Nation’s Heritage, Friday 19 February, tuition from our own organists David Halls and 19.00 – 20.30 John Challenger, who teaches organ as part of Loyd Grossman CBE came to Britain in 1975 to the PipeUp scheme. The morning will close with take an MA in economic history at the LSE a performance by John Challenger of the final Loyd will be looking at the treasures which movement of the Saint-Saëns ‘Organ’ Symphony, collectively make up the heritage of this nation, transcribed by David Briggs, and lunch will be their status and worldwide importance and the available in the Cathedral Refectory at 1300. challenges which the sector faces.

Any young musician who would like to play the Conservation, Monday 7 March, Cathedral organ at this event is asked to contact 19.00 – 20.00 Chris Totney on 01672 562886 or email him at: Chris Woods, an Accredited Conservator with over [email protected] 30 years of experience in the heritage sector Chris will be discussing the conservation and Don’t miss... preservation of our documentary treasures. In particular he will be focusing on our 1215 Library and Archive Spotlight Talks Magna Carta and the challenges that the physical Unique items from our archive will be put properties of such a document present to the under the spotlight by archivist Emily Naish. conservator. Free - North Transept. Tickets: £7.00 available online and on the door 11.00 Thursday 18 February www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/events 14.30 Friday 22 April (Discounted tickets available for guides). 14.30 Saturday 2 July

26 January/February 2016 salisbury Cathedral News www.facebook.com/salisburycathedral News and EventsXxxx New CDs released Legacy Appeal Two Salisbury recordings from 2014 are now Salisbury Cathedral has inspired, uplifted and available in the Cathedral shop. On the Priory sustained people for 1,000 years. Through your label, Choral Evensong from Salisbury Cathedral Will, you can help ensure it continues to do so. features the boys and men of Salisbury Cathedral Choir going through their paces in a repertoire by The Cathedral relies on income from our visitors, Walter Alcock, Edward Elgar, Hubert Parry and donations and legacies. Many people would like Herbert Sumsion. Perhaps the most impressive to contribute more to the Cathedral than they can track of all is (if you like psalmody) Psalm 78 – during their lifetime, and leaving something in all seventeen minutes of it – with its ten or so their Will is a way to do this. It helps us safeguard changes of chant. This is Choral Evensong for the the future of the Cathedral for generations to Fifteenth Evening and, with two Herbert Howells come. organ Rhapsodies framing the service, is a very special CD. If you have pledged a gift to the Cathedral in your Will, do please let us know. We would very And mentioning Elgar reminds me of John much like to be able to say thank you and show Challenger's Elgar from Salisbury solo organ our appreciation. All legacy benefactors will now recording on the Regent label, which has have their names written in a special Book of received outstanding reviews. From John's own Remembrance in the St Michael’s Chapel. arrangement of the Prelude to The Kingdom, Please contact Jilly Wright on 01722 555121 to Herbert Brewer's version of the Prelude and [email protected] for more details. Angel's Farewell from ‘The Dream of Gerontius’, this is a marvellous debut recording.

‘The musicianship and organ management... are beyond praise. Challenger gives this transcendent music a spellbinding performance, letting the music evolve effortlessly and unhurriedly towards its utterly peaceful conclusion’ wrote Richard Godfrey in the Elgar Society Journal.

Andrew Fletcher wrote in The Organists’ Review ‘There is nothing I can say that can begin to convey the technical brilliance, artistry, musicality and seemingly effortless organ management Health, Sickness and the Image of God of John Challenger. If you love the Salisbury organ (and who wouldn’t?) and adore Elgar (and The guided conversation in September between who doesn’t?) here is a match made in heaven. the Revd Canon Tom Clammer and Dr Paula Flawless! Phenomenal! BUY IT!!” Gooder, about how Christians might approach issues of suffering and sickness in the world, is Congratulations John! now available to listen to online at: www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/news/ David Halls health-sickness-and-image-god director of music

www.twitter.com/SalisburyCath salisbury Cathedral News January/February 2016 27 Events Teddy Bears Picnic Alabaré BIG Sleep Wednesday 17 February, 10:00 - 12:00 Friday 4 March 2016, 20.30

Come and take part in our Fab Food Hunt around This year Alabaré celebrates the 10th anniversary the Cathedral and then join us for a fun session of its Sleep Out in Salisbury and is urging people shaping air-dry clay into a feast fit for a Teddy to sign up to the event to help change the lives King or Queen. Don't forget to bring your teddy!! of the many people who sleep rough in Salisbury All activities are suitable for ages 4-12 years and every day. are free drop-in sessions. Parents stay. All materials are provided. Last year, the charity welcomed 106 people to the Cloisters of the Cathedral where they came Meet inside the Cathedral in the North Transept. together to raise funds and think about those for whom sleeping rough was their reality. This year, Alabaré hopes to double the numbers of participants to help in the fight against homelessness.

Judith Meyrick, BIG Sleep Volunteer Co-Ordinator, says, “The BIG Sleep is a powerful way to think about homelessness and can lead to discussions around having compassion not condemnation for those leading chaotic lifestyles and how homelessness can happen to anyone; it can really help break down the prejudices and Spire to turn Purple misconceptions. Not only this, the money raised from the event is vital in helping to keep our Drop- To tie in with one of our central themes for 2016 In Centre running, providing a life line for those ‘Relationships’ the Spire will turn purple to mark that need it.” Lucy Page’s 18th birthday on 24 January. Alabaré has been working with the homeless in Lucy was a bright, happy young girl who had lived Salisbury for nearly 25 years and helps people with cancer a long time and treasured all her days who have no choice but to sleep out, night after out. When she knew her cancer was untreatable, night. Its Drop-In Centre is much more than just she asked her family to set up a charity in her hot food and washing facilities. It is also a non- memory. Lucy decided she would like families judgemental helping hand; an invitation in from living with serious illnesses to enjoy special the cold. It offers hope and practical help to turn outings like the ones she had enjoyed. lives around.

Lucy’s Days Out is a local charity that aims to To sign up for the BIG Sleep and to find out more support 100 local families a year living with about the work of Alabaré, call 01722 344483. serious illnesses. For more information visit or visit www.alabare.co.uk www.lucysdaysout.org

28 January/February 2016 salisbury Cathedral News www.facebook.com/salisburycathedral NewsXxxx Staff update This past month we are delighted to have welcomed some new staff to the Cathedral.

Joseph Davies and Tyler Ringwood Hoare joined our Vestry, bringing our team up to a full New Chairman for School complement again. Robert Key, former Member of Parliament We are also pleased to welcome Ricardo Da for Salisbury, was unanimously appointed by Fonseca who joined us as Venue Technician in the School’s Board of Governors as their new December and Russell Cruse, our new Floor Chairman. He succeeds Acting Chairman Robert Manager, who starts with us on 4 January. Sykes, who now returns to his position as Vice- Chairman. Robert succeeds the Very Revd June Elaine Watkin is our new Finance Officer in Osborne DL, Dean of Salisbury. Wyndham House

Head Master Clive Marriott said: “Robert has a We are very pleased to be welcoming back Jilly great affinity with the School, having been here Wright, who returns as Development Manager, as a boy and then as a parent. He brings with him and Julia Lever who will be working a job share a wealth of experience and a real determination with Lucy Bennett as PA for the Chapter Clerk on to see the School continue to excel as the leading a short-term contract. independent school in the area. We are delighted to have him help drive the School forward”. We will be very sorry to lose Sarah Snell, our Development Officer, but understand that we Robert Key also has a long association with the can’t compete with the lure of looking after two Cathedral, having served as a member of the adorable puppies at home! General Synod of the Church of England from 2005 to 2015, Chairman of the House of Laity of Salisbury Diocese (2011-15) and a Lay Canon of Salisbury Cathedral since 2008.

Robert said: “This iconic school, with its high standards and its Christian ethos, gave me my compass for life. It also inspired our Chorister son. For me, the School is a family affair and I am privileged and proud to have been asked by News Flash the Governors to take the Chair. In this turbulent world, it is a community of trust, a place of Those of you who have smart phones and ipads stability and learning and a beacon of hope, that may already know this but we now have Wi-Fi is ambitious for growth and innovation. In my first available in the Refectory Restaurant. Members of School Report in 1952, the Head Master wrote, the congregation and visitors can now log in and ‘Now that he is settled and secure more will be access the internet for half an hour free. expected of him’. Now I know what he meant!”

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Jailed for ‘Insulting the Judiciary’ Friends’ Update Our Events Sub-Committee is organising Waleed Abu al-Khair is a prominent human rights a variety of events during 2016, to which lawyer who has represented many victims of we would be delighted to welcome both human rights violations, including his brother-in- members and non-members. Our Chairman law Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 tasked the committee with holding an event lashes for blogging about free speech. After a month – so we are trying to do this! being harassed and interrogated on numerous occasions by the authorities, Waleed was Open gardens in the Close, day trips, a holiday, sentenced on 6 July 2014 to 15 years in prison, talks, coffee mornings and a wine tasting plus a 15-year travel ban. He was found guilty of are some of the events we are putting on. ‘insulting the judiciary’, ‘disobeying the ruler’ and ‘harming the reputation of the Kingdom’. Waleed So the year will start with a heart-warming suffers from diabetes, and says he has been evening of festive music with the ‘Sarum Six’ tortured. He has been regularly moved between and the ‘Close Consort’, in the Cathedral prisons, making it difficult for his wife and child to Refectory at 19.00 on Saturday 9 January. visit him. Tickets are £17.50 (£15 for Friends) including a glass of wine/soft drink and nibbles, from Call on the King of Saudi Arabia to free Waleed the Friends’ Office – telephone 335161 or Abu al-Khair - write to: 555190 – or on the door, subject to availability. His Majesty King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud c/o Individuals at Risk We are holding a social coffee morning in the Amnesty International UK Bell Tower Tea Rooms on Tuesday 9 February Human Rights Action Centre 10.00 - 12.00 for members and non-members 17-25 New Inn Yard London EC2A 3EA alike! Chairman of the Friends Duncan Glass Fax: (via Ministry of the Interior) 00966 11 403 is giving a talk in the Refectory at 19.00 on 3125 (please keep trying) Thursday 10 March, all about his work with Twitter: @KingSalman Trinity House and its lighthouses. The first of the day trips is to Bowood House on 28 Salutation: Your Majesty April, and the chance to tour secret gardens in the Close and enjoy tea and cakes on the In your letter: Call on His Majesty to release lawn of the South Canonry is on 22 May. Waleed Abu al-Khair immediately and unconditionally and quash his conviction and If you would like to join us for any event, please sentence. Urge the authorities to ensure Waleed contact the team in the Friends’ Office on the is protected from torture and other ill-treatment above phone numbers, as by the time you and is given any medical attention he requires; read this we may well have moved to new call on them to stop the crackdown on activists premises at 33a Ladywell – the black door and their use of social media. under the porch – so look out for us there if number 52 is empty! Do come in and say Suggested tweet: .@KingSalman hello – you will be warmly welcomed. @WaleedAbulkhair must be released. He is a prisoner of conscience! #W4R Kate Beckett executive Secretary

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Unlocking Treasures: Parish Churches 16:00 - 17:00 Tuesday 12 January Details page 26 ‘To be a Pilgrim’ Lent Programme 19:30 Wednesday 13 January Details page XIII 19:30 Wednesday 20 January The Epiphany Procession 17:00 Sunday 17 January Details page XI Holocaust Memorial Live Broadcast 15.30 Wednesday 27 January Details page XI ‘To be a Pilgrim’ Lent Programme 19:30 Wednesday 27 January Details page XII Organ Vespers ‘La Nativité du Seigneur’ 16:30 - 17:45 Sunday 31 January Details page XV ‘To be a Pilgrim’ Lent Programme 19:30 Wednesday 3 February Details page XII Friends Coffee Morning 10:00 - 12:00 Tuesday 9 February Details page 30 Sophie Ryder ‘Relationships’ exhibition From 12 February Details page 24 - 25 PipeUp open morning for young organists 10:00 - 13:00 Saturday 13 February Details page 26 Teddy Bears Picnic 10:00 - 12:00 Wednesday 17 February Details page 28 Library and Archive Spotlight Talk 11.00 Thursday 18 February Details page 26 Unlocking Treasures: Our Nation’s Heritage 19:00 - 20:30 Friday 19 February Details page 26 Alabaré BIG Sleep 20:30 Friday 4 March Details page 28 Unlocking Treasures: Conservation 19:00 Monday 7 March Details page 26

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