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Keeping in Touch Contents Mission 06 Staying Well this Winter 07 1 Stott Hill, Evensong 08 Bradford, Cathedral Services 09 West , Centenary Prayer 10 News 11 BD1 4EH Business and the Kingdom: A Report 12 Introducing Daniel Lappin 14 (01274) 77 77 20 Introducing Luke Johnson 15 [email protected] Cathedral Kneelers 16 Tree Planting Day 18 Take a Seat 20 Find us online: Photo Gallery 23 bradfordcathedral.org Advent and Christmas pull-out 27 A Look Ahead at 2020 36  StPeterBradford Our 100th Anniversary 40 News 43   BfdCathedral Volunteers Needed 43 Diocese of News 44 Mixcloud mixcloud.com/ Chris Totney 47 BfdCathedral Reed & Ivory 49 In the Media 52 Erlang bradfordcathedral. Friends of Bradford Cathedral 53 eventbrite.com Who’s Who 54

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Fairy Lights: Bringing a bit of colour to the cathedral grounds. Steeleye Span: We marked the last few days of November with a sell-out concert from the group

6 Mission Our Purpose suggestions asitisprecisely have any commentsor Please speaktomeifyou the needsofthoseattending. time, changingtobestmeet always evolving and, over These timesofworship are worship eachweek. people to gather together for for variety ofopportunities The Cathedralprovides a Diocese and further afield. Diocese andfurther enriching theCity, the of worship and mission as avibrantcommunity To Jesus serve Christ cathedral-bradford Explore Churches LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/bradford-cathedral/ Visit Bradford:Cathedral” visitbradford.com “Bradford A ChurchNear You: achurchnearyou.com/church/5746 Diocese ofLeeds: leeds.anglican.org e-mail [email protected] signing upto ChurchSuite. Login atlogin.churchsuite.com/ or Keep up-to-datewithallthelatestevents, andnews, by Worship attheCathedral : explorechurches.org/church/bradford- Useful Links ChurchSuite Our Values Thank you. telephone oremailme. Please speaktomeor worshipping life together. in developing ourshared the choicesthatare made suggestions whichinform your commentsand • • • Wholeness Faithfulness Hospitality

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​​​ Please check 10.15am ​​​​​​​10.15am - Holy Communion (St Aidan’s Chapel) ​​​​​​​5.30pm - Evening Prayer (Lady Chapel) Thursdays Prayer 8.30am - Morning (Lady Chapel) ​​​​​​​5.45pm - Choral Evensong (Chancel) Fridays 8.30am - Morning Prayer (Lady Chapel) ​​​​​​​5.30pm - Evening Prayer (Lady Chapel) Saturdays 8.30am - Morning Prayer (Lady Chapel) ​​​​​​​5.30pm - Evening Prayer (Lady Chapel) place takes Choral Evensong Other services during term-time. subject to change. any calendar for the website changes to this schedule.

Cathedral ServicesCathedral

(Lady Chapel) 8.30am - Morning Prayer

(St Aidan’s (St Aidan’s Chapel) Communion 7.30am - Holy

Wednesdays

(Chancel) 5.45pm - Choral Evensong 5.45pm - Choral Evensong

(Lady Chapel) 8.30am - Morning Prayer

Tuesdays (Chancel) 5.45pm - Choral Evensong 5.45pm - Choral Evensong

(Lady Chapel) 8.30am - Morning Prayer

Mondays 4pm - Choral Evensong (Nave) 4pm - Choral Evensong

Sunday of the month. Sunday Ministry takes place on the 3rd place on the 3rd Ministry takes inc. Children’s Space. Prayer Prayer Space. Children’s inc. (Nave) 10.15am - Choral Eucharist - Choral Eucharist 10.15am

(Lady Chapel) Communion 8am - Holy

Sundays 10 Centenary Prayer by whosegraceapeoplehave gathered here for over athousandyears and thelongingfor your creation tobemadewhole through thepower oftheSpiritRisenChrist. and now we give you thanksfor onehundred years generous welcome andwitnessinthepresent, whose lives are like theflowers ofthefield, the spiritofjoyful gratitudefor thepast, of worship and ministry asaCathedral.of worship andministry Eternally present andever faithfulGod, We blessyou for thiswitness in thisCityandDiocese. May your future come, to praiseyour name, and learnyour ways. Grant tous, Amen

News 11 Jill Wright £5. Jane Tarver copy in the copy shop for just Pick up your up your Pick Frankie Ward!! She was awarded She was awarded Ward!! Frankie Honorary Membership of the Life Friends in 2015. the cathedral for and work Her care until the last and its people continued ill when increasing years, or five four health took its toll. endeavour to be stocked with other be stocked to endeavour to 1st equating commemoratives rate and European 2nd class class, THE YEAR THROUGHOUT (usually Please ask 2 per envelope). requiring then stamps, next need ME when you our support can continue of these we and sisters! vulnerable brothers the stamp appeal stamp the In Memoriam: Pat Clare Pat In Memoriam: A thank you for supportingfor you thank A

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conference so good. conference and administrative gifts in making the and administrative thank Karen Williams for her hard work work her hard Williams for thank Karen as an employee of TFN I would like to like TFN I would of as an employee This was an inspiring conference and and This was an inspiring conference economic life in terms of ‘living systems’. of in terms economic life is reductionist. He urged us to re-imagine He urged us to re-imagine is reductionist. spoken of as efficient machines and this spoken of business. Too often businesses are often businesses are Too of business. metaphors are key to the redemption to the redemption key are metaphors our organisations’. He suggested that our organisations’. with us ‘Ten imperatives to redeem to redeem imperatives ‘Ten with us embrace God’s kingdom. Matthew shared shared Matthew kingdom. embrace God’s Matthew focused on how a company can a company on how focused Matthew of Cal’s insights in very concrete ways. ways. insights in very concrete of Cal’s former CEO of Tearfund, developed many many developed Tearfund, CEO of former In the afternoon Matthew Frost, the Frost, In the afternoon Matthew postpone his retirement! director so much joy that he decided to joy so much director discarded. This commission brought the This commission brought discarded. biodegrade within six months when biodegrade within six months when its contents for 6 months and then its contents for shampoo sachet that would hold would shampoo sachet that was challenged to design a single use was challenged to about a director at Unilever who at Unilever about a director redeemed, Cal told a delightful story redeemed, To illustrate how business can be business illustrate how To rescuing business from human rebellion. from business rescuing Jesus, is in the business of redeeming and is in the business of redeeming Jesus, within God’s kingdom. God, through through God, kingdom. within God’s (pietism) but to locate economic life life but to locate economic (pietism) not to ignore business as a distraction business as a distraction not to ignore The antidote to the impact of sin is to the impact The antidote doesn’t have to be like this! be like to have doesn’t can be greedy and destructive but it and destructive greedy can be all areas of life. We know that business that business know We of life. all areas God and the poison of sin has corrupted corrupted sin has poison of and the God Tragically humans have rebelled against against rebelled have humans Tragically 14 News a really toplay! notoriouspart so much Iwantedtoplay ittoo. Ithas the Wolf andbecauseIwassingingit always used tosingalongPeter and shiny! Apparently, according my mum, I I’m notsure; possibly becauseit’s the flute? What attractedyou toplaying alongside my Matron rule. lessons, andhave beenrunningthat it professionally! Ialsoteachmusic my hobbiesaswell, thoughIdoplay flute, andthatprobably comesinto Music where Ididmy bachelors in used tostudyatLeedsCollegeof recently asChoirMatron. started I My nameisDanielLappin andI’ve yourself? Could you tellusabitabout Introducing DanielLappin, our new ChoirMatron with musical theory lessons too! with musical theory weekends and occasionally I’llhelpout There may alsobe faith lessonsatthe and helpingthem dotheirreadings. out intootherareas, suchasteaching, in thechoir, and it’s going toexpand making sure allthechildren are OK Predominantly it’s apastoralrole, role involve? What doestheChoirMatron with DeanJerry. really enjoyed theconversation Ihad discovered itIfound itwasgreat, and lived here acoupleofyears. When I didn’t know itexistedeven though I’d week before thejobpoppedup!I discovered Bradford Cathedrala Everyone wasreally friendly. Ionly It’s areally warmandfriendly place. at Bradford Cathedral? What attractedyou totherole News 15 Luke Johnson is the new new is the Johnson Luke Administrator Music at Cathedral and Bradford caught up with him we week to find in his first up to. out what he’s a tell us Could you bit about yourself? from I’m originally in Weston-super-Mare and studied Somerset, ancient history and at the archaeology I of Oxford. University to China for then went to teach English a year to coming here before enjoy I really Bradford. and sing as a music, and I also choral scholar, online games. play probably spot me from me from spot probably a distance! Please come hello! and say do you how Finally, tea or your like coffee? tea just with my I like I’m a bit pickier milk. I don’t coffee. with my instant that awful have it tastes like stuff; warmed up! digestives a it from to have I have shop or coffee proper one I have a machine. with the at home too, and option, espresso I’d the milk steamer. a latte is my to say have favourite.

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cheesy grin so you’ll cheesy grin so you’ll I’ll probably have a big have I’ll probably Just to look out for me; me; to look out for Just welcome yourself in? yourself welcome the congregation to the congregation you like to give to to give like you What message would would What message really rewarding. really after all that work I find after all that work to see them perform to see them perform work very hard and just very hard work their concerts. They all They their concerts. hard, and you get to see and you hard, choristers working so choristers working you get to see all the you enjoy the fact that enjoy music, so I really the so I really music, It’s largely involved in involved largely It’s the role? looking forward to in looking forward What are you most most you What are 16 News Herculaneum. chance togo toPompeii and Vesuvius, whichalsogave methe I did. Ididtwo weeks inItaly around Archaeology camewiththecourse archaeology? And where have you done you canstillrelate tothesewriters. though itwasover 2000years ago past are similartotoday. very Even really intohow somany thingsinthe bought more booksaboutitandgot online, thetopicsinterested me. Ithen I looked more intoancienthistory enjoyed learninglanguages–andas language like Latin–I’ve always tolearnanancient the opportunity reading aprospectus whichgave good asit, andIthinkwasjust enjoyed itself, history andwas I askmyself thatquitealot!Ialways ancient history? Why didyou choosetostudy to BradfordCathedralaheadof Completed kneelersdelivered November dedication My year inChinahadmademerealise It wasthemusic sideofitparticularly. at Bradford Cathedral? What attractedyou totherole sociable! very great atitbutIenjoy italotandit’s It’s LeagueofLegends. I’mnotthat choice? And what’s your onlinegameof enjoy allthemusic. but Ijustlove doingitagain, andto after ayear’s break whilstinChina, involved. I’mstillgettingbackintoit a part, sothere’s alotofpreparation prepared andbeabletoholdlead especially, you’re expectedtobewell and asanadult, andachoralscholar there’s obviously allthechoristers forgotten how stressful itis, because It’s beengreat. Ireally enjoy it, butI’d has thatbeengoing? You’re alsoachoralscholar; how News 17

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been delivered. high altar at Bradford Cathedral have have Cathedral high altar at Bradford orders for services. I could go on! I could go services. for orders the go around finished kneelers to and logistics for tours, and preparing and preparing tours, and logistics for and the final upholstered stitchers, the consent forms, risk assessments, risk assessments, the consent forms, a dedicated team of volunteer from pick people to do those; there are are there those; pick people to do work of hard years four After nearly the readings for the services for and the readings for every service. I have to prepare to prepare I have service. every for sure that there are enough singers are that there sure Lots of things! A key thing is making A key Lots of things! Administrator role involve? Administrator role What does the Music What does the into pursuing the choral scholar role. into pursuing the the music administrator role led me led me role administrator the music around that attracted me, and having and having me, that attracted around friendly. Being able to have a job that’s a job that’s to have Being able friendly. everyone is very welcoming and and is very welcoming everyone environments; they’re peaceful, and and peaceful, they’re environments; into this world again. I like cathedral cathedral I like again. this world into would be opportunity be get back to would singing and music. I thought this role this role I thought and music. singing how much I’d missed being involved in in involved being missed I’d much how 18 Tree Planting think about theRoman era, they had and pleasant landof fields, butif you We asagreen thinkofthis country over the centuries. We cleared trees. damage thatwe, ashumans, have done reinstate themandoverturn the this country, andwe really needto “Trees are thenaturalcover of Mike de Villiers oftheEcoGroup: walnut, hawthorn andGuelder-rose. grants, andincludedoak, ash, birth, had beenprovided by Government Some ofthetrees whichwere planted much neededfloodsupport. Bradford, aswell asproviding some trees of tohelpboostthegreenery ofadaypart dedicatedtoplanting Denso MarstonNature as Reserve 2019 saw 750trees planted atthe The firstday ofNational Tree Week future: 750treesplantedasBradford difference tothecityandworld groups cometogether tomake a Planting today fortomorrow’s ground. There were even volunteers and helped plantthe trees into the grabbed apair ofgloves andaspade Centre and Museum,Countryside volunteers from theBracken Hall School, CEPrimary plus Cathedral, ExtinctionRebellionand Representatives from Bradford including tenyoung children. Over 40peoplejoinedinplanting system relies onthetrees.” biodiversity; thewholeofeco- trees. Butit’s alsoaboutrestoring , andthat’s mainly for planting of poundstowards floodalleviation in “The Government isgivingthousands conditions andtrees holdbackwater. experiencing more extreme weather to putforests back aswe’re now to battlethrough forests. We need

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in great projects like this.” like projects in great improve our habitat, as well as involving people as involving well as our habitat, improve need to build sustainability for the climate and need to build sustainability for “Days like this are really important as we important as we really this are like “Days Nick, Aire Nick, Trust: Rivers environment.” with these excellent projects around the around with these excellent projects happy again to be supporting the cathedral happy something we’re working hard to do. We are are We to do. hard working something we’re a climate emergency and tree planting is a climate emergency and tree Bradford Council. We’re going through through going We’re Council. Bradford “It’s a pleasure to be here representing representing to be here a pleasure “It’s Councillor Caroline Firth: Councillor Caroline second woodland.” partnership with Bradford Council on this, our Council on this, partnership with Bradford humankind. And we’re excited to work in close excited to work And we’re humankind. for the environment and good news for for news and good the environment for emergency; planting trees – it’s good news news good – it’s planting trees emergency; “We’re literally digging for victory! digging for literally Climate “We’re The Very Revd , of Bradford: Lepine, Jerry Revd Very The on Gaisby Lane.on Gaisby 1800, including on the same site plus another including on the same site plus 1800, trees planted over the last three years to years the last three planted over trees This latest day brings the total number of the total number brings This latest day Trust. projects, with trees supplied by the Woodland Woodland the supplied by with trees projects, communities on a range of green space on a range of green communities who work with volunteers and local with volunteers who work YORgreencic, a woodland social enterprise a woodland YORgreencic, Cities. The planting site was prepared by by site was prepared The planting Cities. University of Huddersfield and Trees for Trees and of Huddersfield University the Denso Marston Nature Reserve, the Reserve, Marston Nature the Denso the Aire Rivers Trust, with support from support with from Trust, Rivers Aire the Bradford Council, Bradford Cathedral and Cathedral and Bradford Council, Bradford The event was a collaboration between between was a collaboration The event dogs and jumped in to help out! in to and jumped dogs on the day who were passing or walking their their walking or passing were who day the on For generations, people have come to Bradford Cathedral to worship and pray, to reflect, or just to sit and enjoy the beauty and peace of this special place. In 2019 we celebrated our centenary, and as we prepare for a new century, we’re launching an appeal to raise £150,000 to replace our old chairs. We want to better meet the needs of all those in our community who use this wonderful building now, and in the future. New chairs, that are both beautifully designed and practical, will help us to do this. One Cathedra, many chairs! Please donate to our Take a Seat appeal and help us raise Every Cathedral has £150,000. a ‘Cathedra’, which is Latin for ‘chair’. Here’s ours. For more details visit www.bradfordcathedral.org/appeal With your help, we want to or pick up an appeal leaflet at the Cathedral. renew all public seating in the Cathedral to better serve our community. Take a Seat 21 appeal? Take a Seat Take

that we have to move chairs around around chairs to move have that we basis to meet the on a regular activities. different for requirements and heavy incredibly are The chairs It’s at a time. two be moved can only move to us to have for not unusual chairs at a time, hundred several also a There’s hours. which can take can only we big storage issue because This is not pairs. stack the chairs in also potentially it’s inefficient, only to put nowhere have We dangerous. put them we so wherever the chairs, want We in plain sight. always they’re the needs of to be able to cater for as such, and, service, or each event a much to be able to offer like we’d space. versatile more hours each week many How spend moving you say you would chairs around? a big event but for to say, hard It’s or six be five can easily there And in some hours of chair moving. or three might be two there weeks significant occasions when a really and of chairs need to moved number put back. be pleased with the must So you launch of the Yes, definitely. There are lots of very lots of are There definitely. Yes, Being designed chairs now. cleverly able to stack 30 chairs at a time and will save them on a trolley move and allow time and effort, so much us to concentrate on lots of other As well important jobs and projects. Take a Seat: Take

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our community. But it also means our community. with lots of people from all parts of with lots of people from because it means we’re engaging because it means we’re cathedral – which is wonderful, cathedral – which is wonderful, and events now take place at the place take now and events An incredibly wide range of services An incredibly There are quite a few challenges. challenges. a few quite are There such a problem? So why are the cathedral’s chairs the cathedral’s are So why which is neither easy nor enjoyable! lot of time moving chairs around, chairs around, lot of time moving The whole Verger team spend an awful awful spend an team Verger The whole of the job? What’s your least favourite part least favourite your What’s their needs. Cathedral and endeavouring to meet to meet Cathedral and endeavouring interaction with people who use the interaction with people who use the this is what I enjoy most – the daily most – the daily this is what I enjoy looking after people and things, so looking after people and things, I feel that my job is, primarily, about primarily, job is, that my I feel job? What’s your favourite part of the favourite your What’s season. heading into my second Advent Advent second heading into my time ago. So, with excitement, I’m with excitement, So, time ago. 2018, which seems an awfully long which seems an awfully 2018, I’ve been Head Verger since August since Verger been Head I’ve been Verger? Head So David, how long have you you have long how So David, so important. why he thinks our Take a Seat appeal is Take our he thinks why up with him to find out a bit more about more to find out a bit up with him around so that others can! We caught We so that othersaround can! he spends so much time moving chairs so muchhe spends time moving a chance for a sit down – partlya chance a sit down for because As Head Verger, David Worsley rarely gets gets rarely Worsley David Verger, As Head Take a Seat Take

as being more practical, new chairs to raise a large amount of money. will really enhance the appearance But people are already being very of the Cathedral too. Our chairs are generous and donating. Chairs might over 30 years old and whilst they’re in not seem the most exciting thing in reasonable condition, there are signs the world, but actually new chairs will of wear and tear. There are lots of make a huge difference. They’ll give very beautiful designs out there for us us the flexibility to use the Cathedral to choose from. in new ways to better serve our community and also generate new So has a decision been made on income. the new chairs? No, because we want our How do you relax when you do congregation and other stakeholders get a chance to sit down? to get involved and help to make that I love spending time with my children, decision – after all they’re the ones who are gorgeous. I also love reading that will have to sit on them! and walking in the countryside.

When will the new chairs be in Recently, I spent two nights with the place? Community of the Resurrection, in 22 It’s difficult to say because we need Mirfield, which I found very relaxing!

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Oxford and Cambridge Singing School with their certificates.Oxford exhibition ‘Alive With Change’. (Bottom) Those who took part in the (Bottom) With Change’. ‘Alive exhibition (Top) The Common Threads team gather at the startThreads their of The Common (Top) 24 Photo Gallery: From Twitter their top achievement badgestheir topachievement thisevening! to alltheyoungpeoplewhowere awarded the @wyscoutscountyawards! Well done @WysYouth: We hadafantastic nightat Bradford Toby etc. Howarth at Bradford Lord Cathedral Inderjit, including withcivicandfaith leaders Bishopof @javedbashirbfd: ofGuruNanak [Middle right] ofbirth Celebrating 550thanniversary @riponcathedral and @WakeCathedral.@riponcathedral day.@engcathedrals briefing With @LeedsCofE gatherattheendof @BfdCathedral. Representatives from thethree good causes. Thank youtoHelenGfor thisphoto! We hopeyouhadagreat runand raised lotsfor passthecathedral@BDCityRuns runners today. @BfdCathedral. Itwas great toseethe family activitiessession. Thank youJohn-abusy Tuesday atthelast @BfdCathedral: More tablesneeded!

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@RevDrPaulW. Many congratulations to congratulations Many @RevDrPaulW. Rector of Woolf, Lizzy Reverend installed as Honorary @stgeorgesleeds Cathedral. Canon of Bradford

Twitter every Friday. every Twitter Bradford Cathedral scrapbook on Cathedral scrapbook Bradford For more weekly photos see our weekly more For and relationships that bringand relationships life’. Business should be about people flourishing catering. Quote from M Frost - ‘The design of ‘The design - M Frost Quote from catering. and thanking @CryptNurture doing the for Matthew Frost along with good workshops along with good Frost Matthew @Bfdcathedral with speakers Cal Bailey and with speakers @Bfdcathedral @CIBLeeds. Good business conference at Good business conference @CIBLeeds.

for Lincoln on a fact-finding trip. Here’s a photo to prove it! to prove a photo Here’s trip. Lincoln on a fact-finding for @Bfdcathedral. Yesterday our verger team swapped Bradford Bradford team swapped our verger Yesterday @Bfdcathedral. 26 Photo Gallery the Dishforth Military Military the Dishforth Wives Choir andthe CityofBradford Brass Band. by Lord aspeech IndarjitSingh.included (Bottom) The Festival ofRemembrance with (Top) of GuruNanakDev Ji, anniversary The celebration ofthe550birth which Advent & Christmas at BRADFORD CATHEDRAL

Join us in the heart of the for a #SparklingBradford celebration for all to enjoy: • Advent services • Family activities • Carol services • Music concerts • and more... bradfordcathedral.org/christmas #SparklingBradford From the Very Revd Jerry Lepine, : Join us at Bradford Cathedral this Advent Each of our Christmas services seeks to and Christmas as we bring you a festive proclaim afresh the wonderful miracle of the experience for all to enjoy. coming of God in human flesh: Emmanuel, God with us. This is the real gift of Christmas; The oldest building in the city is the perfect a God who knows what it is like to be place to visit this December, whether that’s human. God in Christ reaches out to all of us, for our special Christmas services as we whatever our situation. May God bless you celebrate the birth of Jesus; for our carol this Christmas. concerts with many of those we share the city with; or one of our music concerts. For most of our events you can just turn up, You can also visit Bradford Cathedral as a but we advise you check availability by calling place of reflection, prayer or peace, as well as 01274 77 77 20, visiting us, or by booking via a building full of history, which is never more bradfordcathedral.eventbrite.com important than in the final month of our Centenary year.

Regular services and opening times (Dec 1st - Jan 1st)

Sun 1, Sun 22 Wed 4, Wed 11, Wed 18 Sun 29 Holy Communion, 8am Holy Communion, Holy Communion, 8am The Eucharist, 10:15am 7:30am The Eucharist, 10:15am Morning Prayer, 8:30am Evening Prayer, 4pm Mon 2, Fri 6, Sat 7 Holy Communion, Tue 10, Thu 12, 10:15am December 26, 27, 28, Fri 13, Sat 14, Tue 17, Evening Prayer, 5:30pm 30, 31, January 1 Fri 20, Sat 21, Bradford Cathedral Mon 23, Tue 24 Thu 5, Mon 16 is closed except for Morning Prayer, 8:30am Morning Prayer, 8:30am morning prayer at 9am Evening Prayer, 5:30pm and evening prayer at Sun 8, Sun 15 5pm Holy Communion, 8am The Eucharist, 10:15am Evensong, 4pm

Tue 24 Morning Prayer, 8:30am Bradford Evening Prayer, 5:30pm Cathedral First Communion of 1 Stott Hill Christmas, 11:30pm Bradford Christmas Day Find us on BD1Tue 4EH3, Mon 9 Choral Eucharist, social media 01274Morning 77 Prayer, 77 20 8:30am 10:15am Evensong,info@ 5:45pm    bradfordcathedral.org Sun 1 | Advent Procession | 6pm Regular events We begin the holy season of Advent with an atmospheric and and meetings breath-taking candlelit service, as we await the birth of Jesus Christ, the Light of the World. The cathedral choir will process Sunday 1, 8, 15, 22 around the building, singing both centuries-old and contemporary Just A Minute, 11:45am music, as we start our journey towards Christmas.

Wednesday 4, 11, 18 Tue 10 | Coffee Concert | 11am Organ Recitals Reed & Ivory Clarinettist Helen Goldsmith and Pianist Ben 4th: Thomas Leech Cockburn playing music by Messager, Weber and Milhaud. (Leeds) | 11th: Andrew There will be coffee and cake available from 10:30am. Bryden (Ripon) | 18th: Christmas Special Fri 13 | Craig Halliday & Friends | 7:30pm Bradford born professional crossover violinist, Craig Halliday, will Places of Welcome, be joined on stage by vocalist Tracey Shield and the talented young 2:30pm performers from Shipley based CC Dance Company. Book: craighalliday.eventbrite.co.uk Friday 6, 13, 20 Toddler Group, 10am Sat 14 | Christmas Lunch | 12:30pm Rooftop Cafe | Tickets available from the cathedral office Monday 9 Silence Space, 1pm Sat 14 | Christingle | 4pm A fun and interactive service for Monday Fellowship, all ages. Exploring the meaning of 2pm Christmas through song, film and making Christingles. Followed by cake Tuesday 10 and refreshments. Have you Stitching the seen our Cathedral, 1pm Mon 16 | City Carol Service | 6pm Christingle The Lord Mayor of Bradford welcomes all to this video? Sunday 15 annual carol service where we sing popular carols Monthly Bring and and hear the Cathedral Choir. A special event for all ages. Share Lunch, 12noon Free refreshments served before and afterwards.

Monday 23 Tue 17 | Advent Hour of Prayer | 11am Silence Space, 1pm Sun 22 | Nine Lessons and Carols | 6pm A traditional candle-lit service of readings intermingled with community carols and pieces sung by the Cathedral Choir, hosted by the Dean and Clergy of Bradford Cathedral. A truly memorable way to start your Christmas celebrations. All welcome. th Refreshments served at the end. Donations invited. dec 24 Tue 24 | Carol Concert | 1pm Messy The cathedral choir presents its annual Christmas Eve recital. Crib Music, poetry, witty Christmas stories and the best-loved 4pm Christmas carols come together in this yearly celebration. Don’t miss the carol services held with our partners across Bradford Mon 2 | Marie Curie: Lights To Remember | 7pm

Wed 4 | Martin House: Light up a Life | 7pm

Thu 5 | Law, Order, Justice and Emergency Services Carol Service | 6pm

Mon 9 | : Nine Lessons and Carols | 7pm

Tue 10 | Music and Arts Festival | 7pm

Wed 11 | Rotary Club of Bradford Carol Service | 7pm

Thu 12 | NHS Carol Service | 7pm For NHS staff and their friends and family, and anyone who uses the NHS.

Tue 17 | Hft Coming of Christmas | 7pm

Sat 21 | Allerton Cat Rescue: Kitmas Concert | 7:30pm Book: eventbrite.co.uk/e/kitmas-concert- tickets-78022977827 Photo Gallery 31

bradfordcathedral.org/music/coffee-concerts/ Sudall’s Coffee Concert on our website at Concert Coffee on our website Sudall’s You can listen back to Robert You our 100th anniversary. as we celebrate cake Berlin Wall’; Robert Sudall at his coffee concert; and Dean Jerry cuts into the ‘100’ ‘100’ and Dean Jerry Robert the cuts into concert; Sudall at his coffee Wall’; Berlin (From top to bottom) Bishop Nick presents a lecture on ‘30 years since the fall of the ‘30 years fall since the top to bottom) Bishop Nick on lecture a presents (From 32 Photo Gallery: From Twitter Celebration of Women inFaith Interfaith tolaunch Week. @UOB_Chaplain. Great tocoordinate privilege thecivic service,” she toldus. #TT “It was abeautifulandmoving to theevent. Cathedral, theirthird timecoming Remembrance heldatBradford parents atthisyear’s Festival of Ackroyd sentusthisphotoofher Jane #ThrowbackThursday @Bfdcathedral. Friday. scrapbook on Twitter every see ourBradford Cathedral For more weekly photos #weareBDAT presentation evening! Seeyoutonight!!#bbec1 @BBEC1. That’s donefor therehearsal Photo Gallery: From Twitter 33

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Girl for their brilliantGirl for the night! hosting on inspiring guest speech and of course our very own Matthew and Ella, Head Boy and Head Boy inspiring guest speech and of course our very and Ella, Matthew own wonderful achievements at Speech Night. A big thank you to Dominic Furby for his for A big thank you to Dominic Furby wonderful achievements at Speech Night. @HipperholmeGS. What an evening! Lovely to see last years YR11 to celebrate their celebrate YR11 to to see last years Lovely What an evening! @HipperholmeGS. Christmas cards! of one of the Sparkling Bradford trail trail of one of the Sparkling Bradford #SparklingBradfordSelfie taken in front in front taken #SparklingBradfordSelfie @TheBroadwayBrad send over your send over @TheBroadwayBrad winning a £50 voucher to be spent @visitBradford. To be in with a chance of To @visitBradford. with sermon from @nickbaines.with sermon from for the Centenary for Service this afternoon @LordLtWY. A packed @Bfdcathedral A packed @LordLtWY. 34 Photo Gallery Messy Advent gather together with the Advent wreaths they’d made. and Scout withtheircompleted Christingles; and someofthe families at atthecity’s DeanJerry charter; Remembrance Sundayservice; Frieda show(From offtherefurbished toptobottom) DavidandDeanJerry

You are invited to The Coming of Christmas At Bradford Cathedral

An evening of music and festive readings

In Celebration of Hft Bradford: supporting people with learning disabilities to live the best lives possible.

The Bradford Cathedral Consort Hft Samba Band with Alexander Berry Hft’s The Raucous New Yorkshires Guest speaker Wayne Jacobs

17 December, 7pm at Bradford Cathedral

£5, including programme and refreshments.

hft.org.uk/comingofchristmasbradford

Charity Registration Number 313069 Registered Address 56 Brook Office Park, Emersons Green BS16 7FL Patron HRH The Princess Royal 2020: Year of Cathedrals, Year of Pilgrimage 2020 is a very special year where all the cathedrals will be celebrating what makes cathedrals special, as well as offering pilgrimage routes across the country.

On these pages we are giving you a flavour of the events planned for 2020, but please be aware some may change - always check our website or call the office for the latest information. What’s happening: January - April 2020 For more details see a copy of our what’s on guide, available soon. A Look Ahead at 2020 January Tuesday 14th Coffee Concert with James Gaughan (Singer) Sunday 26th Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture with Evensong February Saturday 1st Son et Lumiere - Pilgrimage around Bradford Cathedral Sunday 2nd Annual Legal Service Candlemas Eucharist Sunday 9th Flourishing City - Vision 2040 Tuesday 11th Coffee Concert with Rob Burton (Saxophone) Sunday 16th Bishop Nick: Waiting for a Miracle? Tuesday 18th Family Activities Thursday 20th Family Activities Tuesday 25th City Park Pancake Race Wednesday 26th Ali Thistlethwaite: Encounters with Jesus March Sunday 1st Fairtrade Breakfast Tuesday 10th Coffee Concert with Jill Crossland (Piano) Wednesday 11th Lent Talk: Pilgrimage with Canon Andrew Tawn Saturday 14th Singing Day with Paul Mealor Wednesday 18th Lent Talk: Pilgrimage with Canon Andrew Tawn Thursday 19th The Civic Service Sunday 22nd Mothering Sunday service Tuesday 24th William Morris’ Birthday Wednesday 25th Lent Talk: Pilgrimage with Canon Andrew Tawn Saturday 28th Earth Hour Candle-Lit Concert with Ben Comeau April Sunday 5th Palm Sunday, with Procession Thursday 9th Maundy Thursday service Friday 10th Good Friday service Messy Good Friday Saturday 11th Holy Saturday service Sunday 12th Easter Sunday service Tuesday 14th Coffee Concert with James and Alex Woodrow Thursday 16th Family Activities 36 Sunday 26th Hope on the Edge: Care of Planet Earth The rest of 2020: At A Glance May Friday 8th - Sunday 10th VE Day 75 events Monday 11th Bradford City Fire 35 Tuesday 12th Coffee Concert with Edward and Rowena Thornton Thursday 21st Ascension Day Eucharist Thursday 21st Thy Kingdom Come (Until Sunday 31st) Saturday 23rd Choir tour to East Anglia (Until Thursday 28th) Tuesday 26th Family Activities Sunday 31st Pentecost | Messy Pentecost June Saturday 6th Volunteers’ Celebration (Volunteers’ Week, 1st-7th) Tuesday 9th Coffee Concert with Adriana Cristea (violin) Saturday 13th - Sunday 21st Refugee Week Wednesday 17th Friends trip to Monday 22nd Armed Forces Day Sunday 28th Patronal Festival Also look out for events with the Bradford Literature Festival between the 26th June and the 5th July July Tuesday 21st Family Activities August Saturday 1st Yorkshire Day Family Activities August 25th Family Activities September Tuesday 8th Coffee Concert Wednesday 16th Alpha Course begins Saturday 19th Day of the Cathedral: Heritage Open Day Sunday 20th Peace Sunday October Saturday 3rd Cathedrals at Night Sunday 4th Harvest Service | Messy Harvest Saturday 10th Boys’ Choirs Festival () EcoExtravaganza Sunday 11th Hope on the Edge Tuesday 13th Coffee Concert Sunday 25th Saying Goodbye Service Tuesday 27th | Thursday 29th Family Activities Events may be subject to November change, and new events Sunday 1st Festival of Remembrance appear all the time. Wednesday 4th DeLacy Lecture: Bishop Nick Please visit our website Saturday 7th Business and the Kingdom for all the latest updates. Tuesday 10th Coffee Concert Saturday 28th Messy Advent Sunday 29th Advent Procession December Tuesday 8th Coffee Concert Saturday 12th Congregational Christmas Lunch Sunday 13th Christingle Monday 21st The City Carol Service Thursday 24th Carol Recital | Messy Crib | Midnight Service A prayer for 2020

Loving God, draw us on the journey to the places of holiness, the places of peace, the places of fellowship, the places of encounter, CALENDAR-ALTAll year the places of beauty, Bradford the places where faith has been lived, Cathedral your love made known, your hope held out Pilgrimage in in the past, a Day (from A Look Ahead at 2020 for the present, Halifax Minster) into your future. Amen. You can view this 9.5m route on the British Pilgrimage Trust website CALENDAR-ALT Every Wednesday as well as download a Clock 1pm GPX file. This route was Wednesday@One Organ Recitals created by Guy Hayward. Free admission. Retiring collection. Lunch is available from 12:30 - 12:55pm for £4 per head. CALENDAR-ALTAll year January 15th Graham Thorpe (Bradford) Bradford 22nd Robert Sharpe (York) Cathedral 29th Ben Markovic (Worcester) Pilgrimage in February 5th Stefan Donner (Vienna) a Day (from 12th Christopher Stokes (Manchester) 19th Alexander Woodrow (Solihull) Minster) 26th Irena Kosikova (Prague) You can view this 12.5m March 4th Kurt Rampton route on the British 11th Andrew Prior (Islington) 18th Ed Jones (Worcester) Pilgrimage Trust website 25th Joshua Stephens (Sheffield) as well as download a GPX file. This route April 1st Peter King (Bath) was created by Nick Mayhew-Smith, author of Summer Season starts on Wednesday 15th April ‘The Naked Hermit‘, and Britain’s Holiest Places.

Find out more at britishpilgrimage.org/ portfolio/bradford- cathedral-pilgrimage- in-a-day-from-halifax- minster/ 38 Christmas Monday Fellowship

Join us for sing-a-long carols and requests on the piano at this very special last Monday Fellowship of 2019.

Come along to share Christmas readings, poems, and anecdotes.

Everyone is welcome!

Monday 9th December | 2pm Parish Room, Bradford Cathedral

Look out for our new series of thought-provoking talks on a wide-range of subjects in the new year...

13th January 10th February 9th March 20th April Dean Jerry Lepine Dr Martin Cosgrove Nigel Burton Diane Hadwen On the Is it possible My life as a Joe Way - the to be a countryside Hardcastle pilgrimage Christian in volunteer A of faith the military? bellringer’s tale For more information call 01274 77 77 20 or e-mail [email protected] 40 Our 100th Anniversary bells so clearly inthe area. said how they appreciated hearing the Many membersofthecongregation Broadway Centre andintheCarpark. The bellscouldbeheldaround the service. the congregation were arriving for the completed in55Minutes asmostof Maximus onthe12bells, whichwas Peal of1320changesPlainBob 400 people, beganwithaQuarter The celebration, attendedby over November. mark theoccasiononSunday 24th 1919 withaspecialcelebrationto cathedral statuson25thNovember grantingit ofthecharter anniversary Bradford Cathedralmarked the100th Bradford Cathedralreachesits A year ofhighlightsconcludes with aspecialcelebrationas 100th anniversary future generations. Bradford Cathedral more flexible for appeal tohelp make the seatingin Anthem andthe launchofaspecial of aspecially composedCentenary The celebrationalsosaw thedebut became Bradford Cathedral. day theParish Church ofStPeter the Daily Telegraph publishedonthe which wasmadeupofsnippetsfrom and ‘Centenary: 25November 1919’, included ‘Topieces Any The Visitor’ in residence year. for itsCentenary Diane Pacitti, thecathedral’s poet readingschoir andthree from poetry music from theBradford Cathedral to thecelebration, whichincluded Band alsotookplaceintheleadup from theCityofBradford Brass A programme ofupliftingmusic Our 100th Anniversary 41

The celebration followed a service on The celebration followed morning which welcomed the Sunday to the special in the congregation kneelers the new saw and also day that had been a project dedicated, a by years almost four on for worked volunteers, 100 cathedral over of team Wright Jill Meynell. Polly designed by ‘Stitching the Cathedral’ team of the at the service to thank all those spoke who had contributed to the project that has and to talk about the work into it. gone Meynell: Polly I talk start with the people. “I always in the building and I sit to the people; the place It’s the town. walk around that I then take the work. that inspires seasons and fuse it with the church the design.” form and together they

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In the report Cathedrals reported nearly ten million visitors in 2018, an increase of over 10 per cent on the previous year. There were additionally over a million visitors to The autumn season is always Westminster Abbey. busy here at the cathedral, and Advent will be especially The major Christian festivals remain at the busy. We are always needing heart of congregational growth, with 58,000 new people to come and people attending a cathedral at Easter and join our growing band of 95,000 during Holy Week – the highest volunteers to help with numbers recorded for a decade, with Easter refreshments; eco and attendance up nearly 10,000 since 2008. Fairtrade ventures; welcoming on a Sunday morning as Meanwhile numbers at Christmas and well as during the week; bell Advent services rose five per cent on the ringing; help with children previous year to reach 750,000 in 2018. both on Sundays and during There were 133,000 people worshipping in the week, to mention just cathedrals on Christmas Eve and Christmas some of the wide variety of Day – second only to the previous year’s volunteer work we do here. record high. Please do let us know if you Cathedrals reported a total of 37,000 can spare some time to help people worshipping each week in the year on a Sunday, or at other times 2018, marking an increase of around 14 per during the week when the cent over the past ten years. Around one in cathedral gets busy with many five cathedral worshippers was under the other activities. Just let one of age of 16, also an increase on the previous the church wardens Monica year. or Alex know and we will be pleased to help you find the For more on this and other news stories right niche for your special from the Church of England, please visit skills!! churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/news/ Monica Slocombe 43 44 News affect usall. decisions are being madethatwill “We shouldtake part, asimportant common good andjustice. andaskthatthey willseek the service put themselves forward for public should bethankfulfor those who “In ourprayers for thiselectionwe personal sacrificestoo. and challenges, andthesecome with leaders facehugeresponsibilities “We often forget thatourpolitical be peopleofhope. set asideapathy andcynicismto setting rightofallthings. Itistimeto “At hisreturn he promises the restored. the hopeoflife reordered and in ourimperfect world, andoffering come andlive amongus, intervening “In Christ’s Godchoosesto birth judge. and thereminder ofhisreturn asour of Advent, ofJesus thebirth Christ Election, we alsoheraldtheseason “As we approach thisGeneral here for avideo version ofthecall. See below for thefulltext, orclick humility andlove inanew statement. Election seasontobemarked with for discussionsduringthisGeneral of York, John Sentamu, have called Justin Welby, andthe Archbishop The Archbishop ofCanterbury, Archbishops callfortoleranceand respect during GeneralElection respect during own image, we to build canstart image inothers whoare notinour “As Christians, in recognising God’s vehemently. period, even thoughwe may disagree are coming from in this election will helpusunderstandwhere others people andideaswe disagree withit make tolisten aconsciouseffort “If we leave ourecho-chambersand especially onsocialmedia. “We should engageresponsibly, personal abuse. respectfully, and withoutresorting to “Issues needtobedebated differently.very facts andingood faithinterpret them “Two peoplecanlookatthesame views are notourenemies. “People whoholddifferent political be donewithhumilityandinlove. “Offering factsandopinionsshould to separatefactsfrom opinion. when we hearthem, andtobecareful accurately, to challengefalsehoods “We allhave aresponsibility tospeak truth, bothtospeakitandseekit. of usiscalledtohonourthegift “As followers ofJesus Christeach democratic dutytovote. “That includesfulfillingour News 45

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Save the Date 7pm on Thursday 12 December 2019 Bradford Cathedral, 1 Stott Hill, Bradford, BD1 4EH Save the date for an evening of festive fun celebrating the work of the NHS at Christmas.

Please invite your family, friends and anyone whose life has been touched by the NHS. From 540-hymns for Latvia to four Features: TotneyChris pieces for Bradford: Chris Totney on his organ recital which you can now listen back to on our website

Each week we welcome a guest organist to Bradford Cathedral to play as part of our Wednesday@One Organ Recital season, At the end of October Chris Totney from Devizes played and we spoke to him just before his recital as he

prepared for the final performance of a production of Made in Dagenham.

How has the production been going? It’s been going really well but it’s been eight weeks of hard work putting it together. You are keen in throwing yourself Could you tell us a little about into supporting things musically. your musical background? I believe you once took part in I started out in music by being a a fundraiser where you played chorister in a local parish church in more than 540 hymns in one day? the West Midlands and singing in the Yes, I did! The choir that I run in choir brought me into a love of the Devizes in Wiltshire wanted to go on organ, which I took up afterwards. I a tour in Latvia where we have a link Save the Date ended up enjoying it so much I went through the Diocese of Salisbury. To to study it at Durham! help raise funds for it I sat down and played every hymn in the New English 7pm on Thursday 12 December 2019 You’re also a music director – Hymnal which took eight hours! It Bradford Cathedral, 1 Stott Hill, Bradford, BD1 4EH how do you find that? was hard work, and I didn’t know It’s an enjoyable thing to do and what to expect. By the end of it I certainly gives me a lot of variety. I certainly had a sore back which lasted Save the date for an evening of festive fun get to work with large choirs and for a day or two! celebrating the work of the NHS at Christmas. individuals as well, when you’re preparing for exams. And there’s It was well supported. There was me concerts, services and shows, so it’s all playing the organ and there was a great variety. bunch of faithful supporters who left Please invite your family, friends and anyone sandwiches on both sides of the organ whose life has been touched by the NHS. bench as the day went on, with cups of coffee too! 47 It was amazing to think that a country wouldn’t call himself a musician, but parish church choir could pull he’s certainly a big appreciator of together and make that trip happen. the more popular organ works, the There were plenty of times, especially sort of pieces you’d like to hear at a early on, where we wondered if it was lunchtime concert. This one has always too big a hill to climb, but everyone had a special resonance both for him kept believing and we staged fifteen and for me as he used to play it quite separate fundraising events. Not all loudly on his hi-fi at home when I was of them were musical though: we had growing up! a swimathon, some cake sales and a talent show. It resulted in a fantastic You also compose your own

Features: ChrisTotney Features: trip too! pieces; do you find that an interesting challenge? How did you pick the pieces you It is actually. I haven’t written that are playing at our organ recital? many pieces, but people often ask I’ve got four big pieces down for the for them to be written to a specific recital and the first three of them I’m brief. For example, one of the last preparing for my Fellowship diploma. choral pieces that I composed had to It’s one of those things I’ve been be singable by a choir of four-parts meaning to do for the last fifteen and also if the choir only had one line years or so but haven’t got round to, of voices singing, so it had to have so I figured it was time to really try an element of flexibility about it. It’s hard and do it. I’m playing them at as always exciting to be able to respond many recitals as I can just to try and to such a challenge. give them an airing before the day of the exam. It’s been the result of about Finally, what are your plans for two years of hard work. The advice I 2020? was given was to play them in lots of The Fellowship diploma will be the recitals before attempting the exam big thing I’m working towards and and I’m doing it in 2020. it’s coming up quite soon in January! I’m hoping that now I’ve learnt these I picked the pieces from a selection pieces – and they’ve really tested me but I had to choose a balanced – that I’ll be able to make use of them programme with a variety of different by giving a few other recitals around styles and eras of the organ music. It’s and about during the course of the been a lot of fun putting it together. year.

Do you have a particular You can listen back to some recent favourite piece you like to play? organ recitals, including Chris Totney’s, Boellmann’s Suite Gothique, which at bradfordcathedral.org/music/organ- is the piece that I’m finishing with, recitals/ has always had a special place in my heart. My dad isn’t an organist, and Let Reed & Ivory whisk you away to Features: 15-minutes with Reed & Ivory your happy place at our final coffee concert of 2019

Professional ensemble Reed & Ivory Could you give us an introduction – Helen Goldsmith (clarinettist) and to Reed & Ivory? Ben Cockburn (pianist) – are coming Ben and I have been working together to Bradford Cathedral on Tuesday 10th for five years now. We met at College December to play as part of our next and we just liked our combination of coffee Concert. Based in the north of instruments together, and I would just England, Helen and Ben graduated from annoy him all the time on a Sunday the Leeds College of Music in 2016. We morning, giving him music, and saying spoke to Helen ahead of their concert to ‘oh can we learn this?’! He would find out more about them, their musical then learn the music and we’d get interests and what to expect from them into a routine of playing together, then when they play in Bradford. looking for any opportunity we could find to perform. 49 You play clarinet, flute and It’s such a good feeling when people saxophone? want to write music: that helps keep it That’s correct, but with Reed & Ivory current, so it doesn’t stagnate. it’s generally the clarinet that I play. We do mostly crossover music. We You’ve toured around Yorkshire; play a lot of classical, obviously, but what would you say is the most most of the music we do today is interesting place you’ve played? classical crossover music, which is a I think for us it’s whenever we do more contemporary material. community work, such as memory cafés or care homes, places like Is that something which you that. You’ll never know what kind of enjoy playing? response you’re going to get from Yes. We were both perhaps reluctant the audience. You’ve got to be quite to delve into that area of music quick on your feet, so if a programme, when we were at college. We were or the style of music you’ve tried for encouraged by one of our lecturers that event, isn’t working well you’ve to join a collective and play more got to quickly adjust. Community avant-garde music. We were, as I say, work provides an interesting challenge quite reluctant as we were classical and it’s always great to get different through-and-through. But we found feedback from people.

Features: 15-minutes with Reed & Ivory Features: a real love for it and the challenge it presented for our instruments, but What can we expect from your also musically for ourselves as well. coffee concert in December? We were thinking outside of the box, You can expect to hear the clarinet exploring music played in a different and piano through the ages, ranging way. from really classical music that you’d expect at a coffee concert, to maybe You’ve received many awards and music that’s more upbeat and listener recognitions during your time friendly. Music should be something together – which ones have you that the listener recognises and can been most proud of? relate to. We like to talk a lot during For myself and Ben it’s when people our concerts so that the audience get want to write for us. The idea behind to know us, and we try and make it our 2014 tour, playing music by living as informal as we can so people don’t composers, was very exciting for us. feel like the performer and audience To be able to take that music on the are separate. We like to bring a sense road across the UK and show that of community. They should expect the clarinet and piano aren’t just a really good morning of music and classical musical instruments was good performance! exciting. We could demonstrate the range they can play, so for us it’s when people approach us about wanting to 50 collaborate and write for us as well. Features: 15-minutes with Reed & Ivory How did you pick the pieces when we lived together for a number you’re playing? of years. It’s important to show an They’re a mixture. Myself and Ben interest in your friends’ interests but thought about the time of day of the I can say hand-on-heart I’m not very concert, the location and the acoustic good at video games! of the cathedral, from when we last played in Bradford. We often sit down Finally, what are your plans for and plan the music between recitals, 2020? rehearsing and practicing for fun and We’re in collaboration with two we see what we have going on and composers at the moment. Composer programme that way. Peter Byrom-Smith, who we’ve worked with before when they wrote We’ll often programme a big piece a piece for our 2014 tour, is writing a – maybe a suite or a sonata – and play and performing the work with his then surround that with smaller wife Gillian who is a poet. The piece pieces, perhaps something that’s is designed to be like a fairy-tale with been newly composed or a piece an environmentally friendly twist to from a musical, or maybe something it which we’re hoping to take across you’d expect to hear on Classic FM. schools across Yorkshire, Merseyside Because it’s a coffee concert, and in and hopefully Lancashire as well. the morning, we don’t want to play anything too intense or bombastic. We’ve then got another project that We want something easy listening we’re working on with the composer and something that people can sit and Andrew Wilson who has written listen to and be whisked away to their a suite for us on clarinet, cello and happy place, and just enjoy it. It should piano which we’re going to take be something that’s not too intrusive across southern England. That’s really and a piece they don’t have to focus exciting, and in memory of Grinling too much on. Gibbons as it’s almost 300 years since they died. That piece is being written On Facebook you have lots in inspiration of him, to mark what he of musical interests but also did in his life, and we’re going to take swimming, sewing and nature it around and showcase it! compared to Ben’s eating and video games. Do you look at You can hear Reed & Ivory play in sharing any of those interests Bradford Cathedral on Tuesday 10th whilst working together? December at 11am, with cake and I can not see Ben sewing! Though, if refreshments available from 10:30am. he practiced, I’m sure he’d be very You can turn up on the day or express good. He’s not much of a swimmer your interest ahead of the concert at either. He has got me into video reed-and-ivory.eventbrite.co.uk games during our time as friends and 51 In the Media

Remember When: Celebrating one hundred glorious years of Bradford Cathedral www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/18054453.remember-celebrating-one- hundred-glorious-years-bradford-cathedral/

Bradford falls silent as Armistice Day service is held www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/18028347.bradford-falls-silent-armistice- day-service-held/ For links and more, please visit 52 bradfordcathedral.org/about-us/media-area/ An update from the Friends of more than £30 per head. This is of Bradford Cathedral Friends Bradford Cathedral. booked for Wednesday 17th June next year, so get the date in your We held a very successful Annual diary now! Lunch at in November and celebrated a notable birthday at Stitching@ Bradford Cathedral: the the same time! Thanks too to Monica group is now well on the way with and Nora, who ran a raffle and raised the kneelers for St Aidan’s Chapel. over£100. We’re also hoping to complete the restoration of the hangings so they We’re making plans for next year can be returned to their home after already! The most significant (so the ravages of moth! We’re looking far, at least) is a trip to Durham forward to getting on with some Cathedral. We’ll travel by coach and more of Polly Meynell’s designs, this the day will include a guided tour, time for the Sanctuary and then the a lunchtime Eucharist (if you wish), Lady Chapel. Come and join us on tea with the Friends of Durham Tuesday afternoons – check with the Cathedral and Choral Evensong. I office for times and dates. hope the whole day will not cost Jill Wright

Bradford Cathedral Wednesday@One Organ Recitals Autumn 2019 Dec 04 Thomas Leech Leeds 11 Andrew Bryden Ripon 18 Christmas Special

Free admission. Retiring collection. Lunch, £4 per head, available from 12:30pm to 12:55pm 2020 Spring Series opens on Wednesday 15th January

Discover more about our organ recitals Interviews | Listen Back Visit bradfordcathedral.org/music/organ-recitals/ bradfordcathedral.org/music 1 Stott Hill, Bradford, BD1 4EH  BradfordCathedralChoir/ ENVELOPE-OPEN [email protected] 53 54 Who’s Who Revd The Canonfor Mission andPastoralDev. The CanonPrecentor Canon The Dean Mandy Coutts Officer (Volunteer, Part Time) Officer /Designated Adult Safeguarding Philip Communications, Marketing andEvents Officer PA totheDean(Part Time) Lickley Cathedral Secretary Administrators Verger (Part-Time) Verger andHandyman(Part Time) Verger Head Vergers John Verger Canon Paley Gift Aid Officer(Volunteer,David Part Time) Income Development Officer Chris Director ofFinance(Part Time) Worsley Finance Wontner-Smith Diane (Part Time) and Visitor AdminAssistant Education Maggie Hadwen Director ofEducationand Visitors (Part Time) Education &Heritage Myers Music Choir Choir Administrator (Part Time) Administrator Graham Matron Sub Organistand Luke Assistant Director ofMusic Director ofMusic Daniel Thorpe Music Johnson Chief OperationsOfficer Lappin Revd CanonPaulMaybury The Very Revd Jerry Lepine Ian Price Canon Mandy Coutts Sandra Heaton Julie Bowyer Ian Price Dave Robinson Andy McCarthy Simon Dennis Ann Foster Alex Berry Sarah Field-Blesic Who’s Who 55 Joe Tarver Joe Price Jenny Whitham, Nora MBE Canon Alex Alex Canon McLelland (Interim) Alex McLelland Anderson Rod Canon The Revd Shackley Myra Canon Prof The Revd Barbara Glasson Dr. The Revd Canon Mandy Coutts The Reverend Lepine Jerry Revd Very The Canon Paul Maybury The Reverend Lepine Jerry Revd Very The Coutts Canon Mandy The Revd Maybury Canon Paul The Revd (Finance) Arnold Canon Sharron Malcolm Carr

Electoral Roll Officer Electoral Committee Community Chair Representative Bishop’s Committee Rep Community The Revd Paul Booth Slocombe Lealman Wardens Church Paul Monica Helen Revd Revd Honorary Chaplains The The (Methodist) Dean Members Lay Isla Skinner (Disability Rep) Susan Ibnou Zaki & Chapter) Alex McLelland (Churchwarden Chair) Wright (Deanery Lay Synod John & Chapter) Monica Slocombe (Churchwarden (DeaneryMalcolm Carr Synod) Jane Thompson (Secretary) McLelland Chapter Alex Chair Residentiary Canons Canon Slocombe Churchwardens Monica Vacant JOIN US FOR A KITMAS

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