What’s January to April 2 02 0 On What’s Welcome On Welcome to ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL. Read on to find out about our exciting programme of events, services and visitor experiences. To keep up to date, please subscribe to our social media pages, or visit our website at: stedscathedral.org regular services SUNDAY 8.00 am Holy Eucharist BCP 10.00 am Sung Eucharist 11.30 am Mattins (exc. 1st Sunday) 3.30 pm Evensong
MONDAY-FRIDAY 7.30 am Silence 8.00 am Eucharist 8.30 am Morning Prayer 12.30 pm Healing & Wholeness (3rd Tues only) 12.30 pm Silent Meditation (Thurs only) 1.00 pm Holy Communion BCP (Wed only) 5.30 pm Evensong or Evening Prayer
SATURDAY 8.45 am Morning Prayer 9.00 am Holy Eucharist 3.30 pm Evensong or Evening Prayer
visits & tours ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL is open to all. While entry is free, we warmly invite you to support the Cathedral’s upkeep via cash or card donations. Your contribution is always gratefully received, and goes a long way to help maintain our visitor experiences.
CATHEDRAL TOURS In addition to our main tour season (May to Sept.), daily Cathedral Guided Tours are available from Mon 13 – Sat 18 April. These tours begin at 11.00 am by the Font.
Bookings for Group Tours may be made all year round. To arrange a booking, contact:
TOWER TOURS
The Cathedral is now taking bookings for guided tours of our magnificent tower. See Bury St Edmunds from a new perspective!
For dates and times, visit our website: stedscathedral.org/visits EVENTS THURSDAYS 16 JAN - 20 FEB 12.00 pm RUN WITH JOY In this six session course, we explore key themes in the Rule of Benedict. See how it can help you enhance your life of faith - practical, prayerful, participatory. Free of charge - lunch cost not included. Email [email protected] or visit stedscathedral.org/whats-on
15-17 & 19 FEBRUARY KINETIC SCIENCE FESTIVAL Visit us this February for four days of scientific fun! Get your family immersed in the exciting world of lab coats, goggles and bubbling beakers. For more information and bookings, see our events page or go to kineticscience.co.uk
SATURDAY 29 FEBRUARY 1.00 pm OCTAVE VOCAL ENSEMBLE Join Octave for meditative performance of the music of Tomás Luis de Victoria and his contemporaries. stedscathedral.org/whats-on
SATURDAY 7 MARCH 7.30 pm BURY BACH CHOIR VERDI REQUIEM This titanic setting of the requiem mass by Giuseppe Verdi is not to be missed. Book online at whatsonwestsuffolk.co.uk 25 FEBRUARY - 3 APRIL JACQUI PARKINSON TREE OF LIFE/OPEN HEAVEN Textile artist Jacqui Parkinson displays a large-scale trio of stitched panels depicting three interpretations of Biblical trees. This impressive display of colour and craftwork is paired with a second instalment, Open Heaven, which features Christ ascending a rope ladder suspended from the celestial heights of the Cathedral. jacqui-textile.com
SATURDAY 28 MARCH 7.30 pm EYE BACH CHOIR/ENGLISH ARTS CHORALE/PRAGUE CONSERVATOIRE VAUGHAN WILLIAMS SEA SYMPHONY DVOŘÁK TE DEUM Witness the combined forces of the Eye Bach Choir, the English Arts Chorale and the Prague Conservatoire under the baton of Leslie Olive. For more information on the choir and the performance, visit: eyebachchoir.co.uk
WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 7.00 pm BOHEMIAN CHOIR LEGENDS FROM THE KRKONOŠE MOUNTAINS & SUFFOLK A unique pairing of legends, near and afar, performed by the masterful Bohemian Choir of Liberec University. stedscathedral.org/whats-on All recitals are free, with a retiring organ recitals collection. SATURDAY 14 MARCH 5.00 pm Dan Soper - former Assistant Director of Music at St Edmundsbury SATURDAY 25 APRIL 5.00 pm David Ivory - acclaimed theatre and concert organist
LUNCHTIME RECITALS FRIDAY 17 APRIL 1.10 pm Nicholas Freestone - Assistant Director of Music at Worcester Cathedral (organ)
FRIDAY 24 APRIL 1.10 pm The studeJnatsn .o ft oCo Aunptyr iUlpper School (mixed) 2020 Friday 13 March Lent Address 1.00 pm special services Sunday 15 March Evensong with Her Majesty’s Courts of Sunday 19 January Justice 3.30 pm Epiphany procession with Carols 3.30 pm Thurs 19 March - Joseph of Nazareth Sunday 26 January Solemn Eucharist 5.30 pm Evensong for Suffolk Mind 3.30 pm Friday 20 March Lent Address 1.00 pm Monday 27 January Holocaust Memorial Service (Abbey Sunday 22 March - Mothering Sunday Gardens) 10.30 am Family Eucharist 10.00 am
Sunday 9 February Wed 25 March - The Annunciation Taizé Service 6.00 pm Solemn Eucharist 5.30 pm
Sunday 5 April - Palm Sunday Wed 26 February - Ash Wednesday Eucharist with Procession through the Great Solemn Eucharist 7.00 pm Churchyard 10.00 am
Friday 6 March Thursday 23 April - St George’s Day Lent Address 1.00 pm Solemn Eucharist 5.30 pm
HOLY WEEK & EASTER 6-8 APRIL 7.00 pm Compline with address
MAUNDY THURSDAY 9 APRIL Diocesan Chrism Eucharist 11.00 am Solemn Eucharist (stripping of altars) 7.00 pm Easter Vigil 8.30 pm until midnight
GOOD FRIDAY 10 APRIL Churches Together Walk of Witness 10.30 am Good Friday Devotion 12.00 pm Good Friday Liturgy 2.00 pm Good Friday Children’s Service 4.00 pm
EASTER SUNDAY 12 APRIL Dawn Eucharist 6.00 am Holy Communion 8.00 am Festal Eucharist 10.00 am Festal Evensong 3.30 pm
Be a Chorister Afternoon - Saturday 4 April 1.00 pm St Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir is looking for choristers aged 7 and upwards.
FREE weekly music lessons and exams Trips and tours in the UK and abroad Recordings, concerts and BBC broadcasts Be part of a team and gain confidence Learn new skills and make new friends If interested, please contact James Thomas on 01284 748739 or [email protected] COMING SOON...
ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL THE 73RD ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL IS COMING TO ST EDMUNDSBURY, marking the first time in more than 50 years that is has opened away from the Suffolk coast. Following Britten’s fanfare - written especially for our magnificent building - the Festival will begin to weave this year’s musical tapestry with many of the threads to be picked up across the 17 days. The music of Artists in Residence Cassandra Miller and Mark-Anthony Turnage is performed alongside two of Britten’s most sensuous pieces, matched by Elgar’s gorgeous work for strings. The programme is completed by a further string orchestra work by Tom Coult - whose opera is debuted the following night - and the posthumous world premiere of one of John Tavener’s final works.
Friday 12 June 7.30 pm For more information visit: snapemaltings.co.uk/season/aldeburgh-festival Britten Sinfonia Britten Fanfare for St Edmundsbury Ian Bostridge tenor Purcell arr. Wigglesworth Fantasia Z738 Martin Owen horn Tom Coult My Curves are Not Mad Clare Hammond piano Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Cassandra Miller Aldeburgh Festival commission Nicholas Daniel oboe Britten Young Apollo Andrew Watts counter tenor Mark-Anthony Turnage Lullaby for Hans Doric Quartet Tavener La Noche Oscura (world premiere) Ryan Wigglesworth conductor Elgar Introduction and Allegro
LEGO ® Build Our miniature builders need help completing the LEGO® St Edmundsbury Cathedral. Offer them a hand by placing your very own brick for just £1!
Monday - Saturday 10.30 am to 4.30 pm Sunday 12.30 am to 2.30 pm (Opening times may vary based on volunteer availability) facebook.com/stedscathlego
C ATHEDRAL SHOP Visit our Cathedral Shop for a wide range of quality gifts. Tourist Information can also be found at the shop desk.
Monday - Saturday 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Sunday 11.30 am to 4.00 pm stedscathedral.org/visit/our-shop
PILGRIMS' KITCHEN O ffering a selection of cakes, pastries and light lunches using locally sourced ingredients. Various tea blends, barista-style coffee and a wide range of soft drinks are also available.
Monday - Saturday 8.30 am to 4.00 pm stedscathedral.org/visit/pilgrims-kitchen
CATHEDRAL TREASURY & ANCIENT LIBRARY The Cathedral Treasury, located at the end of the Cloister near Pilgrims' Kitchen, houses a display of some of Suffolk's most precious ecclesiastical treasures, as well as rare books from the Cathedral's Ancient Library. These displays are usually organised into a specific theme, and are regularly changed throughout the year. Visits are free of charge, with donations welcome. stedscathedral.org/ancient-library support us FRIENDS OF THE CATHEDRAL The Friends of the Cathedral assist Chapter in its responsibility to preserve and enhance St Edmundsbury Cathedral as a place of Christian worship. stedscathedral.org/support-us/membership/
FRIENDS OF THE CATHEDRAL CHOIRS The 'FOCC' supports and promotes the work of the Cathedral choirs and the musical life of St Edmundsbury.
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BECOME A VOLUNTEER There are many opportunities for volunteering at the Cathedral, from supervising our LEGO model, to being a tour guide, welcomer, or concert steward.
Jan .v otluon [email protected] 2020 Go to visit-burystedmunds.co.uk to find out about the Cathedral's involvement in the ABBEY1000 events, including a great gathering of Benedictine Monks; talks from prominent figures, such as Lord Williams of Oystermouth (former Archbishop of Canterbury) & professor of ecclesiastical history, Sarah Foot; the display of ancient manuscripts - reunited at the Abbey site for the first time in almost 500 years; pilgrimages - including the InHarmony/Cantus Firmus project, Pilgrimage of Song; performances from The Sixteen & the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra (as part of the BSE Festival); a unique performance of Britten's Noye's Fludde; and finishing with a vast Spectacle of Light - a trail of manuscript projections onto historic buildings around Bury St Edmunds.
On such an occasion there's lots to watch out for, and plenty more to be announced soon... Photo: David Palmer, with kind permission from Bury St Edmuns and Beyond Contact us: Cathedral Office Angel Hill Bury St Edmunds IP33 1LS [email protected] 01284 748720
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