Events Diary
WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL EVENTS LISTING –
from 12th May 2008
Welcome to our full listing of special events and services for the coming period.
Tickets and information for many of them are available from the Cathedral Box Office, whose details are below. Admission to services is FREE.
See Also...
A detailed listing of services and events is on: This month
for the month. The listing is normally updated around 20th of the preceding month but specific advance enquiries may be made on 01962 857200; cathedral.office@winchester-cathedral.org.uk
Details of our Themed Lunches and Suppers are available from this link.
Cathedral Box Office
Open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4.30pm and
Saturday 11am - 3pm in the Visitors’ Centre.
Tel: 01962 857275
Fax: 01962 857201
Email: boxoffice@winchester-cathedral.org.uk
ORGAN CONCERTS 2008
Tuesdays at 19.45pm
£8 on the door including a programme post-concert drink.
22nd Apr Philip-White Jones, Winchester Cathedral
29th Apr Malcolm Archer, Winchester College
6th May no concert
13th May Simon Preston
20th May Andrew Lumsden, Winchester Cathedral
WINDOWS INTO THE BEYOND
Themed Lunch
The Rev Terry Hemming will give a fascinating descriptive and illustrated talk about the place of Icons in the Church.
Tickets: £17.95 per head.
SOLD OUT
ST MATTHEW PASSION
Winchester & County Music Festival
Directed by Derek Beck
Simon Wall (Evangelist)
Jimmy Holliday (Christus)
Katy Butler (soprano)
Nicholas Pepin (counter-tenor)
Edward Goater (tenor)
Alex Ashworth (bass)
Choirs: Compton & Shawford Festival Choir, Itchen Valley Choral Society,
Twyford Singers, Winchester City Festival Choir
Tickets: £18, £12.50
On sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275) NOW.
SAVING THE CATHEDRAL
Exhibition
Normal Cathedral Opening Hours
Memorabilia, costumes, models and archive photos tell the story of three Winchester heroes; William Walker the Diver, Francis Fox the Civil Engineer and Thomas Jackson the Architect, all of whom helped save the Cathedral from collapse.
Admission: Cathedral entry fees apply
Winchester Music Club Celebrity Concert Please note that the Nave is sold out. Seats are available in the Quire and the North Nave Aisle. PLASMA SCREENS WILL BE SET UP IN THESE 2 AREAS
DAME KIRI TE KANAWA
Brahms: A German Requiem
Songs and Arias by Mozart and Richard Strauss
Peter Harvey (Baritone)
Southern Pro Musica
Julian Reynolds (Piano)
Nicholas Wilks (Conductor)
Winchester Music Club Choir
Winchester College Glee Club
Tickets on sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275) priced £80, £60, £40, £30
Book Online
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Organ for Lunchtime I :
Philip White–Jones
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
WILLIAM WALKER TOURS
Learn more about the man who worked tirelessly for 6 years underground to reinforce the foundations of this magnificent Cathedral. Each tour lasts for approximately 1 hour.
Tickets: Tour tickets are free but Cathedral entry fees apply. Booking required due to limited availability. Any unreserved tickets will be available from the entrance desk on the day.
01962 857225.
DINNER AND JAZZ
Jazz in the garden with a summer bbq. Enjoy eating al fresco and listening to a new local jazz band. A very casual, relaxed evening with a prize for the loudest shirt or skirt!
Tickets: £25 per head.
BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Winchester Series 2008
'An English Idyll'
A festival of music celebrating the best English music ever written, in particular that of Ralph Vaughan Williams, perhaps England’s greatest pastoral composer, for which 2008 is the 50th anniversary of his death.
Throughout the festival a special exhibition about the life and work of Vaughan Williams will be on display at Winchester Cathedral.
Onsale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275) or ONLINE NOW
BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY STRINGS
Directed by Duncan Riddell
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Holst: St Paul's Suite
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Delius: Two Aquarelles
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Tickets: £25, £19, £10, £7, £4
On sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275) NOW
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL SERVICE
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Si Chen piano, Yuka Ishizuka, violin and Emily Francis ‘cello,
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Outside Theatre: Inner Close
Internationally-acclaimed theatre company Illyria perform one of Shakespeare's funniest (and bawdiest) comedies which sees Sir John Falstaff get his comeuppance from the title wives. This performance will be held in the Cathedral’s historic Inner Close with the Cathedral providing a stunning backdrop. Please bring along rugs/chairs and picnics for these outdoor performances.
Tickets: Advance bookings £12.50 / £6.50 children under 16 / £32 family ticket (2 adults & 2 children)
On sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275 from 1 April.
On the door: £14 adults/£8 children under 16.
AS SIMPLE AS ABC?
Tickets: £17.95 per head.
BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
with The Waynflete Singers
Directed by Simon Wright
Elgar: Froissart Overture
Parry: Blest Pair of Sirens
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
Tickets: £32, £26, £16, £10, £6
On sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275) NOW
BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Evensong
The Cathedral Choir will be singing music by Vaughan Williams in the 50th anniversary year of his death.
Admission FREE.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Arturo Serna, ‘cello and Ana Laura Manero, piano, (Duo Teresa Carreno), Royal College of Music.
Iberoamerican music and a Beethoven Sonata.
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
AN EVENING OF ENGLISH SONG
Winchester Great Hall
Britten: Donne Sonnets Vaughan Williams: Ten Blake Songs and some works by Henry Purcell
Mark Padmore: Tenor
Roger Vignoles: Piano
Edward Kay: Oboe
Tickets: £18, £12, £8
On sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275) NOW
BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin
Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.5
David Hill: Conductor
Andrew Lumsden: Organ
Duncan Riddell: Violin
Tickets: £32, £26, £16, £10 & £6
On sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275) NOW
This concert will be preceded by a Pre-concert talk at 6.30pm in the Prior’s Hall, Cathedral Close. Andrew Burn talks about Ralph Vaughan Williams.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
The Vardanyon String Quartet
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
DIOCESAN ORDINATION OF DEACONS
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Kate Morgan, soprano and Ewan Davidson, piano; Songs of Summer with music by Spanish, French, German and English composers.
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
WINCHESTER FESTIVAL
4th to 13th July
Full details will be at:
Events in the Cathedral are as follows:
Friday 4th July, 7.30pm
The Bach Choir & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region, Fantasia on 'Greensleeves', Norfolk Rhapsody No.1, O clap your hands & A Sea Symphony.
Tickets: £32, £27.50, £17.50, & £10
Thursday 10th July, 8.30pm
Monteverdi Vespers
Southern Voices
Directed by Charles Stewart
Tickets: £17.50, £15 & £10
On sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275) from 28th April.
CONTEMPORARY ART, CRAFT & DESIGN FAIR Six of the country’s top Guilds of Craftsmen, Hampshire & Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex and Somerset, and a number of independent craftspeople will be coming together to create an exceptional event and a visual feast for those who love contemporary crafts. The event will take place in a marquee in the Cathedral Inner Close with its own open-air café.
Outer Close Marquee
10.00 - 18.00
Admission: £2.50 adults, children free (ticket allows unlimited entry to the event)
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Arthur Parkes, ‘cello and Charles Matthews, piano
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
FRIENDS' FESTIVAL
16.30 Choral Evensong
21.30 Compline
THE FEAST OF THE FOUNDATION
0735 Mattins (said)
0800 Holy Communion (said)
1100 Sung Eucharist & Liturgy of the Foundation
1530 Choral Evensong
ST SWITHUN'S DAY
Patronal Festival
11.00 Festal Sung Eucharist
17.30 Festal Choral Evensong
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Organ for Lunchtime II : Simon Morley
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
SOUTHERN CATHEDRALS FESTIVAL 2008
Thursday 16 July
2130 Fringe
Thursday 17 July
1000 MATTINS sung by Winchester Boys and Lay Clerks
1415 CONCERT by The Boys and Men of the
Three Cathedral Choirs
1630 EVENSONG -
1900 ORGAN RECITAL by John Scott
2130 Fringe
Friday 18 July
1100 FESTIVAL EUCHARIST
The Boys and Men of the Three Cathedral Choirs
Preacher: The Bishop of
1430 MASTERCLASS with John Scott in College Chapel
1630 EVENSONG -
1900 THE FEAST
A foretaste of heaven through the Eucharist
Girls of Salisbury and Winchester, with the Men of the
Three Cathedral Choirs
2130 Fringe
Saturday 19 July
1100 Alice Neary (Unacc. cello) in College Chapel
1630 EVENSONG
Girls of Salisbury & Winchester with the Men of the
Three Cathedral Choirs
1900 CONCERT - The Boys and Men of the
Three Cathedral Choirs with Southern Sinfonia.
Bach: Magnificat
Sunday 20 July
The choirs of Chichester and
Booking
Tickets are on sale to Patrons NOW (you can become a patron at any time). Public Sales commence on 12th May with on-line bookings available from that date.
Full programme and booking information will be available from mid March.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Claire Jones (piano)
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
SPECIAL TOURS 2008
Enjoy one or more of these fascinating tours offering an insight into some of the hidden and lesser-known aspects of the Cathedral. Tours last for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Jul 23 700 Years of Stained Glass
Jul 30 Beauty in Wood
Aug 6 A Procession of Bishops
Aug 13 Plants for Eternity
Aug 20 For all the Saints
Aug 27 Winged Messengers
Sep 3 No tour
Sep 10 The Cathedral Close
Sep 17 Birds and Beasts
Sep 24 The Life and Times of Jane Austen
Oct 1 What Queen Victoria missed!
Oct 8 Green Men
Tickets: Tour tickets are free but Cathedral entry fees apply. Booking is required due to limited availability. Any unreserved tickets will be available from the entrance desk on the day.
01962 857225.
FAMILY FUN WEEKEND
10.00 - 18.00
Fun activities will be taking place in the Cathedral’s Inner Close, including creative workshops, face-painting and a market selling a variety of interesting goodies. There’s even going to be the chance to have a ride on a traction engine. No booking necessary.
Admission: Small charges may apply for some of the activities
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Susan Welland, soprano and Eunice Pike, piano.
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Students from the Royal
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Vincent Lindsey–Clark, solo guitar
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Organ for Lunchtime III :
Award Winner from the Oundle Organists Summer School
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
ROMEO & JULIET
Outside Theatre - Inner Close
19.30
The famous story of star-crossed lovers is brought to life by The Works Theatre Company on their return to Winchester. Blending Shakespeare's poetry with a beautiful musical score, the pain and poignancy of this unforgettable story will be re-told with flair in this exciting new production. This performance will be held in the Cathedral’s historic Inner Close with the Cathedral providing a stunning backdrop. Please bring along rugs/chairs and picnics for these outdoor performances.
Tickets: Advance bookings £12.50 / £6.50 children under 16 / £32 family ticket (2 adults & 2 children)
On sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275)
On the door: £14 adults / £8 children under 16.
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Outside Theatre - Inner Close
Adapted from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale this is a new version of this wonderful story. With outrageous humour, original story-telling and live music, this lovable tale of sinister magic and enduring love will create a relaxing bank holiday treat for the whole family to enjoy. This performance will be held in the Cathedral’s historic Inner Close with the Cathedral providing a stunning backdrop. Please bring along rugs/chairs and picnics for these outdoor performances.
Tickets: Advance bookings £12.50 / £6.50 children under 16 / £32 family ticket (2 adults & 2 children)
On sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275) from 1 April
On the door: £14 adults / £8 children under 16.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Jamie Hall, bass with piano
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Patricia Jenkins, soprano with Peter Gilks, piano
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
Concert
Southampton Youth Orchestra
The SYO, conducted by Jane Higgins, will be playing a number of popular works direct from their summer tour of Vienna, and also including Saint Saens Symphony No 3 in c minor (The Organ).
This concert will be the last for those players going on to University.
The concert is organised by the Rotary Club of Southampton Magna to raise funds for Naomi House Children’s Hospice based just north of Winchester.
Tickets £14; £11 Concessions available
On sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275) now
Book Online
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Katharine Fuge, soprano and Sarah Baldock, organ
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Organ for Lunchtime IV : Anthony Gritten (
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOP
This day workshop will provide a fascinating and practical introduction to the fine art of calligraphy. Learn about its history and enjoy having a go yourself. This workshop will be run by the Cathedral Calligraphers. A light lunch and materials for the workshop will be provided.
Tickets: £20 from 01962 857225.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Students from the Royal Academy of Music.
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Students from the Royal College of Music.
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Students from the Hampshire Specialist Music Course at
ALFRED'S WINCHESTER
A second chance, by popular request!
Lunch with guest speaker
Graham Scobie, Heritage Information Office for the Winchester Museums Service, looks back at Winchester during the reign of Alfred the Great, the city’s Middle Saxon origin as a monastic centre, and the havoc wrought by the Viking invasions.
Tickets: £17.95
On sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275) NOW
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Organ for Lunchtime V :
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Winchester Area Schools Orchestra, with Carl Clausen
Admission FREE. Retiring Collection.
Please note that the details are correct at the time of publication, General Enquiries: 01962 857200; Fax: 01962 857201 Services are FREE and do not require tickets unless stated otherwise.
but if you are intending to reproduce any of this information in any way, please check first with the Cathedral Office.
cathedral.office@winchester-cathedral.org.uk
This List: Charlotte Boyd: 01962 857214; 01962 857201
charlotte.boyd@winchester-cathedral.org.uk
Media: Abha Thakor: 01962 737325; Fax: 01962 732593 abha.thakor@winchester.anglican.org
Concert Tickets can be obtained from the Box Office unless stated otherwise.