Winchester Cathedral. See it for yourself. Save it for the future.

MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITION: RESONANCE
Antony Gormley’s Sound II and the crypt provided inspiration for a performance based arts project in 2007, choreographed by Katherine Gilkes. In this exhibition photographer Elli Goodlet explores themes of baptism and rebirth through photography and moving image taken during the performance. Cathedral entry fees apply

CONTEMPORARY ART, CRAFT & DESIGN FAIR

Cathedral Inner Close, 10am - 6pm
This wonderful selling exhibition presents a unique opportunity to see Guilds of Craftsmen from Hampshire & Berkshire, Sussex, Surrey and Oxfordshire alongside a large number of outstanding independent craftspeople. Awe, admiration and inspiration are just some of the things you can expect to experience (and take home!). Admission (allows unlimited entry): £3 per person, children under 16 free with accompanying adults. A special Private View, with wine and refreshments, will be held on Friday 3 July from 6pm – 8pm, tickets £10 available from 18 May from the Cathedral Box Office.

A DAY OF STUDY AND REFLECTION
Saturday 4 July from 10am - 4pm
'Rule of Benedict, Chpater 4, Tools for Good Works' led by The Revd Canon Dr Roland Riem, held in Prior's Hall, The Deanery.
Register attendance with Patricia Durrant on 01962 857 242 or email trishmob@aol.com

CONCERT: TOWARDS SILENCE
A major new work by Sir John Tavener
Programme:
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Sir John Tavener: Towards Silence (Ist UK performance) for four string quartets and large Tibetan bowl.
Featuring The Medici Quartet, Court Lane Quartet, Finzi Quartet and Harpham Quartet. This remarkable new work for four string quartets by John Tavener receives its first UK performance in Winchester Cathedral as part of the 2009 Art and Mind Festival - 'Dreams, art and the brain'. The Winchester performance is supported by Winchester City Council, Hampshire County Council and the University of Winchester. There will be a pre-concert talk at 7 pm.

Tickets: £30, £25, £20, £15 on sale from the Cathedral Box Office BOOK-ONLINE  or call 01962 857275 

See www.artandmind.org for further details about this concert.

LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
Every Tuesday until October. Admission is free but a retiring collection is taken to help defray costs.

7 July: Organ, David Coram
14 July: Bishop Wordsworth's School Choir
21 July: Rosafersca with Carol Attwood
28 July: Royal College of Music

Outside Theatre:
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
By William Shakespeare
One young couple are hopelessly in love, another are in denial, the Duke can't wait to get his hands on his bride-to-be - and the fairy King and Queen hate each other's guts. Deep in the forest Puck makes a careless mistake, and the consequences escalate into absolute uproar. Performed with a magical twist, international award-winning Illyria’s production of this perennial Shakespeare favourite is passionate, poetic and very very funny.

Tickets purchased in advance: £12.50 adults, £10 concessions (over 60s and groups of 10 or more), £8 children and full-time students, £33 family ticket (2+2). On sale from 1 April.

Please note, tickets purchased on the gate will be charged as follows: £15 adults, £12.50 concessions (over 60s and groups of 10 or more), £10 children and full-time students, £40 family ticket (2+2).

THEMED LUNCH: JANE AUSTEN AND ROMANCE
Jane Austen created seven very different romantic heroines in her six famous novels.  Elizabeth Proudman, official tourist guide and expert on Jane Austen, looks at what inspiration for their experiences might have come from the author's own life?
Tickets: £18.95 (includes two-course lunch and coffee)
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WINCHESTER FESTIVAL
For full details of this year's festival visit the Festival_Website, events being held in the Cathedral as follows:

Friday 10 July at 7.30pm
Winchester Festival: Opening Concert
Waynflete Singers and Florilegium, conducted by Andrew Lumsden present two Haydn masterpieces with English connections, including his most glorious setting of the Mass. Perfect contrast is provided by Mozart’s Vespers, with its lovely Laudate Dominum.
Tickets: £10 - £32 

Tuesday 14 July at 8pm
Winchester Festival: London Conchord Ensemble
A feast of French music with special guest Katherine Broderick. Pierné’s Sonata da Camera, with its neo-baroque style, lush harmonies and rip-roaring Finale, is contrasted with chamber songs by Ravel and Saint-Saëns. The latter’s most famous pupil, Fauré, is showcased in the glorious and enduringly popular C minor Piano Quartet. Tickets: £15 (students £10)
 
Thursday 16 July at 9pm
Winchester Festival: A Little Late Night Music
Southern Voices return to the seam of Russian choral masterpieces with Passion Week by Alexander Gretchaninov. This is a majestic sequence of thirteen settings of liturgical texts drawn from the Russian Orthodox liturgies of Holy week, though intended by the composer for non-liturgical performance. Tickets: £12.50

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EXHIBITION: A WINCHESTER TRIPTYCH BY D F STUBBS
This large, figurative still-life painting has been inspired by a quote from the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. A lecture on the philosophy of Wittgenstein will compliment this exhibition, date to be announced. Admission: Cathedral entry fees apply

SPECIAL TOURS
Tours last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Please reserve places in advance on 01962 857225 as tour places can be limited. Cathedral entry fees apply but no additional charge.
22 July: A Walk through Living Stones
29 July: Monks and Their Masters
5 August: Beauty in Wood
12 August: 700 Years of Stained Glass
19 August: Bishops Abounding
26 August: William Walker – the Winchester Diver
2 September: No tour
9 September: Tour of the Cathedral Close
16 September: Winged Messengers
23 September: The Life and Times of Jane Austen
30 September: No tour
7 October: Our Military Heritage – Service and Sacrifice

FAMILY SUMMER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES
Saturday 1 – Monday 31 August
In addition to the free children’s trail available throughout the year, there’s an array of exciting events and activities taking place throughout the month of August. 
Exhibition: Bugs Galore! An exhibition exploring the underground world of bugs in the Cathedral – Wooly Bear, Silverfish and Book Worms might sound harmless enough but they’re causing havoc in the library. Find out more about them and their habitat and what makes them such a nuisance. There’s even a chance for you to get creative by taking part in our ‘create a bug’ competition.
Pre-booked Workshops: Every Tuesday and Thursday from 10am – 12pm, led by the Cathedral’s Director of Education, children will discover aspects of Cathedral life through these creative workshops. Call Cheryl on 01962 857 224 to book (children £2, accompanying adults free).
Drop-in Workshops: Every Wednesday from 10am – 12pm, get crafty at the Cathedral by creating sculptures, rockets, mobiles from a selection of interesting materials. Cathedral entry fees apply.

LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
Every Tuesday until October. Admission is free but a retiring collection is taken to help defray costs.

4 August: Organ, Ben Giddens
11 August: Royal College of Music
18 August: Jennifer Taft (flute)
25 August: Balder Neergaard (violin & piano)

CONCERT: ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH CHORAL DIRECTORS GALA CONCERT
Featuring Farnham Youth Choir conducted by David Victor-Smith, Latvian Radio Chamber Singers conducted by Kaspars Putninš, and Sarabande (Canada) conducted by Bruce Pullan. Tickets: details to be announced.

THE MOWGLI STORIES
Adapted from The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
A young man emerges from the jungle and leads a Forest Officer straight to where the man-eating tiger has hidden. But how? He says he grew up in the jungle, speaks all the animals’ languages and learned their laws. But is this true? Mowgli’s REAL adventures are more extraordinary and a lot more exciting than any cartoon film! In this brand new production, international award-winning Illyria uses an ensemble chorus, masks, puppetry and song to evoke the amazing world of Kipling’s jungle. Suitable for all ages 5+.

Tickets purchased in advance: £12.50 adults, £10 concessions (over 60s and groups of 10 or more), £8 children and full-time students, £33 family ticket (2+2). On sale from 1 April.

Please note, tickets purchased on the gate will be charged as follows: £15 adults, £12.50 concessions (over 60s and groups of 10 or more), £10 children and full-time students, £40 family ticket (2+2).

LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
Every Tuesday until October. Admission is free but a retiring collection is taken to help defray costs.

1 September: Organ, Mark Brafield
8 September: Ariadne Blyth (harpsichord) & Stephen Taylor (counter tenor)
15 September: Rupert Luck (violin)
22 September: The Luard Trio
29 September: Royal Academy of Music

THEMED LUNCH: TREASURES OF HYDE ABBEY
Hyde Abbey, Winchester, was founded in 1110 and is perhaps best known as the final burial place of Alfred the Great. Graham Scobie, Heritage Information Officer for the Winchester Museums Service, looks at its history and gathers together the surviving treasures.
Tickets: £18.95 (includes two-course lunch and coffee)
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CONCERT: WINCHESTER ROTARY 'HELP FOR HEROES'
Winchester Rotary Club is proud to present a concert in aid of ‘Help for Heroes’ featuring the internationally renowned Treorchy Male Choir together with the Adjutant General’s Corps Band, one of Britain’s leading Military Bands.

Set up in October 2007, Help for Heroes, in the words of the Prime Minister, has become a “National Institution” having already raised over £18 million to help support our wounded Servicemen and women injured in recent conflicts.

The programme for the evening will contain a wide variety of music including combined items by Choir and Band and the ever popular and entertaining soloist Mezzo Soprano Kate Woolveridge.

The Concert will be attended by HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mrs Mary Fagan JP, and introduced by journalist Kate Adie OBE.

Tickets: £50, £35, £20, £15, £10.  Concessions for wheelchairs, carers and under 16s. On sale from the Cathedral Box Office (01962 857275) and online from 15 June 2009

THE BIG DRAW: CREATIVE DAYS FOR ADULTS
Our resident artist invites adults to take part in creative workshops as part of this year's The Big Draw. Detials to be confirmed, watch this space!

HAMPSHIRE HARVEST WEEKEND
From 10am - 5pm
A free family event celebrating Hampshire’s food and farming, including children’s activities, farming displays, livestock, and a Hampshire Farmers Market. Entertainment from local musical ensembles & Winchester Morris Men. There will be an opportunity to join the Dean for a Hampshire Sunday lunch (tickets tbc), followed by a Hampshire Harvest Festival Service at 3.30pm. All welcome!

LUNCHTIME CONCERTS
Every Tuesday until October. Admission is free but a retiring collection is taken to help defray costs.

6 October: Peter Symonds Specialist Music Course Students with Roger Owens
13 October: Organ Fun with Andrew Lumsden et al
20 October: WASO with Carl Clausen

CONCERT: STACEY KENT
A recent addition to the Blue Note/EMI roster of recording artists, Stacey Kent now boasts seven best-selling albums, including her latest album Breakfast on the Morning Tram which has recently gone 'Gold' in both France and Germany, and has been nominated for 'best vocal jazz album' at the 2009 Grammy Awards. The album is a mixture of classic standards and new songs written by husband and saxophonist, Jim Tomlinson, in collaboration with award winning novelist, and now lyricist, Kazuo Ishiguro. Tickets: £25, £20, £15. Concessions available. On sale from 22 June from the Cathedral Box Office or Online

Seating Plan 

SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES
10am - 12pm (Tuesday & Thursday)
Fun and creative supervised workshops run by the Cathedral's Director of Education. A chance for children to use their imagination by creating something to take away. Places for these activities are limited so pre-booking is essential. Admission: £2 for children, parents welcome to stay. Tel. 01962 857 224

CELEBRITY CONCERT: 
MENDELSSOHN'S ELIJAH
World-renowned opera singer Bryn Terfel performs Mendelssohn’s Elijah at Winchester Cathedral with soloists; Anna Dennis, Sarah Shorter and Nathan Vale, and choirs; Winchester Music Club Choir and Winchester College Glee Club, and Winchester Music Club Orchestra

in aid of Emmaus, Winchester.
Conductor: Nicholas Wilks
Tickets available from 16 July from the Cathedral Box Office.

CHRISTMAS MARKET & ICE RINK
They're back! For the fourth year running the Cathedral's historic Inner Close will stage one of the country's finest Christmas markets and popular ice rink.  The Christmas Market will run from 27 November - 20 December and the Ice Rink from 27 November - 3 January. Details of all our Christmas events, including services, carol concerts, twilight tower tours, lantern procession and storytelling will be featured in due course. In the meantime, visit www.winchesterchristmasmarket.co.uk for more details about visiting the Christmas Market.