Choral Eucharist

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From today’s psalm: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. (Images are from the Confirmation Window of Saint Thomas Church.)

Included in this Choral Eucharist are hymns sung by the congregation and choir, additional music sung exclusively by the choir, lessons, prayers, a sermon, and a Rite I Mass. All baptized Christians are welcome to receive Holy Communion. Details of the service may be seen in the leaflet, which is posted at the bottom of this page, where you will also find links to the webcast during and after the service.

Music Notes: Richard Rodney Bennett is one of the most versatile of British composer/performers, equally at home writing for the concert hall or for film, and as a jazz pianist. He studied composition in London at the Royal Academy of Music and in Paris, where he became the first pupil of Pierre Boulez. He received the Arnold Bax Society Prize in 1964 and the Ralph Vaughan Williams Award for Composer of the Year in 1965. He was composer-in-residence at the Peabody Institute, Baltimore in 1970-71. As a jazz pianist, singer and composer, Bennett has toured extensively, made several recordings with jazz artists, and regularly appears as a soloist at jazz clubs in New York and elsewhere. In 1977 Bennett was awarded the CBE and in 1998 he received a Knighthood for services to music; in 1979 he moved from London to New York City, where he still resides. The Missa Brevis was commissioned by Canterbury Cathedral Choir with funds from the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral and South East Arts.

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• Choral Services
• Worship Services