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Music at St Peter's

Choral, organ and instrumental music play an important part in our regular worship. The Choir is active at the two sung services each Sunday, and at Festivals throughout the year: Advent, Christmas, Candlemass, and the seasons of Lent and Easter are rich with choral and instrumental music. Each quarter the Eucharist is celebrated to choral settings of the liturgy, and Night Prayer (Compline) is sung. Major choral works are sung annually, in the context of worship. We are blessed with a new pipe organ. If you are not already committed to a choir and would like to join with us regularly or occasionally, please contact the organist Graham Jones (Tel. 01704 876 134) or by email (link below) The Choir is in recess through August and resumes in September.

Parish Eucharist

Sundays at 10.00 am

The Liturgy is sung to modern congregational settings. The Choir sing motets and hymns during the Distribution.

Choral Evensong

Sundays at 6.30 pm

Hymns, Psalms and Anthems are sung each week, with occasional choral settings of the Responses and Canticles by the Choir. Devotions are usually sung on the fourth Sunday of each month.

Night Prayer (Compline)

As announced.

The lovely service of Night Prayer is sung to traditional plainsong chant in the Chancel of our Church.

Choral Communion

Occasional weekday evenings as announced.

These special celebrations of the Eucharist are sung to choral settings by the Choir. They include Darke in F, Haydn 'Little Organ' Mass, Byrd 3 part Mass, and settings from Common Worship.

Our pipe organ was rebuilt by Principal Pipe Organs of York and dedicated on Sunday February 24th 2002. It has mechanical key action.

There is an enterprising mixed voice, all age choir drawn from the Parish and supplemented when necessary. Strings, brass and woodwind accompany the major Festivals.

On July 23rd we sang both Sunday services in Liverpool Cathedral while the Cathedral Choir was on holiday.

Contact the Organist by email

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