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Online Worship for 5 July 2020

The worship for 5 July 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • A hymn
  • A video for members of the Young Church and their households

The preacher at this week’s service is the Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway, the Rt Rev Kevin Pearson, who took up this role on Wednesday this week. Bishop Kevin and his wife Elspeth will join the online coffee hour and will be in conversation with the Provost there at 12 noon. Details of how to join have been sent to all on the Cathedral online mailing list. To sign up for this mailing list, please go to the online sign-up form.

The celebrant at this week’s service is the Provost, who conducts the service from the Cathedral. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. The Vice Provost, the Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon, assists with the service. David Nassar reads from the Bible and Pat Bennett leads the Intercessions. Magnus Walker sings the music for the Ordinary, a setting by Malcolm Archer. The music at communion is sung by the Vice Provost. The hymn, played by the Cathedral’s Director of Music, is ‘Praise to the Lord, the Almighty the King of Creation’ (Lobe den Herren).

This week’s photographs feature some of the places that Bishop Kevin will come to know well during his time as our bishop. During the Gloria, we go doon the watter; during the Sanctus and Benedictus, there are some photographs from the south of the Diocese.

The photo of the town of Moffatt is by James Johnstone and is used here under the license CC BY 2.0.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 5 July 2020

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

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Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Communion

A Hymn – Praise to the Lord, the Almighty the King of Creation

Young Church

The following videos have been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah and Sophie Agrell. Organizers of Young Church would love to hear from members. Send artwork, questions and ideas to youngchurch@thecathedral.org.uk.

Welcome card and feedback

If you are finding a way into this congregation and would like to make contact, please use the Welcome Card which can be found online here:
https://thecathedral.org.uk/welcome-card/

If you would like to contact the Provost and the Vice Provost to give feedback on this worship or for any other reason, please use the following form.

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Online Worship – 28 June 2020

The worship for 28 June 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • An organ voluntary
  • A video for members of the Young Church and their households

This week’s worship takes the form of a house eucharist hosted by the Rev Matthew Little. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. This Sunday’s sermon is preached by the Provost. The Vice Provost reads from the Bible and Sister AJ (Companions of Our Lady and St Mungo) leads the Intercessions. Robert Guthrie sings the music for the Ordinary, Mass I (Lux et Origo) in English (Saint Meinrad Kyriale) and in Latin. Music at communion, ‘I heard the voice of Jesus say’ (tune: The Rowan Tree), recorded by Christine and Frikki Walker. An Organ Voluntary, played by the Cathedral’s Director of Music, comes from a CD recording entitled ‘On a Lighter Note’. The photo, ‘Refuweegee’ by @dullhunk, appears in the Sermon under the license CC BY 2.0. Following the stabbing attack in Glasgow at a hotel used as emergency accommodation for asylum seekers during the coronavirus lockdown, other images (from various sources) focus on the welcome of refugees and migrants.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 28 June 2020

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by PayPal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on PayPal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the Cathedral Office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Communion

An Organ Voluntary

Young Church

The following video has been prepared for members of the Young Church by Sarah Weir. Organizers of Young Church would love to hear from members. Send artwork, questions and ideas to youngchurch@thecathedral.org.uk.

Welcome card and feedback

If you are finding a way into this congregation and would like to make contact, please use the Welcome Card which can be found online here:
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Online worship for 21 June 2020

The worship for 21 June 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • An organ voluntary
  • A video for the Young Church and their households – this week from the Vice Provost
  • A podcast from Patrick Grady our local MP on Climate Change and International Development – part of the CLIMATETALK series

The Vice Provost, the Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon, leads this service from the Cathedral. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. This Sunday’s sermon is preached by Sister Helena Barrett OSB. David Hanson reads from the Bible and Taylor Driggers leads the Intercessions. Music of the Ordinary (a setting by Sumsion) provided by Sarah Weir (soprano) and Frikki Walker (organ). Music at communion, ‘Take Up Your Cross’ (words by Charles William Everst and tune Bourbon after a melody by Freeman Lewis), also sung by Morven Bremner (soprano). An Organ Voluntary, Nun Danket Alle Gott by Karg-Elert is played by the Cathedral’s Director of Music and comes from a CD recording entitled ‘Notes Tremendous’.

This week the gospel says “What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.” This week’s images consist of Glasgow rooftops. The first picture comes from Wikipedia users Rosser1954 and Ming Yao Chong. Those who know Glasgow might be interested to try to work out where the photographs were taken from. One of them was taken from the top of a building in which several members of the congregation live. These photographs are released according to the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license. Consequently, the videos containing them are also released according to the same license. The photographs which are used in the sermon were originally printed in the Chicago Defender – they are used on a fair use basis, also being available on Wikipedia.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 21 June 2020

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

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Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Communion

An Organ Voluntary

Young Church


Download a PDF transcript of the Young Church video here:
Transcript – Young Church, 21 June 2020

CLIMATETALK Podcast

Welcome card and feedback

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Bodies in Transition

A podcast series from St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow and the Iona Community

Art historian Dr Deborah Lewer, Senior Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Glasgow, leads viewers through three different Christian festivals this summer by examining works of art.

The Visitation


Transcript   |   Iona Community Liturgy

Corpus Christi


Transcript   |   Iona Community Liturgy

The Transfiguration


Transcript   |   Iona Community Liturgy

From the composer
The chant, Quicumque christum quaeritis, is a setting of a colourful 12th-century poem, the hymn to the Transfiguration, which speaks of primordial chaos, boundless sky, and eternal glory. The music is in four short movements, each a digital ‘transfiguration’ of the plainchant melody and the cyanotype image. The chant is first sung, as if liturgically, but by many voices belonging to just one person—an ancient unison by modern means. The second movement reimagines the chant as a canon, each voice comprising a synthesised waveform with the characteristics of a theremin, accompanied by a human voice that never breathes. The third movement uses colour and brightness information from the cyanotype image to modulate each note of the plainchant, a polyphonic cacophony of voices. The frequencies responsible for the timbre of each note and of the drone beneath are taken from a frequency-space representation of the image obtained by a mathematical transfiguration—the two-dimensional Fourier transform. A fundamental pillar of our understanding of our world and the technology that connects us, the Fourier Transform represents information using a sum of wave-like patterns. The fourth movement is a series of disjoint ‘pixels’ whose waveforms are generated from the wave-pattern within the image, with the red, green and blue components each represented by their own series of pitches.

—Alexander MacLaren

Online Worship for Ascension Day

The worship for Ascension Day, 21 May 2020, can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • An anthem from the choir
  • A candle lighting liturgy for use in the home

As access to the cathedral building is restricted, this week’s worship takes the form of a house eucharist hosted by the Vice Provost from his home. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. The sermon is preached by the Most Rev Mark Strange, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Heather O’Connor reads the Gospel and Frikki Walker reads a Prayer-Poem by American metaphysical poet Edward Taylor (c.1642–1729). Music for the Ordinary of the Mass is a setting for three voices by Antonio Lotti (1667-1740) sung by the Inns family. Les and Rona MacLeod perform movements from Oboe Sonata, TWV 41:a3 by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) at Communion and at the end of the service. Bells of the Cathedral rung by St Mary’s Guild of Change Ringers, recorded before lockdown.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – Ascension Day 2020

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232, account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the Cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by PayPal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on PayPal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the Cathedral Office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time to enable the ministry of the Cathedral to continue.

Communion

An Anthem

The Cathedral Choir sings If Ye Love Me by Thomas Tallis.

A Lucernarium for Easter

A candle-lighting liturgy for use at home during the COVID-19 pandemic


Find the Order of Service along with a downloadable PDF with musical responses here.

Welcome card and feedback

If you are finding a way into this congregation and would like to make contact, please use the Welcome Card, which can be found online here:
https://thecathedral.org.uk/welcome-card/

If you would like to contact the Provost and the Vice Provost to give feedback on this worship or for any other reason, please use the following form.

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Online Worship – 26 April 2020

The worship for 26 April 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • An anthem from the choir
  • Videos for members of the Young Church and their households
  • A song for Young Church, taught by Sarah Weir
  • A candle-lighting liturgy for use at home

As access to the cathedral building is restricted, this week’s worship takes the form of a house eucharist hosted by the Provost from his own home. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. This Sunday’s sermon is preached by the Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon. Jo Russell reads the Gospel, Robert Mawditt leads the Intercessions, and the organ voluntary, Koraal (Suite Modale) by Flor Peeters, is played by Steven McIntyre on the organ at Dunblane Cathedral. Robert Guthrie (tenor) sings the Gloria and Sanctus from Missa cum jubilo (Gregorian Chant). Music at communion is ‘The Love of God Comes Close’ by John L. Bell sung by Sarah Weir, soprano.

Photographs of roads around the City of Glasgow in these videos come from members of the congregation, including Roger Edwards, Tim Haynes, Debbie Lewer, Kate Mooney, Abha Paulina, Alan Richmond, Michael Shanks and John Weir.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 26 April 2020 – 3 Easter

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

Offertory

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232 – account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

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Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time enable the ministry of the cathedral to continue.

Communion

The Anthem

A recording of ‘Irish Blessing’ by Bob Chilcott from a CD entitled ‘Listen’ by the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow


May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be ever at your back
May the sunshine warm upon your face
And the rain fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you, may God hold you
Ever in the palm of his hand
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be ever at your back
May the sunshine upon your face
And the rain fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you, may God hold you
Ever in the palm of his hand
Ever in the palm of his hand
The palm of his hand

Young Church

The following videos have been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah & Sophie Agrell, with a special stop-motion video by Zoe Shepard Reese. Closed captioning provided.

Thursday 23 April: The wait is over, and we have the very first leaves! They weren’t here yesterday and are only just unfurling. Spring is here!

Leaves budding on a branch

Leaves budding on a branch

A Song for Young Church

A Lucernarium for Easter

A candle-lighting liturgy for use at home during the COVID-19 pandemic


Find the Order of Service along with a downloadable PDF with musical responses here.

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Lucernarium Easter 2020

A liturgy of candle-lighting in a time of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Order of Service is set out below. Download a PDF with musical responses here.

LUCERNARIUM
for Eastertide, during a time of isolation

Before this service, there should be as little artificial light as possible. One candle is lit as the Leader begins.

I. Little Blessing & Short Lesson

V. Light and peace, in Jesus Christ our Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.

Jesus said, ‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one lights a lamp to put it out of sight, but on a stand where it gives light for everyone in the house. And you, like the lamp, must shed light among others, so that they may see the good you do, and give glory to your Father in heaven.’

II. Prayer for Light

Before the Prayer is first sung
Let us pray.

Eternal God, who led your ancient people into freedom by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night: Grant that we who walk in the light of your presence may rejoice in the liberty of the children of God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

During the singing of Phos hilaron, the People may bring their candles and place them in a window of their homes. Other candles may be lighted. Incense may be used here.

III. Phos hilaron

Antiphon
The same God who said, ‘Out of darkness let light shine,’ has caused light to shine within us.

O gracious Light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed! Repeat Antiphon.

Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Repeat Antiphon.

You are worthy at all times to be praised by happy voices, O Son of God, O Giver of life, and to be glorified through all the worlds. Repeat Antiphon.

—
Recorded in St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow on 18 April 2020 • Setting: © 2009 alt.compline Oliver Brewer-Lennon; Psalm Tone 6 © 1993 St Meinrad Archabbey • Words: Little Blessing, The Book of Common Prayer 1979; Short Lesson, Matthew 5:14-16 (NIV, alt.); Prayer for Light, The Book of Common Prayer, 1979; Antiphon, 2 Corinthians 4:6 (NEB); Phos hilaron, The Book of Common Prayer, 1979

Online Worship – 19 April 2020

The worship for 19 April 2020 can be found in several videos:

  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • An anthem from the choir
  • Videos for members of the Young Church and their households
  • A Podcast for Easter from Dr Deborah Lewer

As access to the cathedral building is restricted, this week’s worship takes the form of a house eucharist hosted by the Vice Provost from his own home, with the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth joining from his home. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. This Sunday’s sermon is preached by the Rev Dr Ellen Barrett. Beth Routledge reads the Gospel, Pat Bennett leads the Intercessions, and organ solos are played by Steven McIntyre on the organ at Dunblane Cathedral. Music for the Eucharist comes from the Walker family (Magnus Walker, tenor and Frikki Walker, organ). Music at communion is ‘O Filli et Filliae’ sung by Morven Bremner, soprano. The postlude is Voluntary in G (VII) by William Goodwin.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Online Worship – 19 April 2020 – 2 Easter

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

Offertory

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232 – account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by paypal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If it is possible for you to do so, please use a form of payment directly to the Cathedral bank account in order to avoid payment fees on Paypal.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the cathedral office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time enable the ministry of the cathedral to continue.

The Communion

The Anthem

A recording of Prayer for Peace by Frikki Walker from the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow remembering that when Jesus appeared to his disciples, he said to them – “Peace be with you”.

Young Church

The following videos have been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah & Sophie Agrell, with a special stop-motion video by Zoe Shepard Reese. Closed captioning provided.


UPDATE: Looking for signs of hope and spring, a beautiful blue sky today and the buds are getting bigger and paler but no leaves yet!

Buds on a tree

Podcast for Easter from Dr Deborah Lewer


In this third and final podcast of the series, Dr Deborah Lewer explores a work of the German expressionist sculptor Ernst Barlach, a piece entitled Das Wiedersehen (1926), which depicts an encounter between Thomas and the risen Jesus. Video produced in partnership with the Iona Community. Music: Huit Pièces Brèves, Op. 84, No. 5: Improvisation in C Sharp Minor by Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924); Catriona Mairi Mackenzie, piano

Download a transcript of the Podcast for Easter here.

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Easter Day Online Worship

The worship for Easter Day can be found in several videos:

  • The Exsultet – Sung by the Vice Provost – audio only
  • Three videos that form a service of Holy Communion
  • An anthem from the choir
  • Videos for members of the Young Church and their households including an animation of Mary Magdelene’s experience of the first Easter.
  • A video for the young choristers teaching them a Hallelujah

The Exsultet

The Service

The service is led by the Provost, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth who is also the preacher today. Other voices come from members of the congregation, some of whom are self-isolating at home. The Rev Canon Oliver Brewer-Lennon reads the Gospel, Lisa Curtice leads the Intercessions, and organ solos are played by Steven McIntyre on the organ at Dunblane Cathedral. Music for the Eucharist comes from the Inns family. Music at communion is The Call by Ralph Vaughan Williams sung by Magnus Walker and accompanied by Frikki Walker. The postlude is Praeludium in C (BuxWV 137) – D. Buxtehude.

As access to the cathedral building is restricted, this week’s worship takes the form of a house eucharist hosted by the Provost from his own home. As the paschal candle was delivered to the home of one of the sacristans, Sue Champion, the service will begin with Sue lighting the candle in her home for the congregation.

Download a PDF transcript of the service here:
Transcript for Online Worship for Easter Sunday

The Gathering

The Ministry of the Word

Offertory

If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable this ministry, please do so.

To give to St Mary’s directly from your bank account, please set up payments to the Clydesdale Bank, sort code 82-20-00 account number 30185232 – account name “Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin”.

To set up a standing order, please fill in a Bank Standing Order and send it to your bank. If you are a UK tax payer, please also fill in a Gift Aid Declaration as it enables the cathedral to claim back the tax that you have already paid on the money that you are giving.

You can give by paypal directly through this website by going to the Paypal Giving Page.

If you would like details of how to give by other methods, please contact the cathedral office to be put in touch with the Gift Aid Recorder, Alan McCulloch.

Thank you for your offering. If you usually put cash on the plate, please, if you can, find a way of giving electronically at this time enable the ministry of the cathedral to continue.

The Communion

The Anthem

A recording of Haec Dies by Herbert Howells from the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow

Young Church

The following videos have been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah & Sophie Agrell. Closed captioning provided.

Hallelujah for Young Choristers

Choral Evensong

Members of the choir will be taking part in a special Royal School of Church Music Easter Choral Evensong this evening at 6 pm. Choristers from up and down the country will be singing along wherever they are. The service is open to everyone and will be livestreamed on Youtube. More details here: https://www.rscm.org.uk/online-resources/the-big-easter-evensong/

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Online Worship for Good Friday

This page contains the online worship offering of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow for Good Friday 2020

The worship for Good Friday can be found in several videos:

  • A reading of the Passion Gospel by the Provost
  • Good Friday meditations consisting of five reflections on the Kelvingrove Triptych
  • An activity for members of the Young Church and their households
  • The second podcast in the series entitled ‘Agony, Lamentation and Reunion’

Good Friday Meditations

It is our custom on Good Friday to reflect on the events of the first Good Friday by reading the Passion and by meditating on it. One of the ways we do this is to gather from 12 noon to 3 pm and hear sermons reflecting on the passion. We share silence and listen to music for meditation.

This year there are five meditations which are based on five scenes from Gwyneth Leech’s Kelvingrove Triptych which hangs in St Anne’s Chapel. Each meditation is accompanied by organ music from the cathedral organists Frikki Walker and Steven McIntyre.

The Passion

The first video is an audio only reading of the Passion Gospel by the Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow, the Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth

The Meditations

About the Kelvingrove Triptych

Three panels, each seventeen feet high by seven feet wide, hanging on the north wall of St Anne’s Chapel in St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow

The triptych depicts the Easter Passion set in Kelvingrove Park. First, the eye encounters the figures at the bottom of each panel—actual portraits of regular park users on a late summer afternoon when the shadows are long: Sikh gentlemen, a group of Muslim women and children, cyclists, dog walkers and the ubiquitous nursery nannies and their charges. Certain figures will be familiar to members of Saint Mary’s congregation—Alastair Young, a past verger of the Cathedral, and Oran the golden retriever both appear in the centre panel. The artist’s daughter appears twice in the same painting—once as a small baby in red in a pushchair and then as a toddler walking beside the pushchair, recording the span of time taken in the completion of the canvases. As the eye travels upwards, the viewer discovers the Easter story. The left panel is Gethsemane. Reclining figures in the park on a sunny afternoon become, at the top, the disciples who cannot stay awake. In the upper left is the Arrest of Jesus, with Judas embracing Christ in the centre of a crowd of soldiers wielding spears and torches. The centre panel is dominated by the Deposition. The male disciples have all run away; the women are taking Jesus down from the cross to lay him in the tomb. On the right is the Noli Me Tangere. Mary Magdalene encounters the Risen Christ in the garden and does not recognise him. When at last she knows who he is, he says “do not touch me” (noli me tangere). He is real yet transfigured. The composition of the three religious scenes is inspired by Italian frescoes of the early Renaissance: Giotto’s Arrest of Jesus in the Arena Chapel in Padua, a Deposition in the Lower Church of St Francis in Assisi and Fra Angelico’s Noli Me Tangere in the Monastery of San Marco in Florence.

The Kelvingrove Triptych

Download a PDF transcript of the meditations here:
20200410 Good Friday meditations transcript

Read about the artist at www.gwynethleech.com.

Young Church

The following video has been prepared for members of the Young Church by Rosemary Hannah & Sophie Agrell.

Podcast

In this second podcast in the series, art historian Dr Deborah Lewer examines ‘Pietà’ by Rogier van der Weyden. Video produced in partnership with the Iona Community. Music: ‘So much wrong’ translated and arranged by John L. Bell, Calum Woods (voice).

Podcast transcript:
Podcast script for Fri Sat (Lamentation)

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