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Die Winterreise

Die Winterreise – Franz Schubert

Magnus Walker (tenor) and his accompanist, Alexandra Standing, will be performing Schubert’s song-cycle “Die Winterreise”, in St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow at 6.00pm on Saturday 14th December. The concert will last a little over an hour, and refreshments will be served after the performance. Magnus was a member of St Mary’s Cathedral Choir and the RSNO Junior Chorus for many years before accepting a scholarship to study singing at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Richard Berkely-Steele, and is already gaining a reputation as one of the most promising tenors of his generation. He recently won the First Prize in the prestigious Joan Chisell/Rex Stephens award for Schumann Lieder at the RAM.
Alex also studies at the RAM on the post-graduate accompanists course, having first studied here in Glasgow at the RCS, and has won various accompanying awards including First Prize in the Marjorie Thomas Art of Song award, and Highly Commended in the Elena Gerhardt Lieder prize.
Entry will be by donation programme (unwaged and under 16s have free entry) with a suggested donation of £10.00 which will be in aid of the Organ Appeal. Gift Aid forms will be available.

Sunday 27 August 2017

The church is open at service times and 1000-1230 Monday-Saturday

Pentecost 12

0830 Said Eucharist (1970)
Presiding: The Rev Canon Cedric Blakey

1030 Choral Eucharist (1982) – Haydn: Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo
sung by St Mary’s Cathedral Choir and Manchester Cathedral Voluntary Choir
Presiding:  The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth
Preaching: The Rev Canon Prof John Riches

1830 Choral Evensong
sung by Manchester Cathedral Voluntary Choir
Presiding: The Very Rev Kelvin Holdsworth

Provisional Music List

Statement regarding Epiphany Service 2017

Following media enquiries in connection with a service held in St Mary’s at Epiphany, the Provost has issued this comment:

“Over the Christmas season, we invited local Muslim friends into St Mary’s Cathedral to join us for the Feast of the Epiphany – we often get similar invitations to join them for their own festivals. In the course of our celebrations of the birth of the Saviour, we listened with interest to the story that Muslims tell of the annunciation of Jesus in the Qur’an. Such readings have happened a number of times in the past in this and in other churches and have led to deepening friendships locally, to greater awareness of the things we hold in common and to dialogue about the ways in which we differ.

“I have commented in the past on such readings and those comments are still available online: http://thurible.net/2015/03/14/welcoming-muslims-into-church/”

UPDATE – 12 January 2017
St Mary’s Cathedral has received received a number of offensive messages. These have been reported to Police Scotland. We are grateful to Police Scotland for their support at this time.

UPDATE – 17 January 2017
The provost has written about this on his blog here:
http://thurible.net/2017/01/13/keeping-the-faith/

The sermon he preached about in connection with this can be read here:
http://thurible.net/2017/01/15/sermon-epiphanies-midst-storm/