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PLEASE NOTE - Some news links are time sensitive
| December 31st | | | EDP24 | Cash will help save Blythburgh church |
December 25th | | | This is Hampshire | DVD's insight into life of a top chorister |
December 24th | | | Cambridge Network | A new Carol for King’s |
Independent |
Lucy Winkett: A Christmas message courtesy of City traders singing in Latin |
December 23rd | | Independent
Catholic News | Portsmouth Cathedral seeks Cantors |
Times |
Class of 2008; Christmas Past and Christmas Present at King’s |
Liverpool Daily Post |
Country focuses on city’s Christian unity |
Telegraph
(Filed 18th) |
Telegraph photographers' pictures of the year:
Geoff Pugh | | | | December 22nd | | | Telegraph | Christmas carols: The writers behind the hymns |
Guardian |
What lesson, or carol, would you like to hear at Christmas? |
Northern Echo |
Schoolboy turns on cathedral lights |
Times |
Monteverdi Choir/Gardiner at Christ Church, Spitalfields, E1 | | December 21st | | | Times | A Christmas Caroll: The Choir of Westminster Abbey, Robert Quinney, dir James O’Donnell | |
Come on down, all ye unfaithful |
December 18th | | | Tenerife News | Exeter Cathedral Choir to sing in Puerto de la Cruz |
Times |
Christmas Services: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day |
December 17th | | | Telegraph | King’s College Choir: the carol service that became a gift to the world |
December 16th | | | This is Lancashire | Bolton Parish Church organ back to its former glory |
December 15th | | | BBC News | Cathedral's extra carol services | | News and Star | A week in the life of Andrew Johnston |
Falmouth Packet |
Truro Cathedral Choir and Cornwall Youth Choir to feature on BBC2 on Christmas Day |
Telegraph |
UK heritage: Lincoln Cathedral's rude awakening |
Liverpool Echo |
Maxwell Davies world premiere, Metropolitan Cathedral |
Liverpool Daily Post |
Music Review: Maxwell Davies, Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool |
December 14th | | | Guardian | The expert panel |
Times |
Amateurs take over the airwaves | |
Relative Values: Andrew Johnston and his mother |
December 13th | | | Webitpr.com | A Boy Called Alex’ young musician in daily battle with cystic fibrosis to conduct Bach’s St Matthew Passion |
December 12th | | | This is Grimsby | Hundreds unite for Christmas carols sing-song |
December 11th | | | Wood & Vale 24 | Hampstead's John Rutter is king of the Christmas Carol |
December 10th | | | Telegraph | Silent Night named as the public's favourite Christmas carol | | This is Lincolnshire | Cathedral in magnificent seven | | BBC News | Study examines cathedral's impact |
December 9th | | | Telegraph | Classsical CDs for Christmas | | Blackburncitizen | Blackburn brothers’ heavenly voices |
December 8th | | | Times | Christmas services |
December 7th | | | Times | Connoisseurs oust classics from carol chart | | | | December 6th | | | Telegraph | Church attendance rises as recession deepens |
Mail Online |
As the musical genius with a killer disease, Alex Stobbs won the public's heart. But what happened next? |
Deanclose.org |
Choristers Christmas CD Acclaim |
December 4th | | | Sunderland Echo | Sarah will sing choir's praises |
The Star.Com |
After 7 decades, conductor starting to get a handle on Messiah |
Telegraph
filed 28th November |
Hereford Cathedral prepares to crown
its Christmas 'Boy Bishop' | | |
December 3rd | | Bradford
Telegraph & Argus | Young star is set to shine |
Salisbury Journal |
From Darkness to Light at Salisbury Cathedral |
December 2nd | | | Salisbury Journal | Boy Bishop installed in Fordingbridge | | Boy Bishop to lead service | | |
| July 31st | | | Times | Sunday Worship: Aug 3, Eleventh Sunday after Trinity | | EADT24 | Mystery donation to Cathedral project |
July 30th | | | This is Cornwall.co.uk | Discord at cathedral as new bells fund slumps by £70,000 |
July 29th | | | This is Hampshire.net | Sweet idea for fund-raising | Manchester
Evening News | Chester Festival @ Chester Cathedral |
July 25th | | | Times | Sunday Worship: July 27, Tenth Sunday after Trinity | | (11 page listing) |
Salisbury Journal |
Choristers shine in "Excellent" concert |
July 24th | | | Catholic Sentinel | Choir continues devotion to Byrd |
July 22nd | | | Seattle Times | Inside the religious heart of England at London's Westminster Abbey |
New York Sun |
The Undiscovered Henry Purcell |
July 21st | | | Journal Live | Cathedral will not cash in on worship | | Telegraph | Gillian Weir: a glimpse of the hereafter |
July 18th | | | Times | Sunday Worship: July 20, ninth Sunday after Trinity | | (11 page listing) |
July 17th | | | Lancashire Telegraph | Death of former cathedral organist | | Londonderry Sentinel | Renowned organist set for Cathedral recital |
Telegraph |
Classical review: Gillian Weir plays Messiaen |
July 16th | | | York Minster | Philip Moore's final service as Master of the Music |
This is Plymouth |
Festival fever hits local communities |
July 15th | | | Falmouth Packet.co.uk | Close up of Truro Cathedral will help preserve it |
July 14th | | | Chichester Observer | REVIEW: Ex Cathedra, Chichester Cathedral |
Times |
Monteverdi Choir/Gardiner at St James's Church, Spanish Place, W1 |
Independent |
Monteverdi Choir, St James's, Spanish Place, London |
July 13th | | | Times | Tippett: A Child of Our Time: The Sunday Times review | |
The Cheltenham Music Festival |
July 11th | | | Hereford Cathedral | Jazz in the Chapter house Garden
| | Southport Visiter | Former Liverpool Cathedral appointed director of music at Southport’s Holy Trinity Church |
This is Wiltshire |
Pilgrimage walk from Old Sarum to Salisbury cathedral |
Times
(filed 8th) |
Sunday Worship: July 13, Eighth Sunday after Trinity(11 page listing) |
July 10th | | | This is Gloucestershire | Let's support bold vision for cathedral | | Free entry to Gloucester Cathedral |
July 9th | | Liverpool Echo
Letters | REGARDING the War Requiem at Liverpool Cathedral ... |
This is Gloucestershire |
HAVE YOUR SAY:
Gloucester Cathedral - to charge or not to charge? |
Peterborough Today |
Musical treat in store for organ fans |
Leamington Observer |
Top organist at All Saints | | Burnley Express | Top organist will perform in Burnley |
July 7th | | | York Minster | Philip Moore presented with Cross of St William |
Chichester Observer |
REVIEW: The Bach Choir and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chichester Cathedral | |
REVIEW: Bernstein on Broadway, Chichester Cathedral |
Vancouver Sun |
Look to the cathedral towers to discover some of the loveliest towns in England |
July 6th | | | Guardian | Death becomes them |
July 4th | | | Hereford Times | A rare treat |
Chad.co.uk |
Organist's opening recital at Rainworth |
Chichester Observer |
REVIEW: Chichester Cathedral Choir, Chichester Cathedral |
Mail Online |
Organist quits village church in anger after 'trendy' vicar hires rock band with electric guitars |
Knaresborough Post |
Awards sing the praises of young choristers from across the district |
ICN |
Cathedral Camps - a holiday with a difference |
July 3rd | | | EDP24 | Léon Charles |
July 2nd | | | This is Cornwall.co.uk. | Philharmonia Orchestra plays at Truro Cathedral | | Diss Mercury | Sound celebration at Roydon church |
July 1st | | | This is Bath.co.uk | FOUR-DAY SINGING FESTIVAL LAUNCHED FOR BATH |
Darlington &
Stockton Times
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Cathedral's musical past | | Beverley Guardian | Organist screened as well as heard | | Liverpool Daily Post | The professionals’ view of the world | | |
| May 30th | | | Times | Sunday Worship: June 1, Second Sunday after Trinity | | (Listing over 11 pages) |
May 28th | | Telegraph
Obituaries | Sister Mary Berry |
May 27th | | | Liverpool Echo | Hope and Faith | | Coventry Telegraph | Craftsmen's skill forever cast in cathedral's stone |
May 25th | | | Times | St Paul’s Cathedral: dome sweet dome |
May 24th | | | Times | Forget concert halls, the Clerks are singing in a sewage works |
Telegraph |
Classical CDs of the week: Handel, Brahms and more... | | (includes) Leighton: Sequence for All Saints; Rockingham; O God, Enfold Me in the Sun; Morning Canticles; The World's Desire |
May 23rd | | | Times | Sunday Worship First Sunday after Trinity |
May 22nd | | | The Northern Echo | Perfect pitch for choristers | | Crosby Herald | Choristers in tune at cathedral | | Telegraph | Sir John Tavener: a Mass with lofty aspirations | | Times | John Tavener Concert at the Brighton Dome | | The Vicar of Baghdad: Through the valley of the shadow of death | | May 21st | | | Telegraph Letters | Cathedral choirs are flourishing | | May 20th | | | Cambridge Network | World-renowned choirs to perform together in Ely this summer | | May 19th | | | BBC News | Online bidders for cathedral tour | | Telegraph Letters | Cathedral choirboys will all be replaced by girls | | May 18th | | | Lancashire Telegraph | Church organ restored to former glory | | Sunday Sun | Durham Choristers Choir in tune but out of step | | Telegraph | Clergy alone can't save churches |
May 16th | | | Liverpool Daily Post | MUSIC REVIEW: Dame Gillian Weir, Messiaen, | | Peterborough Today | Male voice choir has treble trouble | | Liverpool Echo | Dame Gillian Weir, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral | | This is London | Canterbury Cathedral is falling down | West Sussex
County Times | See Chichester Cathedral in all its glory |
May 15th | | | Times | Sunday Worship: Trinity Sunday, May 18 |
May 14th | | | Times | Festival of the Sons of the Clergy | | May 13th | | | Times | Children's learning harmed by 'quick fix culture' | | BBC News | Cathedral photos stamp set issued | | ICN | Westminster Cathedral to feature on Royal Mail stamp |
May 12th | | | Cambridge Network | Stunning recording of sacred music released by Selwyn College Chapel Choir |
Telegraph |
Why is there no Vaughan Williams memorial ? |
May 11th | | | Telegraph | How to resurrect our suffering churches | | One in five churches faces being lost | | Save our churches for the nation | | Majestic but crumbling wetlands cathedral |
Daily Mail |
Grounded...college choir that has sung from the rooftops for 106 years |
May 10th | | | This is Gloucestershire | CHORISTERS CELEBRATE USA TOUR | | BBC News | Vatican gives Latin online boost |
May 9th | | | Liverpool Echo | Messiaen tribute by Dame Gillian | | Times | Sunday Worship: Pentecost Sunday, May 11 | | Oxford Camarata: Hildegard von Bingen | Telegraph
Letters |
Tomato stopper |
May 8th | | | This is Wiltshire | Festival of song at Cathedral | | The Northern Echo | On a historical note... |
May 7th | | | Liverpool Daily Post | Music review: Liverpool Organ Day, with Daniel Bishop, Timothy Noon and Ian Tracey |
Independent
Catholic News |
First girls choir for Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral |
Times |
A revealingly royal peculiar |
Telegraph
Letters |
Tower under atttack |
May 6th | | | Yorkshire Post | Dean raises glass to beer festival in cathedral grounds | | Ely Standard | Bursaries On Offer For Ely Cathedral Choristers |
May 5th | | | Telegraph | Choirs incomparable | | Guardian | Carpet of stone: medieval mosaic pavement revealed |
May 4th | | | Guardian | Classical CD releases | | Leighton - The World's Desire | | David Bednall (organ), Wells Cathedral Choir/School Chapel Choir/Owens (Hyperion CDA67641) £11.99 |
May 2nd | | | Hereford Times | New faces at the Cathedral | | Ripon Gazette | Acclaimed organist to perform in cathedral | | This is London | L'Ascension/Westminster Abbey Choir | | Ely Standard | May Day Concert At Ely Cathedral | | Times | The view from the organ loft |
| April 30th | | | Diocese of Oxford | May Madrigals on Magdalen Tower |
Daily Mail |
Cathedral choirmaster who refused to let Macca sing claims 'It helped make him great' as former Beatle returns for honourary concert |
Sussex Express |
VIDEO: Changes ring in at Chichester Cathedral which welcomes new organist |
Times |
Sunday worship seventh Sunday of Easter May 4 2008 |
April 29th | | | Times | James MacMillan's St John Passion at the Barbican |
Independent
Catholic News |
Westminster Abbey launches unique Braille-guided tour |
April 26th | | | Times | Westminster Abbey Choir: Music for Ascension Day | | Telegraph | How to dissolve a monastery |
April 25th | | | EDP24 | Vital repairs for Blythburgh church | | Times | Sunday worship: April 27, 2008,
sixth Sunday of Easter | | Guardian | Pies to Penderecki: the King's Singers |
April 24th | | | BBC News | Major repairs begin at cathedral | | Telegraph | The King's Singers: from madrigals to McCartney |
April 23rd | | | Telegraph | Singing priests to become chart stars |
April 22nd | | | BBC News | Cathedral goes from red to black | | Ledbury Reporter | High profile musician runs workshop | | ICN | Prep school choristers to sing at Farm Street |
April 21st | | | Ely Standard | Ely Imps Busy Rehearsing For Cathedral Concert | | News and Star | Cathedral packed out to hear Andrew sing | | Telegraph | Canon Patrick Magee |
April 20th | | | Guardian | Song on lips, spring in step |
April 19th | | | Peterborough Today | Cathedral gate repairs could cost £100,000
| | York Minster | Friends of Cathedral Music to attend Evensong |
April 18th | | | Telegraph | Salisbury Cathedral: standing tall 750 years | | Chester Chronicle | Aled Jones to perform two Chester Cathedral concerts |
April 17th | | | Times | Sunday Worship: Fifth Sunday of Easter April 20 |
BBC News |
Mixed choir milestone marked (Link opens video file) |
April 16th | | | The Ely Standard | Take A Pew |
April 15th | | | Baltimoresun.Com | Choir gives sacred sounds angelic tones |
April 14th | | | Liverpool Daily Post | MUSIC REVIEW: The Sixteen, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral |
New York Times |
British Voices: Fresh, Lean and Worldly |
Times |
Girls and music |
April 13th | | | Telegraph | Blake's stirring words in 'Jerusalem' are just as relevant today
| | April 12th | | | Times | Why this dismal view of Jerusalem? | | Anthem ban next? | | April 11th | | | Cambridge News | Music teacher to play on highest mountains | | Hunts Post | Come and visit Ely Cathedral for free | | Cumberland News | Choirboy Andy’s got the talent for TV | | Peterborough Today | Concert at cathedral will be huge | | Times | Sunday worship April 13 2008 (11 page listing) | | Telegraph | The joy of 'Jerusalem' | | Teenage chorister melts Simon Cowell's heart | | Jerusalem banned by politically correct clergy | | Guardian | Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll | | Chester Chronicle | Celebrity organ recital at Chester church |
April 10th | | Minnesota
Public Radio | Behind the regal voices of the King's College Chapel Choir | | Telegraph | Cathedral bans popular hymn Jerusalem | | Inspire Magazine | Heritage Lottery grant funds cathedral’s son et lumière |
April 9th | | | Daily Mail | Singing Jerusalem banned from church diocese because hymn is 'not in God's name' | | TwinCities.Com | Ringing success: King's College choir overcomes acoustics | | The Herald | National Boys Choir, St Mary's Cathedral |
April 8th | | | Clitheroe Times | Pipe dreams become reality at St Mary's | | Eastbourne Today | Cathedral date for symphony orchestra |
April 5th | | | Dallas News.Com | Kudos for King's College Choir | | April 4th | | | Dallas News.Com | Choir of King's College sings a moving tribute to Kennedy | | Times | The wit and verve of Angelic voices | | Choir of New College, Oxford: Nicholas Ludford | | April 3rd | | | Dallas News.Com | Kings College Choir will perform sacred choral music tonight | | April 1st | | | Dorchester Abbey | Abbey organ project completed! | | Times | Angelic Voices | | Peterborough Today. | Cathedral café set to close for good |
| March 31st | | | Wiltshire Times | Work starts on cathedral exhibition | | March 30th | | | BBC News | Cathedral cuts visitor donations | | Independent | Shakespeare's church found in Shoreditch | | March 29th | | | Hampshire.net | Dame Kiri at Winchester Cathedral | | March 28th | | Kenilworth
Weekly News | County boys sing with famous Choir of New College, Oxford | | March 27th | | | Times | Sunday Worship. March 30th (11 page listing) | | March 26th | | | Polskieradio.pl | British choristers in Poland | | Isle of Man Today | Busy week's schedule ahead for visiting choir | | Ripon Gazette | The chimes they are a-changin' at Ripon Cathedral | | Independent | Academy Of Ancient Music / Holst Singers / Layton, St John's, Smith Square, London | | March 25th | | | Kent Online | £1m lottery grant for cathedral revamp | | Times | St John Passion at the Barbican | | Liverpool Daily Post | Hundreds fill cathedral as BBC records TV Songs of Praise special editions |
March 24th | | | BBC News | Cathedral starts entrance charges | | Liverpool Daily Post | Ancient sounds heard in Liverpool Cathedral | | Daily Mail | Elgar wasn't all pomp and circumstance | | Times | St Matthew Passion at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester |
March 23rd | | | BBC News | Cathedral emptied by Easter fire | | Times | Elite cathedral choir schools open up | | MyrtleBeach Online | England shields seven cathedrals |
March 21st | | | Manchester Evening News | St Matthew Passion @ Bridgewater Hall | | Belfast Telegraph | Silver coins worth weight in gold | | Wakefield Express | Girl returned stolen chalice | | This is Nottingham | EG CLASSICAL | | Times | Simon Russell Beale reveals all about Sacred Music | | Guardian | The dazzling walls of medieval England deserve a bold restorer | | | | March 20th | | | This is Wiltshire | Maundy service is an important tradition | | Belfast Telegraph | Queen makes Maundy history | | Belfast Today | History of Sovereign tradition | | BBC News | Historic first for Maundy service | | In pictures: Queen attends Maundy service | | Viz creator urges gospels return | | Independent | The Sixteen/Harry Christophers, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | | Guardian | The Sixteen | | ICN | Clifton Cathedral chosen to hold national choir concert | | | | March 19th | | | BBC News | Minster restoration work finished | | Kent Online | Stars support £50m Cathedral appeal | | St Paul's Cathedral | Appointment of New Organist and Assistant Director of Music |
March 18th | | | Worcester News | New book on cathedral's architecture is published | | Ely Standard | Bliss to play at Cathedral | | Times | Easter services (listed over 27 pages) | | Cathedral is now seen in a good light | | All together now, boys and girls | | March 17th | | | icCoventry | Warwickshire County Boys Choir set to sing out | | Coventry Telegraph | Coventry Blue Coat choir are simply the best | | This is Wiltshire | Cathedral lit up for first time | Liverpool Daily
Post | MUSIC REVIEW: Karl Jenkins’ Stabat Mater, Liverpool Cathedral | | Telegraph | Karl Jenkins: Triumph of banal manipulation | | Times | Choir girls | | Ralph Beyer | | March 16th | | Wiltshire Gazette
& Herald | New chorister welcomed | | York Press | In fine voice | | Guardian | On a choral pilgrimage | | Parishes at war over plans to rip out pews | | March 15th | | | Independent | Gareth Malone: Note perfect | | March 14th | | | Times | Girls allowed, as cathedral choirs broaden their base | | Choirboys and Girls | | Palm Sunday March 16 | | This is Wiltshire | School pupils in Cathedral concert | | March 13th | | | Newbury Today | BBC2 star leads local masterclass | | Telegraph | Karl Jenkins: meet Britain's bestselling composer | | March 12th | | | Times | St Matthew Passion at the Festival Hall, London SE1 | | March 11th | | | Hereford Times | School sings praise for choir donation |
March 10th | | | Telegraph | The Sixteen: The power and pleasure of tiny things | | March 9th | | | Gazette & Herald | Easter Vespers at Salisbury Cathedral | | March 8th | | | Liverpool Daily Post | AGED just 25 in 1980, Ian Tracey became Britain’s youngest cathedral organist and later became organist and master of the choristers. | | The serious music in this city is on a high | | March 7th | | Bradford
Telegraph/Argus | Choir heads for big date | | March 7th | | | Wakefield Express | Chalice snatched from cathedral | | March 6th | | | BBC News | Churches to get £15m lottery aid | | Inspire Magazine | TV series traces roots of European sacred music | | March 5th | | | Oldham Advertiser | Maestro dead but the music lives on | | March 4th | | | BBC News | Cathedral school becomes academy | | March 3rd | | | Truro Cathedral | New Director of Music Appointed | | Peterborough Today |
Ancient grave markers found at the cathedral | | Times | RLPO/Petrenko at the Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool | | The Northern Echo | A voice is raised for dying tradition of boys' choirs | | March 2nd | | | Chichester Observer | A year of celebration at the cathedral | | March 1st | | | This is Wiltshire | Exhibition tells cathedral history | | Guardian | Consuming Passions | | Tavener's Requiem |
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