Young Organists’ Competition Update
With just a fortnight till the Competition. thanks to organiser Alex West for this update.... Read more
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Lecture and Festival Round-up
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June Festival Final Week
Tags: Choral Evensong, David Briggs, Exeter, Heritage, HLF, Lecture, Mount Dinham, New pipe organ, Services, St Jude's Birmingham, St Michael's, St Michael's Lectures, Sung Mass, Young Organists' Competition
The warm mid-June Monday evening past, about 120 of us heard the technical brilliance, musicality and sheer joy of David Briggs (www.david-briggs.org) in his spectacular Inaugural Recital on our new Organ. I think every pipe, pedal, key and stop was played, individually and all together! Starting with a Fanfare by Graham…
Fledging & Festival Updates
Tags: chicks, Concert, Exeter, fledging, Heritage, HLF, Lecture, Mount Dinham, Music at St Michael's, New pipe organ, peregrine falcons, St Jude's Birmingham, St Michael's, Sung Mass, Young Organists' Competition
By midday on Sunday 8th June both the female Peregrine chicks (HeBe & HeiDi) had fledged and flown too. With no need for monitoring from us on the ground this year, it's been hard to keep track of their first movements, but it seems all 3 are already able to…
Fledging News 1
Tags: Concert, fledging, Heritage, HLF, Lecture, Mount Dinham, Music at St Michael's, New pipe organ, peregrine falcons, peregrines, St Michael's Lectures
With much less fuss than last year so far, the news from Saturday 7th June is that HeCtor, the young male, has fledged and flown, and returned to the church tower. The young females have been flapping their wings on the edge of the trefoil opening, but not yet left…