Worcestershire Cathedral Visit.

Worcestershire Cathedral Visit.
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Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, England; situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn. It is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Worcester. Its official name is The Cathedral Church of Christ and the blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester.

Bells
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The tower has a ring of twelve bells plus three semitone bells and a non-swinging bourdon. The current peal of 15 ringing bells were cast in 1928 by John Taylor & Co., of Loughborough, from the metal of the original ring cast in 1869. The ring is the fifth heaviest in the world, only the bells in the cathedrals of Liverpool, Exeter, York and St Paul's, London are heavier. The bells are also considered to be one of the finest toned rings ever cast. The bells hang in a wooden frame that was constructed in 1869 for the previous ring. Worcester Cathedral is unique in having a purpose-built teaching center equipped with eight special training bells, linked to computers.

Music
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The transept organ-case
Worcester Cathedral has three choirs: the Worcester Cathedral Choir (the main choir which has both a boys' and a girls' treble line, which normally work independently), Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir, and the Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir. All three choirs were involved in the BBC broadcast of the midnight and Christmas morning services in 2007, with the boys and the girls of the Cathedral Choir, respectively, taking the lead in the two services. Since the 18th century, Worcester Cathedral Choir has taken part in the Three Choirs Festival, the oldest music festival in the world.

The composer Edward Elgar spent most of his life in Worcestershire. The first performance of his Enigma Variations took place at the cathedral during the 1899. He is commemorated in a stained glass window which contains his portrait.

Worcester Cathedral has a long history of organs dating back to at least 1417. There have been many re-builds and new organs in the intervening period, including work by Thomas Dallam, William Hill and most famously Robert Hope-Jones in 1896. The Hope Jones organ was heavily re-built in 1925 by Harrison & Harrison, and then regular minor works kept it in working order until Wood Wordsworth and Co were called in 1978. It was a large four-manual organ with 61 speaking stops. It has a large Gothic Revival case with heavily decorated front pipes as well as two smaller cases either side of the quire.

This organ (apart from the large transept case and pedal pipes) was removed in 2006 in order to make way for a new instrument by Kenneth Tickell, which was completed in the summer of 2008. The nave has a three-manual Rodgers organ.

Notable organists at Worcester have included Thomas Tomkins (from 1596), Hugh Blair (from 1895), Ivor Atkins (from 1897) and David Willcocks (from 1950). The present organist (from 1996) is Adrian Lucas.

Organists 1240 Thomas the Organist 1415 T. Hulet 1468 Richard Grene 1484 John Hampton 1522 Daniel Boyse 1541 Richard Fisher 1569 John Golden 1581 Nathaniel Giles 1585 Robert Cotterell 1590 Nathaniel Patrick 1595 John Fido 1596 Thomas Tomkins 1649 Vacant 1661 Giles Tomkins 1662 Richard Browne 1664 Richard Davis 1686 Vaughan Richardson 1688 Richard Cherington 1724 John Hoddinott 1731 William Hayes 1734 John Merifield 1747 Elias Isaac 1793 Thomas Pitt 1806 Jeremiah Clarke 1807 William Kenge 1813 Charles Clarke 1844 William Done 1895 Hugh Blair 1897 Ivor Atkins 1950 David Willcocks 1957 Douglas Guest 1963 Christopher Robinson 1974 Donald Hunt 1996 Adrian Lucas

Assistant organists William Done 1835--1844 (afterwards organist) Alfred James Caldicott c.1860 Robert Taylor 1865 Mr. Garton 1879 James Henry Caseley (later organist of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon) Henry Holloway Hugh Blair 1887--1895 Frank Alfred Charles Mason 1893--1899[14] George Street Chignell 1893--1896[15] Edgar Thomas Cook 1904--1909 ALexander E. Brent Smith ?--1912 Edgar Day 1923 Donald Hunt 1947--1954 (later organist) Christopher Robinson 1962--1963 (later organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle) Harry Bramma 1963--1976 (later organist of Southwark Cathedral) Paul Trepte 1976--1981 (later organist of Ely Cathedral) Adrian Partington 1981--1991 (later organist of Gloucester Cathedral) Raymond Johnston 1991--? Daniel Phillips 1998--2004 Christopher Allsop 2004 -- present

Events
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Worcester Cathedral is the host of the annual graduation ceremonies for the University of Worcester. These ceremonies are presided over by the Chancellor of the University, and take place over 3 days in November.


For More information, visit http://www.worcestercathedral.co.uk

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[abbiemaysmith16]

THIS IS WHERE I LIVE MAN.

[saveusrecycle]

This is gorgeous. I live about 30 minutes south of Worcester, MA, USA. They look nothing alike. Worcester, England is breathtaking. Worcester, MA has been overtaken by gangs, thugs. A lot of our cathedrals are being closed due to lack of attendance. Its really sad.

[quiretenor]

Well done, very strong! The Dean and Chapter of Worcester Cathedral, not to mention the regular parishioners will be interested to know you view them as Roman Catholics rather than Protestants! Let the Vatican know they've got one back! All the best!

[surajvj]

@quiretenor

Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral. Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. Anglicanism forms one of the principal traditions of Christianity, together with Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Oriental Orthodoxy and Eastern Orthodoxy. Thanks for pointing..!!

[surajvj]

@quiretenor

The video i made has original Worcestershire Cathedral coir singing, which i bought from their church store, but for copy right reason, i can only use it for personal use..so i selected a coir from youtube ( copy right free).