Festival Mass of Thanksgiving
At 10am in St Michael & All Angels Church on Sunday June 22nd, we held our Festival Mass of Thanksgiving, celebrating 150 years of Bedford Park.
Setting: Mass in C Op86 – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Anthem: Prayer by Cecilia McDowall, a setting of George Herbert’s poem (London premiere)
Celebrant and Preacher: The Vicar, Fr Kevin Morris
Reading: Galatians 3: 26-29; Gospel: Luke 9: 18-24.
Hymns (in service booklet): All Creatures of our God & King; We believe in God the Father; There’s a wideness in God’s mercy; God is Love: Let heav’n adore him;
Director of Music: Jonathan Dods
Organist: William Brooke
Soloists
Soprano – Ciara Williams; Alto – Madeline Smith
Tenor – Tom Dupernex; Bass – Peter Grevatt
St Michael & All Angels Choir
Sopranos: Barbara Gunther, Olivia Hinman, Anna Grieve, Manju Kurian, Miriam Morris
Altos: Lucy Chambers, CathyMillin, Anne Mower, Tom Rothwell, Cath Sutherland
Tenors: Geoff Hollas, John Hudson, Gavin Johnson, David Kerr, Stuart McDermott
Bass: Andrew Bickley, Rob Davenport, John Leeds, John Higton, Paul Spies, Paul Reid, Julian Neal
The Bedford Park Festival Orchestra
Leader – David Juritz
Violin 1: Sophia Tennant, Bharat Parmar, Hannah Flenley
Violin 2: Nicola Garry, Jeremy Bradshaw, Charlotte Wadham, Mary Short
Viola: Catherine Barlen, David Bramley, Matthew Newton
Cello: Phoebe Scott, Andrew Pears
Double Bass: Dominic Nudd
Flute: Peter Robertson
Oboe: Lorna Neill, Vivien Karam
Bassoon: Alec Forshaw, Erica Tugwell
Horn: Keith Maries, Shona Scott
Trumpet: Edward Maxwell, Fraser Tannock
Timpani: Andrew Barnard
You can also watch and listen to the recording of the 2023 service here and see the photographs in our Flickr album here.
Venue
Address: Bath Rd, Chiswick, London W4 1LW
