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Links Cathedral News Archive 2003 Cathedral News Archive 2004 Cathedral News 2005 |
 The new altar frontal in the Bauchon Chapel  Detail of the new altar frontal |
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The Friends of Norwich Cathedral to celebrate their 75th anniversary with commission of new embroidered altar frontal. Founded in 1930, The Friends of Norwich Cathedral are celebrating their 75th Anniversary year. To commemorate this event, an altar frontal has been commissioned by the Friends organisation and produced by the Cathedral Broderers' Guild. The beautiful design is based on the fifteen roses of the rosary. Due to the intricacy of the embroidery, the frontal has taken over nine months to make. The frontal was entirely funded by donations from members of the Friends of Norwich Cathedral. The new frontal was recently dedicated at an Evensong Service; it is placed in the Bauchon Chapel, which is the Chapel of the Friends. It is hoped that this beautiful addition to the Cathedral will remind congregation and visitors alike of the contribution which the Friends have made to the Norwich Cathedral over the years. The Friends have supported the Cathedral for the past 75 years by funding many and various projects of maintenance and refurbishment. Some of these projects have included major repair works to the tower and spire in 1975, and numerous smaller items of refurbishment and embellishment. In 1970, their 50th Anniversary, the Friends donated a set of silver and ebony candlesticks to the Cathedral, which are still in use today. More recently, the Friends were the lead donors to the Norwich Cathedral
Development Campaign, enabling the completion of the new Refectory, and
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Cloister
restoration work finished ahead of schedule
The restoration project on the Cathedral Cloisters is finished, ahead
of schedule - the work was due to have finished by March 2005. Henry Freeland, the Cathedral architect explained "This refurbishment work needed to be done to avoid deterioration of the structure; the cost (is now) a great deal less than if we waited to do the repairs when we started work on the new Hostry building." News posted 18 February 2005 |
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 Gary O'Connor performing Restoration, at the Brunswick Centre, London 2003  The Cathedral viewed from the Cloister Image Alan Howard |
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'HOLDING HANDS' AN EVENING OF POETRY, MUSIC AND READINGS
In support of the International Links Group Projects in Georgia Thursday 29th September, 2005, from 7.30 pm Master of Ceremonies - The Bishop of Norwich 7.30pm Welcome by the RT Revd Graham James, Bishop of Norwich 7.35pm George Szirtes - 2005 T.S. Elliot Prize Winner 7.45pm Dr Ian Gibson MP - Member of All Party Parliamentary Committee
on 7.55pm Music by musicians from Norwich School 8.05pm Selected Literature Student from Norwich School 8.15pm INTERVAL & REFRESHMENTS 8.45pm Bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili, The Beteli Centre & Georgian Poetry 9.00pm George Szirtes - 2005 T.S Elliot Prize Winner 9.10pm Music by musicians from Norwich School 9.20pm Dr Ian Gibson MP - Member of All Party Parliamentary Committee
on 9.30 pm The Bishop of Norwich Admission: "I'm really excited that Norwich is playing such a key role in Heritage Open Days. Norwich is a fantastically vibrant city, steeped in heritage and culture and has so much to offer visitors. The 900-year old Cathedral, with its splendid new award-winning refectory, is the perfect venue to launch an event that celebrates the built environment from the past to the present." Bill Bryson, Norwich HEART and Commissioner for English Heritage On Thursday 1 September Norwich Cathedral hosted the national launch of Heritage Open Days 2005, England's biggest and most diverse celebration of architecture, history and culture. Co-ordinated by the Civic Trust in partnership with English Heritage and sponsored by the History Channel and Norwich HEART, the four-day annual event gives everyone the chance to explore fascinating buildings and places completely free of charge. Across the country, more than 26,000 volunteers from all walks of life will be opening sites, giving tours and demonstrating skills, making Heritage Open Days Britain's largest voluntary event. Up to 3,000 properties of every style, function and age ranging from castles to factories, town halls to tithe barns, and parish churches to Buddhist temples, will be throwing open their doors to the public. This year's event was launched in Norwich, which has organised a record number of more than 130 venues, making the city the largest host in the UK outside of London and a potential visitor magnet. Heritage Open Days is an event for everyone, whatever their age or background.
Organised locally by thousands of people who care about their environment
and want to share that enthusiasm, it is a sign of a growing civic spirit.
Thursday 8 & Friday 9 September Free Guided Tours: Norwich Cathedral Campaign Tour Evensong: At 5.15pm - all welcome Activity: Living History Free Guided Tours: Historic tours of the Cathedral Evensong: At 3.30pm - Cathedral Girls Choir 10th Anniversary Service
- all welcome Performance: Sat 9th July 2005 3:00pm in the Cloisters Above and Below is a site-specific project by the artist and writer Gary
O'Connor, which explores notions of history and recall. The second piece is an installation which can be found in the
Cathedral Library. Supported by Outpost Gallery Norwich as part of their Outposts project,
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 Carlo Curley - The Pavarotti of the Pipes Carlo Curley playing in the Cathedral Image by Jason Bye |
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'Battle
of the Organs' - Organ Recital Saturday 11 June 2005, at 7.30 pm Carlo Curley - the 'Pavarotti of the Pipes' comes to Norwich Cathedral The American organ virtuoso Carlo Curley will return to Norwich Cathedral for an evening of popular organ music including duets with the Cathedral Organists in a friendly Battle of the Organs. Carlo has played the organ all over the world and is famous for playing his Allen touring organ which enhances the visual aspects of his concerts. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programmes worldwide and his hugely entertaining concerts regularly play to capacity audiences. Come and enjoy the combined sounds of the cathedral organ and Carlo's Allen in an evening of family musical 'pops'. The Cathedral Restaurant will be open before the concert and during the interval. Featuring: Carlo Curley with David Dunnett
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Norwich
Cathedral's Benedictine Herb Garden finds a permanent home - A new garden
for the community! Work began last autumn to create a permanent new home for Norwich Cathedral's
Benedictine Herb Garden, with the help of eager volunteers and the assistance
of an environmental task force of young people from Pelcombe Training.
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  The Norwich Cathdral Roof Bosses © Julia Hedgecoe  The Cloister Labyrinth  Roof Boss © Julia
Hedgecoe  Roof Boss © Julia Hedgecoe  Roof Boss © Julia Hedgecoe  Noah's Arc Roof Boss © Julia Hedgecoe |
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Saturday 28th
May 2005, from 10am - 3pm Medieval Mysteries and Living History! Norwich Cathedral is holding an exciting "Medieval Mysteries" event on Saturday May 28th giving everyone the chance to find out all about life in Norwich in Medieval times. The event is run by Norwich Cathedral Education and Community Outreach Departments. The day will run from 10.00am - 3.00pm and will include; 2.30 pm - A medieval mystery play telling the story of Noah, performed by Norwich Young Peoples Theatre A chance to meet a whole host of characters from Medieval England Children's art and craft activities All the activities and the performance are free! You can learn all about the Cathedral's beautifully carved medieval stone 'roof bosses'. These carved keystones show scenes from the bible stories, have a lot in common with medieval theatre and are some of the Cathedral's greatest treasures. There will also be an opportunity to join the choral evensong at the end of the day (3.30 pm) and learn about a musical tradition dating back hundreds of years at the Cathedral. This event is part of a wider programme of Hospitality, Education and
Worship offered at Norwich Cathedral. Mystery Plays The 'N' Town' cycle of plays, from which 'Noah's Flood' is taken, are thought to have been plays written for a town in Norfolk, but records do not reveal which one. Noah's Flood The Norwich Cathedral Roof Bosses 1300 - 1515 The Organisers Norwich Young People's Theatre provides a range of acting, singing and movement classes for young people aged 5 - 25 years. Based at the Open Youth Venue, classes are designed to inspire and develop the creativity of young people, whilst building confidence and self-awareness at the same time. Contact: Norwich Cathedral Education Tel: 01603 218 320 |
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Norwich Young People's
Theatre present... 'Romeo and Juliet' by William Shakespeare Performances at the Cathedral Thursday 19 - Saturday 21 May 2005 at 7.30 pm Performance at the Forum, Norwich Saturday 22 May 2005 at 2.30 pm Brought to you in association with Norwich Cathedral and The Forum Norwich Tickets: £6 (£4 concessions) Froom: Norwich Puppet Theatre Box Office Tel: 01603 629 921 Links The Forum, Norwich BBC Preview Norwich Puppet Theatre See other drama at Norwich Cathedral Noah's Flood - Mystery Play, Norwich Young Peoples' Theatre The Flood - Sprowston Community Theatre |
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Brush with Faith - exhibition Christians of all denominations are invited to join the arts community in enjoying a wonderful collection of art works put together by the Methodist Church. The collection has been touring the country since 1963 but has never been seen in Norfolk. The original aim of the collection was to inspire congregations and help them appreciate what modern art can do to beautify church buildings and to enhance worship. The collection of over 40 items, is mostly paintings with one or two works in other media. The event will give Christians a chance to spend time as stewards and
to engage with the public who come to view the exhibition. Many of the
pictures are quite arresting to look at and make a powerful impact. Links
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Make
Poverty History Campaign and photographic exhibition An exhibition of art-work and photography by local artist Heidi Pendergrast,
highlighting issues of poverty and aspirations amongst young people in
Africa. MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY is a coalition of over 200 development agencies,
campaigns, faith groups, trade unions and other organisations - united
in a belief that 2005 provides a unique opportunity for action to help
bring an end to global poverty. They are calling on the leaders of the
G8, including the UK, to take substantial and immediate action to bring
an end to global poverty.
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Fine
Art Sculpture entitled 'Crown of Thorns' Installation at Norwich Cathedral "The head that once was crowned with thorns Second year Fine Art BA students Alfonso Dittrich and Alison Atkins, have created a 'crown of thorns' sculpture for exhibition in Norwich Cathedral. The piece which at the base is 2 meters in diameter, and 5 meters in height, was created in the Sculpture Workshops at NSAD and hung in the Cathedral nave until Saturday 26 March 2005. Inspiration for the piece comes from the opening lines of the Passion Hymn by Thomas Kelly (1820); creating the piece as course work, the students were invited by the Dean of Norwich, The Very Revd Graham Smith, to exhibit the sculpture in the cathedral. The installation functioned as something of a devotional aid throughout the run up to Easter. The sculpture, which is made from black metal wire, uses thorns as a prominent feature. Together, many layers of thorns combine into a spiral structure which extended high into the cathedral nave vaulting. Statement from the Artists: "Our ideas when considering this project were directed to extending
the form of a 'crown of thorns' into a continuous spiraling ladder which,
as well as representing a possible religious journey, would visually be
an exciting structure to occupy this large space and complement the wonderful
cathedral architecture". Links
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The outer wall of the cloister west walk, now cleaned and restored Scaffolds coming down |
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Cloister
restoration work finished ahead of schedule
The restoration project on the Cathedral Cloisters is finished, ahead
of schedule - the work was due to have finished by March 2005. Henry Freeland, the Cathedral architect explained "This refurbishment work needed to be done to avoid deterioration of the structure; the cost (is now) a great deal less than if we waited to do the repairs when we started work on the new Hostry building." News posted 18 February 2005 |
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Following final-hour talks an agreement between Norwich Cathedral and the City Council, over who could pay the electricity bill for the floodlights, has been achieved, meaning that the Cathedral floodlights will stay on.
The Dean of Norwich, The Very Revd Graham Smith said; “The city council is going to fund the cost of floodlighting the cathedral, and I am delighted”.
Background story: Negotiations over payment of these costs between the council and the cathedral had been ongoing for several weeks. The news that the cathedral will continue to be floodlit is good news for the local area; Norwich Cathedral is a famous and important regional landmark. Although foremost a place of worship, the cathedral is well known throughout the county as an icon of heritage, spirituality and beauty, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors to the region every year.
The Dean stated that”the illumination of the cathedral spire is something which benefits the city and the region as a whole. It is a major heritage site, and very much a crucial part of the tourist agenda.”
The contribution Norwich Cathedral makes to the region is typical to that made by other English Cathedrals. In December 2004 English Heritage released an annual audit on behalf of the heritage sector entitled ’Heritage Counts’. The document emphasised the significance of the Economic and Social impact of English cathedrals, estimating that cathedrals contribute a total of £150 million to their communities, and are visited by approx. 9 million people, each year.
Besides enhancing the local economy, Norwich Cathedral offers the community
a range of opportunities for education, events and volunteering. Norwich
Cathedral is committed to spending money on maintaining and improving
the services and facilities it offers, and is currently involved in a
major fundraising campaign to continue this work.
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RETAKE - NORFOLK LIFE? This is the first exhibition by recovering addicts as they start to RETAKE
their LIVES
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HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
to attends Service of Thanksgiving Gresham's School celebrates its 450th Anniversary this year. A special
Service of Thanksgiving was held in the cathedral on Friday 11th February.
The service was attended by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, who is a Patron
of the School. The Duke and the Dean entered the Cathedral at the end of a liturgical procession, which also included a number of notable dignitaries from the county. Persons in attendance included, Councillor Joyce Divers, Lord Mayor of Norwich, Mr John Ashton, High Sheriff of Norfolk, Anthony Duckworth-Chad Esq Deputy Lieutenant. At the end of the service, the Duke of Edinburgh spent about twenty minutes
in the cloister, where he met members of the Gresham's School choirs,
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New Canon Pastor
installed at Norwich Cathedral At Choral Evensong on Saturday 12 February Richard Capper has been Canon Pastoral at Wakefield Cathedral since 1997 and, before that, worked in the Diocese of Liverpool. He is married to Angela and they have 3 children, David (28), Matthew (25) and Ruth (20). Amongst his interests is Rugby League - he is a St Helen's supporter. Canon Richard will be installed at Choral Evensong on Saturday 12 February. Wakefield has taken its new bishop from Norwich and is now returning the compliment by providing us with our new Canon Pastor. We look forward to welcoming Richard and Angela into the life of the Cathedral. *Note on the role of Canon Pastor From The Rev Canon Jeremy Haselock, Precentor at Norwich Cathedral The Canon Pastor is that member of Chapter charged with the Pastoral
Care of the cathedral congregation. We are of course not a parish church
but do have a large, regular congregation whose pastoral needs must be
met. All of the Clergy are called to be pastors but in an organisation
like ours, it is always good to know that one of our senior clergy has
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 The Dean and Canon Pastor, head to head  Choristers in action  Race chaos |
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NEWS FEBRUARY 2005 Norwich Cathedral Pancake Races Shrove Tuesday, 8th February 2005 on The Lower Close Green (if not) Sports fans, members of the public and the press enjoyed this highlight
of the Church-Sports calendar, the Norwich Cathedral Pancake Grand Prix
Spectacular. The line up included: The Racing Form The Girls Choir: Taller, stronger and a lot older than the Choristers, the Girls' Choir is celebrating its 10th anniversary year. They were able to celebrate this fine achievement with a fine performance on the field. RAF Coltishall: Kindly responsible for supplying the pancakes, from a field kitchen en situ; their experience, cooking skills and confidence with the pan gave them a clear advantage. The Norwich Cathedral Runners: Having experienced the gruelling London Marathon, these athletes were no strangers to competitive race meetings, and so were favourites for pancake glory. Members of Cathedral staff: A mixed bunch; rumours abound that
their new signing, the Dean of Norwich, The Very Revd Graham Smith, would
pull a few surprises...he did, HE WON! |
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NEWS JANUARY 2005 Tsunami Memorial Service - Sunday 30 January 2005, at 3.30 pm At Norwich Cathedral, broadcast live on Radio Norfolk Radio Norfolk set up a studio in the Cathedral Tribune Gallery, from
where they broadcast the service live. There was a particular focus on the losses experienced by Norfolk families.
It is hoped that many people will attend in order to commemorate this
tragedy. |
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NEWS JANUARY 2005 An Artist's War An exhibition of painting by Philippa Miller At Norwich Cathedral, North Transept, between 10th - 24th January 2005 This unique collection of watercolours by artist Pippa Miller presents her interpretation of the experience of living in Norwich durimg the Second World War. This exhibtion is also in celebration of the artist's 100th birthday.
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BBC Webcam in the Cathedral
for BBC website
In the Cathedral Nave, facing nave and west window. A webcam has been installed by the BBC to film images of the Cathedral Nave. The web cam is situated centrally, overlooking the nave and west window. It records live, still images of the nave, west window and high altar, which are featured on the BBC website. Images are updated online every 2-3 minutes, no sound is recorded. Go to the BBC webcam Go to the BBC Faith
section for more information about the Cathedral Images of Norwich Cathedral Christmas services will all feature on this
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Heritage Lottery Funding achieved
The application is for a total grant of £2.3 million and is for the Hostry - Visitor and Education Centre. This will be the second and final phase of the new development on the historic site. Stage One approval from the HLF means that the Cathedral team can now proceed with the detailed work that will need to be completed over the next four to six months. Campaign Director Jeremy Robson said: "The grant we are applying to the HLF for requires a two stage process. We are now in a position where they have given us the first stage approval for both the scheme and our application for funding". "The next stage is more complex in that we have to provide substantially more information according to the requirements of the HLF. However £184,000 of the HLF grant will go towards helping to pull that together. Each application is different and this additional information will differ from one project to the next. Essentially we have to prove the viability and sustainability of all that we are planning and then have it endorsed by the Trustees of the HLF." Robyn Greenblatt, HLF's Regional Manager in the East of England added; 'Norwich Cathedral is one of the finest Norman buildings in Europe and a cultural icon in the region. This award will be hugely beneficial for everyone from local people to the thousands of visitors that come to Norwich from around the world to explore its history.' To date the Inspiration for the Future campaign has raised an impressive £8.3 million which does not include any HLF funding. The first phase of the development plan has seen the completion 12 months ago of the award-winning Refectory and Phase 2 will complete the development along the west side of the Cathedral. Commenting on the Stage One approval the Very Revd Graham Smith, Dean of Norwich Cathedral said: "We are delighted that we are safely over the first hurdle but there is still much work to be done in order to successfully complete the second stage of our application. Within our campaign budget we have planned for consultancy support to help our work on Stage Two. By combining that specialist knowledge with our own internal capability we feel confident we can deliver the right package to the HLF Trustees. "These ambitious developments at the Cathedral may be new build but actually we are simply reinstating the historic footprint of this landmark site. The stunning new Refectory is on the site of the original refectory used by the Benedictine monks at the south end of the cloisters. Phase 2 of the project, encompassing the remaining Hostry arch, will be on the site of the original Hostry building which was the first point of welcome for visitors. When it is all complete, we will once again see Norwich Cathedral on the scale it was some 900 years ago and thus providing the much needed facilities to people of all ages both now and for many generations to come," The Dean added. As the Trustees of the HLF meet on a quarterly basis, a final decision
on the grant will not be known until December at the earliest and possibly
not until March 2006.
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