Events
Everyone is welcome at our services.
For further details see our Music List. Date: Thursday 23rd, February 2012 Event Location: Lincoln Cathedral Everyone is welcome at our services.
For further details see our Music List. Date: Friday 24th, February 2012 Event Location: Lincoln Cathedral Everyone is welcome at our services.
For further details see our Music List. Date: Saturday 25th, February 2012 Event Location: Lincoln Cathedral Talk by Rosemary Mason, the Nosegay Maker to H.M. The Queen:
Royal Maundy: A Nosegay for H.M. The Queen
This talk will cover the history behind the Royal Maundy Service and a demonstration of a nosegay. Doors will open 30 minutes prior to each (identical) event (2.30 and again at 7.30).
Tickets available towards the end of September from the Cathedral Shop (follow link below to the box office) or from Carol Hill (01522 723967) or during coffee after the Sunday Eucharist. Tickets £12, to include light refreshment. In the Chapter House. Date: Friday 2nd, March 2012 Event Location: Lincoln Cathedral Find out what life as a Cathedral Chorister is like, with no commitment to join! Boys and girls aged 7 to 11 can join Lincoln’s Choir for rehearsals, lunch and Evensong. Places are limited and timings are to be confirmed. For further information or to book, please contact Miss Shirley Jordan: 01522 551342 or e-mail shirley.jordan@church-schools.com Date: Saturday 3rd, March 2012 Event Location: Lincoln Cathedral Lunchtime Concert by The Dutch Choral Singers to be held in the Chapter House.
The Dutch Choral Singers is the name of a new project choir in the northern Netherlands and offers people the opportunity to sing in the great Cathedrals of England. We are delighted to welcome them to Lincoln Cathedral
The Dutch Choral Singers were founded by Henk de Vries, organist to the Choir and Edwin Velvis, Conductor and Choir Master. Both have many years experience in the Anglican choral and musical tradition.
Entrance
Entrance to the concert is free to anyone who has paid entry to the Cathedral that day and to visitors who hold a valid Lincoln Cathedral pass.
If you require any further inforamtion please call 01522 561600 or email visitors@lincolncathedral.com
Biography
Organist - Henk de Vries(1979) has studied organ at the Conservatory in Groningen with Johan Beeftink and Theo Jellema and attended master classes with Almut Rössler, Olivier Latry and Christophe Mantoux. Henk is a titular organist at St Peter to Zuidbroek and plays the beautiful Schnitger organ from Freytag 1795. Concert tours have taken Henk all over the world, including Belgium, Germany, England, France, Italy and Hungary brought. In May 2011 he had his first concert tour in the USA. He played concerts in the states of Washington DC, Virginia and the American Guild of Organists in Pennsylvania.
Choir master - Edwin Velvis (1968) was introduced to the English choral music on a trip to Cambridge in 1989. Soon he became involved in the Roden Boys Choir where he spent over ten years where he sung bass. Edwin studied music, singing and choral conducting at the Conservatory in Groningen, and the SNK in Utrecht. In addition, he regularly travels to England to keep abreast of developments in the choral music and to pursue his hobby: photography.
In the early '90s, he led various projects choir he founded and youth choirs. Later he took care of children's executive courses at the School of the Arts in Arnhem (1999, 2000). In June 2003 he graduated with his Youth Ensemble Focaliber first prize for small ensembles with the highest points in a preliminary round of the National Choir Festival where 28 choirs participated. He is currently employed as a conductor in five choirs and choir projects He also gives voice lessons and organises regular workshops with choirs and gives vocal training courses to choir singers.
Date: Saturday 3rd, March 2012 Event Location: Lincoln Cathedral The Lincolnshire YMCA Sleep Easy is a sponsored night to raise funds for a team of volunteers from the YMCA to go to New Delhi, India, to assist with a community project, building their confidence and changing their lives. Participants will be 'sleeping rough' on the East Green outside Lincoln Cathedral. Details of this project can be found at www.asha.india.org
Participants must be 18 or older. To register, visit the YMCA website: www.lincsymca.co.uk
For further details contact Sally Williams: sally.williams@lincsymca.co.uk Date: Saturday 3rd, March 2012 - Sunday 4th, March 2012 Event Location: Lincoln Cathedral Date: Sunday 4th, March 2012 Event Location: Lincoln Cathedral After wonderful feedback from visitors and staff, Lincoln Cathedral is proud to announce that, once again, we will be part of the Discover Lincolnshire Weekend on the 10th March.
This will give visitors the opportunity to come and enjoy the Cathedral in all its splendour for free.
Guides and stewards will be available throughout the day for visitors to talk to and we will be running Roof and Tower tours at regular intervals. Numbers will be limited on each tour and restrictions may apply. Tours will cost £3.00 per person for each tour and can be booked at the entry desk on the day. Unfortunately we will be unable to take advance bookings and should you arrive late for a tour we will be unable to hold your place or refund.
The wonderful Wren Library, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, will be open for visitors to enjoy. Lincoln Cathedral library is reputedly one of the finest rare book libraries in the East Midlands and among the top five cathedral library collections in England. As well as a reference collection of c.10,000 items, we also hold 260 medieval manuscripts, including works of theology, canon law, devotional books, music and literature.
On Sunday visitors are welcome to enter the Cathedral although there will be restricted access during services. Everyone is welcome at our services. Unfortunately we will not be running tours and the Library will not be open on this day.
If you would like any further information please call 01522 561600 or email visitors@lincolncathedral.com.
Date: Saturday 10th, March 2012 Event Location: Lincoln Cathedral Date: Wednesday 14th, March 2012 Event Location: Bishop Grosseteste University CollegeServices
Time: 7:30 AM - 5:30 PMServices
Time: 7:30 AM - 5:30 PMServices
Time: 7:30 AM - 5:30 PMRoyal Maundy: A Nosegay for H.M. The Queen
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PMBe A Chorister for a Day
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PMConcert by the Dutch Choral Singers
Time: 1:10 PM - 2:00 PMLincolnshire YMCA Sleep Easy 2012
Time: 7:00 PM - 7:00 AMOrgan Recital performed by Charles Harrison
Admission charge will be £5.00 and seating will be located in the Nave and St Hugh's Choir of the Cathedral Programme J S Bach: Toccata and Fugue in F BWV 540 Percy Whitlock: Four Extemporisations Carol; Divertimento; Fidelis; Fanfare Paul Hindenith: Sonata no 2 Lebhaft; Ruhig bewegt; Fuge: Mäßig bewegt, heiter César Franck: Cantabile
Maurice Duruflé: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain
For further information please contact: (01522) 561600 or (01522) 561646 or email: visitors@lincolncathedral.com or colinwalsh1@btinternet.comFollow the link to find out more about C harles Harrison
Time: 5:30 PM - 6:15 PMDiscover Lincolnshire Weekend
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PMOpen lecture by Trevor Dennis
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM