January - July 2017

Arts

& Music

Welcome to our new Arts and Music

brochure. We aim to offer a

programme of music, art and spoken

word events that will appeal to a

wide range of tastes and interests as

well as enhancing the beautiful

building that is Bradford Cathedral.

Musical events this season include a

singing workshop with Iona musician

John Bell, Bradford Chorale’s spring

concert, the Cathedral Choir’s

summer concert and the opportunity

to ‘Come and Sing’ Evensong, as well

as our regular series of Tuesday

morning coffee concerts and

Bradford Council’s Friday evening

chamber music concerts. We are

delighted that the Cathedral Choir

will again be singing with the

European Chamber Orchestra on

7 Apri l , performing Haydn’s

St Nicholas Mass.

8 March is International Women’s

Day and Irene Lofthouse will be

reading the poetry and telling the

stories of women of the First World

War. We are very pleased to host, for

the third year, Bradford Literature

Festival’s closing Sacred Poetry event.

And this season we also launch a

series of Art and Theology lectures,

with Professor Ben Quash, the

Cathedral’s Canon Theologian, giving

the first lecture.

Our exh ib i t ion p rog ramme

promises to be a rich feast, with

Sarah McWhinney’s video installation

Rhythm o f the Da les , and

photographic exh ib i t ions by

Ian Beesley and our Head Verger

Jon Howard. Lisa Kilty gives us

spiritually inspired paintings, some

created especially for Bradford

Cathedral, and Sharon Snaylam offers

us her paintings of landscapes. Finally,

we welcome a pop-up exhibition

only three days long, of hand-made

knitted items in celebration of

St Bla ise , the Patron Saint

of Woolcombers.

I look forward to welcoming you to

Bradford Cathedral.

Introduction: The Dean of Bradford

REGULAR SERVICES

Weekday Services

Sunday Services

7.30am Holy Communion (Wed)

8.30am Morning Prayer

10.15am Holy Communion (Wed)

5.30pm Evensong (Mon, Tues, Thurs)

5.30pm Evening Prayer (Wed, Fri, Sat)

8.00am Holy Communion

10.15am Cathedral Eucharist

4.00pm Choral Evensong

Event Overview

DATE TIME EVENT TICKETS

4 December to

2 February Opening Hours

Luke Owens

The Gift of Christmas FREE

Fri 27 January 7.30pm Chamber Concert

Fidelio Trio

Nave: £17

Aisle: £15

3 February to

5 February Opening Hours Bring Back Great Knits FREE

12 February to

23 February Opening Hours

Sarah McWhinney

Rhythm of the Dales FREE

Tues 14 February 11.00am Coffee Concert

Galina Vale

Retiring

collection

1 March to

16 April Opening Hours

Ian Beesley

Edge of Darkness FREE

Wed 8 March 7.15pm Irene Lofthouse

Words, Women and War

Adults: £5

Under 16: £3

Fri 10 March 7.30pm Chamber Concert

Emily Sun

Nave: £17

Aisle: £15

Sat 11 March 1.00pm RSCM Singing Workshop £6

Tues 14 March 11.00am Coffee Concert

James Berry

Retiring

collection

Sat 18 March 7.00pm The Bradford Chorale’s

Spring Concert

Advance: £10

Door: £12

Fri 7 April 7.30pm Chamber Concert

European Union Chamber Orchestra

Nave: £17

Aisle: £15

Tues 11 April 11.00pm Coffee Concert

Anna Prosser and Hannah Mason

Retiring

collection

April 22 to

May 28 Opening Hours

Lisa Kilty

Affinity FREE

Fri 5 May 7.30pm Chamber Concert

Alauda Quartet

Nave: £17

Aisle: £15

Tues 9 May 11.00am Coffee Concert

Pamela Greener

Retiring

collection

Wed 24 May 7.00pm Lecture

Professor Ben Quash FREE

2 June to

2 July Opening Hours

Sharon Snaylam

Tirlun: Picture of the Land FREE

Tues 13 June 11.00am Coffee Concert

David Edmonds

Retiring

collection

Sun 18 June 1.30pm Come and Sing Evensong Adults: £6

Children: FREE

7 July to

31 August Opening Hours

Jon Howard

A Verger’s View FREE

Sat 8 July 6.30pm Cathedral Choir Concert £8

Sun 9 July 7.00pm Bradford Literature Festival

Sacred Poetry TBA

20 July to

22 July

Evening 7.15pm

Sat matinee 2.30pm

ACT

The Taming of the Shrew

Adults: £10

Concessions: £7

Events

4 December to 2 February

THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS Paper Cuts by Luke Owens

Enter into a quiet space of reflection this Christmas-tide through to Epiphany

and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. This exhibition explores both his arrival

and gives a glimpse of his future. Both his arrival and passing were a gift for all

of us.

Friday 27 January at 7.30pm

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Fidelio Trio

Music by Beethoven, Faure and Smetana

Tickets £17 & £15 (inclusive of booking fees), available from

the Alhambra Theatre box office 01274 432000 and

www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

3 February to 5 February

BRING BACK GREAT KNITS An exhibition of handmade knits and their stories submitted by

Bradfordians, as part of a weekend of eventsremembering St Blaise, the

Patron Saint of Woolcombers. The Cathedral will form part of the

procession route originally taken in 1825 celebrating the life of the

martyred Bishop Blaise, a saint commemorated in the carving above the

Dean's stall in the Cathedral.

12 February to 23 February

SARAH McWHINNEY: RHYTHM OF THE DALES

Sarah McWhinney is a final-year student at Glasgow School of Art. Her

installation explores the natural beauty of Yorkshire Karst limestone gorges

through moving image and sound.

The imagery of these films has been inspired by the underground systems

and caves which famously punctuate the landscape of Yorkshire, formed

over thousands of years by the movement of water. Sarah’s films reference

1930s experimental film techniques digitally enhanced and layered to

synchronise with cello music composed after weekends spent roaming the

Yorkshire Dales.

Opening on Sunday 12 February at 12noon, with live music, following the

morning service.

Events

Tuesday 14 February

COFFEE CONCERT Galina Vale, Classical Guitar

Flamboyant Ukrainian born guitarist Galina Vale presents a varied programme of

music from the Flamenco tradition and from classical composers including

Paganini, Rossini, Brahms and Bach.

Join us for coffee and cake at 10.30am followed by our 11.00am concert.

FREE event with retiring collection in aid of the Organ Appeal.

1 March to 16 April

EDGE OF DARKNESS Photographs by Ian Beesley with poems by Ian McMillan

Twilight is being affected by current levels of environmental pollution. Light

pollution drives us further into the wildness to encounter the full spectrum of

twilight and the wonder of the night sky. Our Lent exhibition of Ian Beesley's

photographs of Yorkshire enables us to come close to Jesus' experience of

forty-two days in the wilderness.

Wednesday 8 March at 7.15pm

IRENE LOFTHOUSE: WORDS, WOMEN AND WAR

Women in WW1 were extensively involved during the conflict. Not only as

mothers, wives, sisters, fiancés and friends, but as volunteers, workers, poets and

writers. This is now being recognised by recent research via 'Wenches in

Trenches: the Roses of No Man's Land', 'Female Poets of WW1' and other

investigations. Come and discover some of these hidden histories and secret

stories; encounter local women poets and writers; share their experiences and the

impact on their lives with actor and writer Irene Lofthouse.

Tickets £5, under 16 £3

Suitable for age 12+

Refreshments available from 6.45pm

Friday 10 March at 7.30pm

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Emily Sun, Violin

Jennifer Hughes, Piano

Music by Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Wieniawski

Tickets £17 & £15 (inclusive of booking fees), available from the Alhambra

Theatre box office 01274 432000 and www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

Events

Saturday 11 March at 1.00 - 5.00pm

RSCM SINGING WORKSHOP John Bell

John Bell is an internationally recognised hymn-writer, Church of Scotland minister

and member of the Iona Community. All are welcome to this choral workshop at which

John will teach a variety of music and worship songs suitable for use in churches of all

denominations. The ability to read music is not necessary, just a love of melody and

of singing.

£6 including refreshments

Tuesday 14 March

COFFEE CONCERT James Berry, Baritone

Alexander Berry, Piano

Featuring the Cathedral’s organs, baritone James Berry performs

songs from the sacred and secular repertoire, accompanied by the Cathedral’s

Director of Music Alexander Berry.

Join us for coffee and cake at 10.30am followed by our 11.00am concert.

FREE event with retiring collection in aid of the Organ Appeal.

Saturday 18 March at 7.00pm

THE BRADFORD CHORALE’S SPRING CONCERT

Karl Jenkins, The Armed Man: Reflections on WWI

Jon Payne, Conductor

Tickets in advance £10, £12 on the day (under 14 free) from

01274 591644 and tickets@bradfordchorale.org.uk

Performance followed by refreshments

Friday 7 April at 7.30pm

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT European Union Chamber Orchestra with Bradford Cathedral Choir

Eva Stegeman, Director

Alex Berry, Director Bradford Cathedral Choir

Benjamin Goldscheider, Horn

Music by Haydn, Mozart and Tchaikovsky

Tickets £17 & £15 (inclusive of booking fees), available from the

Alhambra Theatre box office 01274 432000 and

www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

Events

Tuesday 11 April

COFFEE CONCERT Anna Prosser, Soprano

Hannah Mason, Mezzo Soprano

Performing Pergolesi’s ‘Stabat Mater’ for Holy Week.

Join us for coffee and cake at 10.30am followed by our

11.00am concert.

FREE event with retiring collection in aid of the Organ Appeal.

April 22 to May 28

LISA KILTY: AFFINITY

An exhibition of spiritually inspired paintings by local artist Lisa Kilty.

Lisa has created work especially for the Cathedral including ‘The Annunciation’.

She will also be exhibiting a large triptych, two years in the making, called

‘The re-appropriation of St George’.

Preview Friday 21 April 7.00 - 8.30pm

Friday 5 May at 7.30pm

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT Alauda Quartet

Music by Mozart, Beethoven and Borodin

Tickets £17 & £15 (inclusive of booking fees), available from the Alhambra

Theatre box office 01274 432000 and www.bradford-theatres.co.uk

Tuesday 9 May

COFFEE CONCERT Pamela Greener, Vocals and Piano

A virtuoso pianist and composer of humorous songs of current topical

interest, Pamela performing some of her own songs along with piano medleys

from well known West End shows.

Join us for coffee and cake at 10.30am followed by our 11.00am concert.

FREE event with retiring collection in aid of the Organ Appeal.

Affinity An exhibition of paintings by

Lisa Kilty

www.lisakilty.co.uk

22 April - 28 May

Exhibition Preview Friday 21 April

7.00pm - 8:30pm

Events

Wednesday 24 May at 7.00pm

PROFESSOR BEN QUASH:

CAN CONTEMPORARY ART BE DEVOTIONAL ART?

Ben Quash is Professor of Christianity and the Arts in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London, and Canon Theologian at Bradford

Cathedral. He launches our new series of lectures on Art and Theology.

As the Roman Catholic Church opens a pavilion at the Venice Biennale and many

Protestant traditions cast aside their traditional distrust of images and storm back

into the arena of contemporary visual art, a new set of critical categories may be

called for. To be valuable, these should probably be both aesthetic and theological.

What makes a work of art ‘work' in an ecclesial setting? And what ‘work' should

be expected of it anyway?

FREE event, with refreshments available from 6.30pm

2 June to 2 July

SHARON SNAYLAM

TIRLUN: PICTURE OF THE LAND

Tirlun is a Welsh word meaning ‘Picture of the Land’. In this work Sharon explores and relates memories of her experiences of walking in landscapes to personal

events in her life. The journey varies as it moves through different perspectives.

Opening event Friday 9 June at 7.00pm

Tuesday 13 June

COFFEE CONCERT David Edmonds, Flute

Charles Edmondson, Piano

A Flute Fiesta

An anthology of dance music from four different centuries, including a 17th century

Moor’s dance by Tylman Susato and a 20th century Csardas by Vittorio Monti.

Join us for coffee and cake at 10.30am followed by our 11.00am concert.

FREE event with retiring collection in aid of the Organ Appeal.

Sunday 18 June at 1.30pm

RSCM ANNUAL FESTIVAL

COME AND SING EVENSONG

All singers and choirs are welcome to join Bradford Cathedral Choir at Choral Evensong.

1.30 Registration

2.00 Rehearsal with Alexander Berry, conductor and Jon Payne, organ

3.00 Rehearsal with the Cathedral Choir

4.00 Evensong

£6 including music and refreshments, children free

Events

7 July to 31 August

A VERGER’S VIEW Photographs by Jon Howard

For the past twelve years Head Verger Jon Howard

has been taking photographs in and around the

Cathedral. This exhibition contains just some of Jon's

favourites from the many hundreds he has taken.

Saturday 8 July at 6.30pm

CATHEDRAL CHOIR CONCERT Alexander Berry, Conductor

Jon Payne, Organ

Bradford Cathedral Choir performs a wonderful selection of choral

church music spanning the centuries, in the Cathedral’s glorious acoustic.

Tickets £8

choir@bradfordcathedral.org

www.facebook.com/BradfordCathedralChoir

Sunday 9 July at 7.00pm

BRADFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL: SACRED POETRY

Bradford Literature Festival comes to a contemplative close with its annual

celebration of divine music and verse from across the religious spectrum. Join us for

this fantastic flagship event, performed in the majestic setting of Bradford Cathedral.

For more information, contact info@bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk

Or visit www.bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk

In partnership with Provident Financial Group

Thursday 20 July to Saturday 22 July

SHAKESPEARE: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Actors’ Community Theatre

Two wealthy sisters are the most eligible ladies in Padua’s marriage market,

but there’s a problem for the waiting suitors. The eldest must marry first,

and she’s an angry, unmanageable ‘shrew’. What kind of man would take

her on … and what would he do once he’d got her? A darkly comic tale of

rebellion and control.

Performed by ACT (Actors' Community Theatre) in the Cathedral grounds,

in the Cathedral if wet. Thursday to Saturday at 7.15pm and Saturday

matinee at 2.30pm.

Tickets £10 / £7 concessions

Exhibitions are generally open during normal opening hours

Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 4.30pm, Sunday 11.30am to 4.00pm

Parking is available at The Broadway Bradford from 6am until 1am every day.

Access is off Hall Ings (satnav BD1 1JR).

Daily charges are £3 weekdays and £1.50 at weekends.

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Disclaimer: All information is correct at the time of print but may be subject to

change without notice. Please check with the Cathedral Office if you are making a

special journey as the programme may be subject to change or special

circumstances may prevent or restrict access.

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