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The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, [6] is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. [7] Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by ...
The City of Bath Bach Choir gave its inaugural concert in June 1947 in Bath Abbey, [2] performing J. S. Bach's Mass in B minor.Cuthert Bates chose Alan Bennett, then head of music at City of Bath Boys' School (today Beechen Cliff School), to take on the roles of collaborator, assistant musical director and assistant director of the Bath Bach Festivals; the distinguished composer Dr. Ralph ...
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. It has had several organs since the first was installed in 1634 and multiple organists and assistant organists since the 16th century.
1975–1986 Peter King (later organist of Bath Abbey) [40] 1986–1994 Mark Shepherd [40] (later organist of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick) 1994–2002 Robert Sharpe [40] (later organist of Truro Cathedral and York Minster) 2002–2007 Alexander Mason 7 [41] (later organist of St Davids Cathedral) 2007 Cathy Lamb and 2008 Martyn ...
The same form of the oath was retained in the Second Rescension, which is traditionally ascribed to Saint Dunstan for King Edgar's coronation at Bath Abbey in 973 AD. However, in this and later versions, the position of the oath in the liturgy moved from being the final element of the service to one of the first, before the consecration ...
The first BBC broadcast of Choral Evensong came from Westminster Abbey in 1926 The first edition was relayed by the British Broadcasting Company from Westminster Abbey on 7 October 1926. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The programme continued on the BBC Home Service , later BBC Radio 4 , until 8 April 1970, when it moved to BBC Radio 3.
Bath Abbey is an Anglican parish church and Grade I listed building in the English city of Bath. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country.
King organised the restoration of Bath Abbey after 1500. The story of the refounding is told on the front of the Abbey in carved Bath stone. King had a dream in which he saw a host of angels on a ladder, the Holy Trinity and an olive tree with a crown on it. He heard a voice: 'Let an Olive establish the crown, and let a King restore the Church.'