1 Blackburn Cathedral - English Cathedrals Music



last updated:
3 Dec 1998

Blackburn Cathedral

St Mary

Un-official site

Director of Music:

 Richard Tanner (June 1998)

Assistant:

 Timothy Cooke (from Sept 1998)
(was Ben Saunders, 1996-1998, now assistant at Chester Cathedral)

Organ:

 W Walker. 3 manuals, divided N&S beyond the central space.
Blackburn organ has its own web pages.

Choir:

 30 boys, 4A 4T 8B.
There has also been a Young People's Choir for almost 30 years now. It comprises teenage girls on the top line and ex-boy choristers as ATB. They sing Matins at 9.15 each week. We also have a separate girls' choir which sings on Tuesday & Thursday.

Services:

 Evensong daily at 5.00 pm. In term time: Tuesdays (Girls voices or visiting schools), Wednesdays (Boys voices), Thursdays (Girls voices), Saturdays - normally at 3.30 pm often sung by visiting choirs.
Sunday: Matins at 9.15am (Choral in term time and Festivals), Cathedral Eucharist 10:30am, Evensong 4:00pm
Telephone: 01254 51491

Recordings:

Foxglove

(most recently Noel Sings)

Priory

  • A Feast of Organ Exuberance - Kevin Bower (PRCD 001)
  • The Choral and Organ Music of Charles Wood directed by David Cooper (PRCD 484)

Other
Information:

Previous
Organists:

 Herman Brearley (1916-1939)
Thomas Duerden (1939-1964)
John Bertalot (1964-1982
David Cooper (1983-1994)
Gordon Stewart (1994-1998)

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