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Last updated:
27 January 1998

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St Peter & St Wilfrid

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Organist:
Kerry Beaumont (1994)

Assistant:
Andrew Bryden (Easter 1998)

Organ:
T C Lewis (1879), Harrison & Harrison (c1920). Rebuilt by Harrison & Harrison in 1988.
4 manuals. Sited on the Screen.

Choir:
18 boys (choir school), 2A, 3T, 3B.
In September 1996, a Cathedral Girls Choir (ages 8-15, non-residentiary) of 22 voices was created. The girls sing 2 to 4 times per month.

Services:
5:30 on Mon (boys), Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat.
Sunday: 9:30 Eucharist, 11:30 Mattins, 5:30 Evensong.
Telephone: 01765 603462

Recordings:
  • Priory  Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Vol 12 directed by Kerry Beaumont (PRCD 555)
  • Foxglove Records, Leeds: Cathedral Music from the 20th Century
  • Meridian Records: Portrait of an Orchestra - Ripon Cathedral Choir with Orchestra da Camera
  • York label: Ripon Cathedral Choir (cassette only)

Other
Information:
The Cathedral's own web site (looked after by Canon Keith Punshon) has a particularly interesting article about St Wilfrid's Crypt.

Previous
Organists:
Charles Moody (1902-1954)
Lionel Dakers (1954-1957)
Philip Marshall (1957-1966)
Ronald Perrin (1966-1994)


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