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Jul 9th, 2009 (Thu)

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunchtime Concert - Summer Organ Spectacular
Andrew Bryden (the Director of Music), Edmund Aldhouse (the Assistant Director of Music) and Tim Semken (the Organ Scholar) join forces to provide a fun and spectacular conclusion to the 2008/9 Lunchtime Concert Series.

Jul 9th, 2009 (Thu)

7:00 PM

St Wilfrid's Lectures 2009

'St Widfrid: a saint and his mission'

Dr Catherine Cubitt - University of York

For further information and tickets please contact the Cathedral Office on 01765 603462

The Lectures are free but there will be a retiring collection

Jul 10th, 2009 (Fri) -- Jul 22nd, 2009 (Wed)

'Resound: Listening to a Medieval Minster

Sound piece by artist Clare Pastorius in the Chapel of the Resurrection.

Unmissable installation of sound art inspired by the everday sounds of Ripon Cathedral.

Jul 17th, 2009 (Fri)

11:00 AM

Ripon Grammar School Commemoration Service

Jul 18th, 2009 (Sat)

Chapel of St Mary Magdalen - 20th Anniversary Fesitval of the Chapel Restoration

11.00am - Welcome coffee & biscuits

11.30am - illustrated presentation by Maurice Taylor ' The Survival of Ripon's Leper Chapel

12.30pm - lunch (suggested donations £5 wine £1.50)

1.30pm - guided tours led by Dr Brian Crosse and Revd Derek Ching

For further details please contact Maurice Taylor on 01765 604778

Jul 19th, 2009 (Sun)

Chapel of St Mary Magdalen - Festival Week

10.00am - Communion

11.00am - Civic Service

7.30pm - Poetry & Music Evening

For further information please contact Maurice Taylor on 01765 604778

Jul 20th, 2009 (Mon)

Chapel of St Mary Magdalen - Festival Week

2.00pm - Brass Rubbing

For further information please contact Maurice Taylor on 01765 604778

Jul 21st, 2009 (Tue)

Chapel of St Mary Magdalen - Festival Week

3.00pm - 'Down Memory Lane' (bring a photo / picture

For further information please contact Maurice Taylor on 01765 604778

Jul 21st, 2009 (Tue)

7:30 PM

Summer Organ Recital Series - Concert 1

Edmund Aldhouse, Assistant Director of Music at Ripon Cathedral, gives the first of this summer's organ recitals.

Programme:

Trio Sonata No. 5 in C major BWV 529 - J.S. Bach

Fantaisie-Improvisation sur l'Ave maris stella - Charles Tournemire, transcribed by Maurice Duruflé

Symphony No. 3 in F sharp minor - Louis Vierne

Admission: £7.50 to include a glass of wine, or £40.00 for the whole series. Available on the door or from 5th May by telephoning 01765 603496 or emailing music@riponcathedral.org.uk

Jul 22nd, 2009 (Wed)

Chapel of St Mary Magdalen - Festival Week - St Mary Magdalen's Day

10.00am to 1.00pm - Quiet Morning: Canon Paul Greenwell

6.00pm - Trustees' Reception

7.30pm - Communion: Prebendary J Fox

For further information please contact Maurice Taylor on 01765 604778

Jul 23rd, 2009 (Thu)

Chapel of St Mary Magdalen - Festival Week

20th Anniversary of the Chapel's Restoration

7.30pm - Evensong with Bishop Clive Handford

followed by Celebration Cake provided by 'The Friends'

For further information please contact Maurice Taylor on 01765 604778