St Cuthbert's Tower is (probably) the tallest parish church tower in Somerset. Visitors can climb the tower at 2.00 pm on the following Fridays and Saturdays.Saturday 7th June; Friday 13th and Saturday 14th June; Friday 20th June; Friday 27th and Saturday 28th June.Friday 4th July; Friday 18th and Saturday 19th July; Friday 25th and Saturday 26th July.The cost is £5.00. (£2.50 for children - who must be aged 8 or over). No need to book. Just turn up at the church at 2.00 pm.
The Swan Singers, under their director Tricia Rees-Jones, are joined in this concert by a group of instrumentalists led by Jamie Hughes.Dixit Dominus by George Frederick Handel is the main work in the concert together with a less well-known work by Buxtehude 'Der Herr ist mit mir' and some Purcell instrumental music.The tickets are £15 (£8 for students) and are available at the door and through this link.An interval bar is available.
The Wingfield organ was built in 2001 by the firm of Goetze and Gwynn. It was based on a 16th century soundboard found in Suffolk and other evidence from organs in continental Europe. Its sound is the sound of an organ built in the 1530s or 1540s.Margaret will play several items on the Wingfield organ, including the Missa Dei Trinitas Sanctae by Philip ap Rhys which also has plainchant.After an interval with tea and cakes (included in the ticket price), Margaret will move to the church organ which was originally built by William Sweetland. The programme in the second half includes music by J S Bach and Klaas Bolt.Tickets are £15 (£8 for students) which includes tea and cake. They are available at the door and through this link.All proceeds will go to the church and the concert is in memory of Dominic Gwynn who died in 2024.
In one of Opus Anglicanum’s best-loved programmes, Seeds of Love explores the wonder and excitement of the early 20th century collectors of English folk music as they toured the land with bicycle, notebook and phonograph. This evocative and quintessentially British sequence celebrates the traditional songs of our native land. Memorable words and wonderful music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth, Cecil Sharp and Percy Grainger tell poignant and hilarious tales of Morris tunes and sea shanties, of ploughmen and washerwomen, and of the race to preserve their inspirational music before war and progress swept it away. Tickets: £20Available at the door or through this link.
