Tuesdays at 7.30pm in the main hall at St Mary’s House (refreshments provided). We will split up into informal groups each week, to explore further each topic, together.
24th February : “Lent Da, Da” Professor Colin Richmond
3rd March : “Accepting our human sexuality—why is the CofE always ‘ducking & diving’?” Dean Joe Hawes
10th March : “Is there poetry for the Passion?” Bishop Joanne Grenfell
17th March : “Brave new world?” : Cyber Security and AI David Sharples
24th March - “The Triduum” : Book an Airbnb now for these three holy days? The Very Rev’d Keith Jones

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All welcome. Donations, please, in aid of Suffolk Coastal Poverty Action.

Following in the steps of Jesus on the way to the Cross. The 14 Stations of the Cross are marked around the Church.

Blessing of Palms, Procession, Dramatic Reading of the Passion, & Sung Eucharist

Compline with Homily

Compline with Homily

Compline with Homily

Sung Benefice Eucharist, followed by Watch of Prayer (11pm close)

Service of Words, Music, & Communion, with the Sudbourne Ensemble, for Haydn's 'Last Words of Christ'

Joint Benefice Blessing of the New Fire, Vigil Readings, & first Eucharist of the Resurrection, followed by champagne!

Festival Eucharist followed by sherry and simnel cake

Retiring collection in aid of our Organ Fund.
Programme:
Farrington All people that on earth do dwell
Bach Sonata 1 in E flat major
Vierne Scherzetto, Epithalame, and Postlude
Purcell Come away, fellow sailors
Hindemith Phantasie, frei
Lanquetuit Toccata in D major

Bio:
Paul Greally (b.2001) is the Assistant Organist at Westminster Abbey. In this role, he works alongside the Sub-Organist and Organ Scholar in playing for services in the Abbey, assisting with conducting the Abbey Choir, and with training the choristers. He studies with David Titterington at the Royal Academy of Music for the MA in Organ Performance, and is supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.

He became a prize-winning Fellow of the Royal College of Organists as a teenager, and read Music at King's College, Cambridge, where he was the organ scholar for four years. During this time he performed regularly on TV and live radio, including for Carols from King’s and A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, which were broadcast worldwide, and at venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), and Sydney Opera House. He graduated with a BA (starred double first) and an MPhil (distinction), gaining the highest marks in his cohort for both degrees. In his final year, he was the Musical Director for the King’s Men, the close-harmony group of King’s College Choir’s adult singers.

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Retiring collection in aid of our 'Help heat our church' appeal.
Programme includes:
Bach, Scarlatti, Schubert, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, Grieg...

Bio:
Andrew was a music scholar at King's College, Cambridge and studied piano with Dennis Murdoch at the Royal Academy of Music. Since retiring as a school Director of Music, latterly at Ipswich School, he has been able to devote more time to music making. Performances over the last two years have included: Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy with Woodbridge Choral Society at Snape Maltings, directing and playing the solo piano part, both from memory; trios by Brahms and Glinka, Fauré’s Piano Quartet no. 1 with the Gainsborough Quartet, accompanying tenors Richard Edgar-Wilson and Keith Lewis, Stravinsky’s Petrushka with the Wolsey Orchestra and five piano recitals.

Andrew is conductor of Woodbridge Choral Society, with whom highlights in recent years have included: Verdi Requiem, Britten War Requiem, Mendelssohn Elijah, Mozart Requiem, Ben Ponniah Begin, Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem and Karl Jenkins The Armed Man, all at Snape Maltings concert hall. Andrew has also been musical director of a number of operas performed in Woodbridge: The King’s River, a community opera by Jana Rowland; L’elisir d’amore; The Magic Flute and Die Fledermaus, The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro and Hansel & Gretel. He is Chairman of Ipswich Chamber Music Society and organist at St Mary Elms, Ipswich. Andrew is often seen on his bike, as he cycles to musical gigs wherever possible. He also enjoys walking, especially up the Scottish hills.

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