In 1974 when he was a choral exhibitioner at Christ’s, Harry wrote a Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, somewhat in the style of CV Stanford, possibly as a counter to the Tudor music which formed the main repertoire of the then male voice choir. These two pieces will be the settings for Evensong in Christ’s on Thursday May 26th (18:45) together with the anthem “I will love thee” by Kerry Beaumont, which was written for Harry’s and Michele’s wedding.

After the service at around 20:15 there will be a curry at the Saffron Brasserie on Hills Road near St Paul’s church, meeting beforehand in the pub opposite. The restaurant probably won’t be too busy on a Thursday but still it would be helpful to have some idea of numbers (please contact Alan Winter via aw21@cam.ac.uk).

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The BBC are coming to Cambridge in a couple of weeks to make a programme about ringing for BBC4. It’s intended that they will stop off at our practice at StAG, before producing big performance on a Saturday afternoon featuring 3 churches and a flash mob of handbell ringers.

The details:

Thursday 12th May: Filming at StAG practice night. If you strongly object to being on camera it’s probably worth avoiding practice that night (coincidentally, it’s also our last practice there before we shut up for the exam period).

Saturday 21st May: Big performance. I need 8 star-seeking volunteers to ring at StAG – probably stedman triples so they can link it in with the whole history thing. The timetable is:

There will be a memorial service for Bill Ridgman at 2.30 on Saturday 7th May at Haslingfield. There will be ringing before and after and everyone is invited to tea afterwards at Wolfson College.

For further information contact Tom Ridgman via twr20@cam.ac.uk.

During the Guild’s recent dinner, the President spoke to Bill’s memory. A transcript is available here.