Chester Cathedral.
Church of Christ and The Blessed Virgin Mary.
North Choir Aisle.
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Chester Cathedral.
Church of Christ and The Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Cloisters and Refectory.
The Cloisters were restored in the 20th-Century, and the Stained-Glass Windows contain the images of some 130 Saints.[36]
The Cloister Garth contains a modern sculpture entitled “The Water Of Life”, by Stephen Broadbent.[60]
The Refectory Roof is dated 1939 and was designed by F. H. Crossley.[61] The Great East Window, with Reticulated Tracery was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott and is dated 1913.[62]
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The Stained-Glass in the Great West Window, depicting the Creation, was designed by Ros Grimshaw and installed in 2001 to celebrate the Millennium.[63]
On the Refectory’s West Wall there is a Tapestry depicting Elymas being struck with blindness[36] which was woven at the Mortlake Tapestry Works in the 17th-Century from one of the Raphael Cartoons. The heraldic paintings on the North Wall represent the Arms of The Earls of Chester.[63]
Library.
Library.
A Library has been present since the time of Saint Werburgh’s Abbey, and, following The Dissolution Of The Monasteries, it became the Cathedral Library.[64]
It continued to grow over the Centuries, but, by the 19th-Century, it had become neglected.[65] Between 1867 and 1885, it was enlarged and in the 1890s new Bookcases were added.[66]
A Side-Altar in Chester Cathedral.
Diverse Details und Perspekiven
im Inneren der Cathedral von Chester.
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A further re-organisation took place in the 1920s but, by the 1980s, the contents were contained in five separate sites around the Cathedral.[67]
A programme of repair and re-cataloguing of the contents was instituted. During the 2000s, more work was carried out and the refurbished Library, housed in three rooms, opened in 2007.[68]
Music.
The Organist and Master of the Choristers is Philip Rushforth.
Head of Music Outreach and Assistant Organist is Dan Mathieson.
Sub-Organist is Alexander Palotai.
There are lunch-time Organ recitals weekly on Thursday at 1:10 p.m., immediately following Holy Communion.[72]
The monthly programme of Music is available on the Cathedral’s Web-Site HERE [73]
The Hymn-Writer William Cooke (1821 – 1894) was a Canon of Chester Cathedral.[74]
The Hymn-Writer William Cooke (1821 – 1894) was a Canon of Chester Cathedral.[74]
Organists.
Chester Cathedral’s Organ.
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Organist Jonathan Scott performs his Solo Organ arrangement of “Sunrise” (“Einleitung Oder Sonnenaufgang”) from “Also Sprach Zarathustra” by Richard Strauss.
Filmed on the Pipe Organ of Chester Cathedral during
the Gaia art installation (created by artist Luke Jerram) a globe seven meters in diameter of Planet Earth, suspended from the roof of the Cathedral.
Available on YouTube
See also: List of Musicians at English Cathedrals.
The Nave, Chester Cathedral.
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Choirs.
The Choral Tradition at Chester Cathedral is 900 years old, dating from the Foundation of the Benedictine Monastery.
The Nave Choir, which sings Compline on Sunday evenings and in other Services, also takes part in Concerts, and undertakes Tours.
Having been Founded during the 1860s, it is the longest-running Voluntary Cathedral Choir in Britain.[78]
The Choral Tradition at Chester Cathedral is 900 years old, dating from the Foundation of the Benedictine Monastery.
There are usually eight Choral Services in the Cathedral each week. There is a Cathedral Choir of Male Lay Clerks, Choral Scholars, Boy and Girl Choristers, and a Nave Choir, which is of Mixed Voice.
They rehearse in the Song School, built on the site of the former Monks’ Dormitory.
The Nave Choir, which sings Compline on Sunday evenings and in other Services, also takes part in Concerts, and undertakes Tours.
Having been Founded during the 1860s, it is the longest-running Voluntary Cathedral Choir in Britain.[78]
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