Festal Evensong for St George's Day and Shakespeare's Birthday

for 1 hour
All Saints, Turkdean
Turkdean CHELTENHAM, GL54 3NT, United Kingdom

A special Evensong to celebrate St George's Day and the anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, led by our Benefice Priest-in-Charge, Rev Dr Alycia Timmis.

In place of a sermon, Dr Timmis will be in conversation with distinguished actor Michael Maloney about Shakespeare's legacy.

The Turkdean Choir, conducted by Kit Perona-Wright, will sing William Byrd's Short Service in this 400th anniversary year of the composer's death.

The Anthem will be Richard Farrant's "Lord for thy Tender Mercy's Sake" based on Lidley's Prayers (1566) edited by Henry Bull.

Hymns
All people that on earth do dwell (HA&M 100)
Words: Psalm 100 arr. William Kethe
Music “Old 100th”: Genevan Psalter (1551)

Come down, O Love divine (HA&M 156)
Words: Bianco da Siena trans. Richard Littledale
Music: “Down Ampney” Ralph Vaughan Williams

Rejoice the Lord is King (HA&M 139)
Words: Charles Wesley
Music “Gopsal”: Georg Friedrich Händel

Refreshments will be served in the Nave after the service.

[Image is a C12th Levantine icon of St George from the collection of the British Museum.]

All Saints, Turkdean

All Saints, Turkdean is open daily between 9am and 5pm (or dusk if earlier in Winter) for everyone to enjoy this beautiful and peaceful 12th Century Norman church which serves our small rural Parish of just some 60 souls in the heart of the rolling Cotswold countryside.

A traditional BCP service of Matins with Holy Communion is held at 10:30am on the second Sunday every month with the invaluable support of the Turkdean Choir.

More ambitious occasional choral services including Monteverdi's Messa a quattro voci (SV190), Palestrina's Missa æterna Christi munera. Byrd's Short Service and Byrd's Mass for Four Voices (1592) were celebrated during 2023 in recognition of the composer's 400th anniversary year.

We offer refreshments in the Nave after our services and all are most welcome.

The church bells were dismounted for restoration in March 2023 and, following their repair, they were successfully rehung on a strengthened bell-frame in August 2023 and now ring out in full voice once again for the first time for 70 years.

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Church Warden: Vivien Burford

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Festal Evensong for St George's Day and Shakespeare's Birthday

for 1 hour
All Saints, Turkdean
Turkdean CHELTENHAM, GL54 3NT, United Kingdom

A special Evensong to celebrate St George's Day and the anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, led by our Benefice Priest-in-Charge, Rev Dr Alycia Timmis.

In place of a sermon, Dr Timmis will be in conversation with distinguished actor Michael Maloney about Shakespeare's legacy.

The Turkdean Choir, conducted by Kit Perona-Wright, will sing William Byrd's Short Service in this 400th anniversary year of the composer's death.

The Anthem will be Richard Farrant's "Lord for thy Tender Mercy's Sake" based on Lidley's Prayers (1566) edited by Henry Bull.

Hymns
All people that on earth do dwell (HA&M 100)
Words: Psalm 100 arr. William Kethe
Music “Old 100th”: Genevan Psalter (1551)

Come down, O Love divine (HA&M 156)
Words: Bianco da Siena trans. Richard Littledale
Music: “Down Ampney” Ralph Vaughan Williams

Rejoice the Lord is King (HA&M 139)
Words: Charles Wesley
Music “Gopsal”: Georg Friedrich Händel

Refreshments will be served in the Nave after the service.

[Image is a C12th Levantine icon of St George from the collection of the British Museum.]

Safeguarding

All Saints, Turkdean is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. Our Benefice Safeguarding Officer is available to discuss any and all safeguarding issues at any time and the Diocese of Gloucester’s website safeguarding pages also contain information and contacts for the Safeguarding team. Further details about these services and their respective contact details are displayed in a permanent notice in the church.