St. George's Bloomsbury
Visiting We are dependent on volunteers to keep the church open. If you are travelling from a long distance please do call ahead so we can guarantee access.
[email protected] or 020 7242 1979
04/09/2024
We're looking for our next generation of Choral Young Artists! more details on our website: https://stgeorgesbloomsbury.org.uk/music
Please share with your networks!
Music | St George's, Bloomsbury St George’s, the Parish Church of Bloomsbury, is a stunning Hawksmoor church located near Holborn, the British Museum, and the University of London on Gower Street. We are a welcoming community, embracing individuals of all faiths and backgrounds.
30/10/2023
Mass for All Souls' Day - this Thursday at 6.30pm - all welcome!
Commemorate the souls of the faithful departed accompanied by Verdi's majestic setting.
25/10/2022
Next Wednesday is All Souls' Day. Join us for a liturgical performance of Mozart's Requiem with professional choir and orchestra. Entrance is free, and tickets aren't required. 6.30pm for ~an hour. Please share!
26/07/2022
Deadline this Friday: Choral Young Artists
The deadline for application/expression of interest has been extended to Friday - I've been made aware of emails not being delivered successfully to the address. A reminder to include .org.uk not .org! And also please message on here if you don't receive acknowledgement.
Also, one last chance to share!
12/07/2022
Exciting news... we're on the hunt for the next generation of Choral Young Artists at St George's. Please share and forward to anyone you think would be a great candidate. Details in the attached and from [email protected]
16/06/2021
We've started to pencil in the auditions - know anyone else that would be a great addition to the squad? Please share away! Closing date: end June
We're looking for our next generation of Choral Young Artists at St George's - please share!
17/05/2021
We're looking for our next generation of Choral Young Artists at St George's - please share!
22/04/2021
Excited for our patronal evensong tomorrow! 6.30pm
Join us on St George's Day for Choral Evensong. 6.30pm - all welcome.
17/04/2021
Join us on St George's Day for Choral Evensong. 6.30pm - all welcome.
20/03/2021
Today would have been the 72nd birthday of composer Dr Richard Shephard MBE, DL. We were lucky enough to have a piece commissioned for our visit to Westminster Abbey a couple of years ago. Richard was suffering from ill health and we decided to make this recording of his music to send to him earlier this year: https://youtu.be/il0A4mSmi8k
A Concert for Richard Shephard In memory of Dr Richard Shephard MBE DL (1949-2021)All music is by Richard Shephard0:00 Never weather-beaten Saile (Text by Thomas Campion)2:22 Crossing the ...
05/11/2020
05/11/2020
19/10/2020
Exhibition at St George's this week:
Kieran Slyne PHOTOGRAPHS
Tuesday 20th – Saturday 24th October
10 am – 5 pm
FREE ADMISSION
A Play on Light
Light is life, Light is colour, Light reveals...
A Play on Light is a distillation of Kieran’s life’s work hitherto - a rich collection of people and places from round the world that encapsulates his relationship with life, colour and light. Always the light...
Kieran Slyne
As a 13 year old growing up in the Irish city of Cork, Kieran « just knew » he had to take photographs - he mowed lawns, did paper rounds and washed cars to find the money for his first camera, an East German Praktica LB. Money that wasn’t spent on film and developing went on buying photography magazines as he gained inspiration from the greats of the 1970s, while his remaining spare time was spent at the Everyman Playhouse and the Cork Opera House doing sound and lighting as well as taking pictures for use in posters.
The big move to Dublin came when, at 19, Kieran was selected out of hundreds of applicants for a job in RTÉ, the Irish national broadcaster. Working for many years as a lighting cameraman, mainly for documentaries, Kieran has travelled the world always seizing the moment to take stills. His work has been widely published in newspapers and magazines as well as being used for album covers.
To see more of Kieran’s work please visit his website
www.cameraworkinprogress.com
A Play On Light is brought to you as part of the Bloomsbury Festival 2020
https://bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
ICYMI at mass this morning - our Soprano choral scholar Ailsa Campbell sings The Call from The Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan-Williams. Happy Easter! xoxo
ICYMI - the offering from the Good Friday Liturgy yesterday featuring our organ scholar, Sam Hucklebridge. Given the current situation there will be no fun fact today. However, there is a quiz question that will be posted soon, courtesy of Victoriana scholar, Geoffrey Webber. Answers can be submitted as comments on the post.
If you're interested in offering a contribution either towards the work of the choral scholars and music department or in the from of a future offering, please get in touch [email protected]
Stay safe, and remember, xoxo
Verily, I say to thee, there is some Stainer being broadcast as part of the Good Friday Liturgy (courtesy of Sam Hucklebridge) at 2pm on the St George's support group. There may be a listen again feature available later on.
Wonder of wonders! We appear to have got trending.
In support, all the way from Glasgow, (with one of her favourite Crucifixion moments) is our very own 'old' Choral Scholar, Billie Robson. Billie spent time at the University of Cambridge studying John Stainer as part of her degree in music.
Our Stainer fun fact for today is from another Cambridge scholar, Emily Melys, who has a side business running Victoriana walking tours both here and abroad:
“John Stainer’s father, top cabinet maker of Southwark, built a wardrobe for Stainer which he took with him to Magdalene College, Oxford with him. C. S. Lewis later inherited it and it became the inspiration for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.”
Enjoy, share with your friends, and most importantly -
"The Mystery Of The Incarnation" - Billie Robson acc. Sam Bardsley xoxo
We've been overwhelmed with messages of support following the unfortunate cancellation of our annual performance of the great work that needs no introduction, Stainer's The Crucifixion.
Countless performers have reached out to offer their support, and we're doing our best to
The first instalment of on our Holy Week journey is brought to you by one of our favourite 'old' Choral Scholars hiding behind the great knight of the realm himself (accompanied by our organist Sam Bardsley (remotely, of course!).
A series of fun Stainer facts has been compiled from some of the messages we've received, including this gem from Victoriana scholar, Dr Geoffrey Webber:
"There is a school in Lewisham named after the great man. "John Stainer School started out as two buildings, built in 1884 and was originally named ‘Mantle Road School’. In 1954 a decision was made to demolish the Junior building, the land was sold off for housing, the school was moved into the Infant building and the school was renamed ‘John Stainer School’."!"
We hope you enjoy #1 - The Mystery Of The Divine Humiliation - please share with your friends! If you wish to know more about the music programme at St George's or wish to support us, please get in touch!
On behalf of all of those who appreciate fine Victorian music, thank you, all the way from Zurich, our very own Sinéad O'Kelly xoxo
Following the advice of the Archbishops’ of Canterbury and York all services and meetings at St George’s Bloomsbury have been suspended.
24/12/2019
First communion of Christmas 6.30pm 24th December
Christmas Day Holy Eucharist 10.30am
All welcome
Our carol service is tomorrow! Featuring all of your favourite classics plus a daring Stainer/Chilcott double bill. See you there? 6.30pm
28/10/2019
Less than a week to go until our free liturgical performance of Mozart's Requiem with the choral scholars and orchestra.
01/07/2019
Deadline 12th July - applications still welcome for all voice parts. Get in touch with [email protected] for more details!
Exciting news - we will have vacancies for new choral scholars from September/October. More details available from [email protected]
Please share!
23/06/2019
Come and join us for a free cream tea on the portico of the church today 3pm to 4.30pm
11/06/2019
Exciting news - we will have vacancies for new choral scholars from September/October. More details available from [email protected]
Please share!
16/04/2019
Christian-Buddhist dialogue at St George’s
15/04/2019
Great to see so many people enjoying Stainer's magnificent work at our 'Come and Sing' event yesterday. A big thank you to our conductor, Tom Primrose, and our soloists, Ben Johnson and Huw Montague Rendall - Baritone. Also a huge thank you to our soprano choral scholar, Billie Robson, for organising the event!
12/03/2019
Come and Sing The Crucifixion this Palm Sunday!
All are warmly welcomed to join the choir of St. George's, Bloomsbury for a performance of Sir John Stainer's masterpiece, featuring wonderful soloists Ben Johnson and Huw Montague Rendall. Full details on the poster below - not to be missed!
Sunday 14 April 2019
4pm rehearsal followed by tea and cake
6:30pm performance
£10 to come and sing, including score hire
£5 for students or to watch the performance
Sign up by emailing [email protected] including your name and whether or not you need to borrow a score on the day.
06/02/2019
One month to go until Ash Wednesday. Join Bishop Michael Marshall and the Choral Scholars for a sung Eucharist, with Allegri's Miserere and The Reproaches (John Sanders). 6th March @ 7pm.
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