The half-marathon is coming up on Sunday morning, and the fundraising target for Worcester Cathedral has been reached!

Thank you to everybody for their generosity - can we now get it to £2500 before Sunday?!

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Coming out of Twitter ‘retirement’ to plug my forthcoming half-marathon, raising funds for Worcester Cathedral 🏃‍♂️

The day of a ten mile training run seems a good time to share this - please donate using the link below ⬇️

It’s been a delight and privilege to direct a group of Worcester Cathedral choristers on this week’s King's Worcester Music tour.

They have sung movements of Britten’s Ceremony of Carols with real vigour and finesse at concerts in some amazing venues in Paris - one for the memory bank 🇫🇷

An absolute privilege to take three King's Worcester Music students to observe the magnificent Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer playing for tonight’s evening mass at Saint-Sulpice.

The heritage of that organ, coupled with the continued magnificence of performance, is something very special.

Paris Day 3. Sacre Coeur, Montmatre, Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Eiffel Tower, and a concert at Temple de Batignolle which had a stunning acoustic and small, but very appreciative, audience! Worcester Cathedral Music King's Worcester

I have honestly never seen more beautiful stained glass windows - what a gem 😍😍

Very much enjoyed seeing Tár today - a real tour-de-force with supreme performances.

Whilst I knew of some of what to expect in the plot, I had no idea that this man’s cello concerto would feature so prominently!

(Yes, this is a v old pic!)

Join us tomorrow, Thursday 2 February, for a beautiful organ recital at 12.15pm 🎵🎵🎵

In a change to the scheduled line-up, tomorrow's performance will be given by our own Director of Music, Samuel Hudson.

There will then be a week's break before the spring series continues

A wonderful evensong at Gloucester Cathedral, sung by the Chamber Choirs of the three schools attached to Three Choirs Festival cathedrals - congratulations to all involved!

…and all that after calling in on Gloucestershire’s other glorious church building for a catch-up 😍

Next Saturday we are hosting another singing workshop for pupils in year 7-12. Please come and join us in what we know will be a fantastic day RGS Worcester

A superb night at the Huntington Hall seeing Andy Zaltzman’s Satirist for Hire show.

Too many highlights to mention, but will continue to giggle at the segment about Derek Randall, Miley Cyrus and Angus Fraser’s off-cutter for a very long time.

#cricketnichehumour

A final call for altos - come and work with us in Worcester 🎵

Please do spread the word about this exciting opportunity!

Even the ECB don’t know the difference between the UK’s Sky Sports and New Zealand’s Sky Sport 🤦‍♂️

…and there’s nothing to suggest that Smith won’t continue to do ICC TV world feed work in the future. Indeed, this news makes him *more* likely to pop up on (UK) Sky as guest comms

The next WorcesterOrganists event is tomorrow Worcester Cathedral on Sat 14 Jan 11am. The 2nd event to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Cesar Franck; a presentation in the Undercroft by Richard Brasier, and a recital of works by Franck on the Tickell Quire organ. Admission free.

They let me loose on local radio again…!

Such a delight to have the Quire Organ back (with thanks to Nicholson & Co. Ltd for their wonderful work) and we’re keeping it busy with a number of events this month!

…including tomorrow’s #Franck200 event - come and join us!

Come and join Worcester Cathedral Choir 🎶

We’re on the hunt for a new Principal Alto Lay Clerk who will sing six choral services each week, alongside other special projects, as a key member of the Cathedral music team 🎼

Please do spread the word!

More info below ⬇️