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Celebration of Music
and Arts ~ Sunday 17th May
to Sunday 24th May 2026
 download Festival
Leaflet
Our
well-established biennial Festival time is approaching, with a
wonderful programme of concerts and interesting daytime talks on a
variety of topics - please put the dates in your diaries & if
you can help with leaflet distribution from 18th April, that would
be a great way to be involved in the advertising.
Sunday
17th May: 11.00 am FESTIVAL MASS - All welcome
12.30
pm BUFFET LUNCH, £10 per head, including a glass of
wine Tickets must be purchased in advance: 01736
362619
3.00 pm SINGING WORKSHOP with Rory McCleery, Director of The Marian
Consort. Come and explore wonderful Renaissance Motets, and improve
your singing technique (music sight-reading skills required). £10,
incl refreshments. Advance booking essential: 07887
608113
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Evening Concerts: nb SEASON TICKET
£60
Monday: 7.30 pm £12
Internationally renowned The MARIAN CONSORT directed by Rory
McCleery, with a programme of Renaissance Motets in conjunction
with screening on large screen in church. Seeing through
Sound, a visual and aural feast featuring some of the greatest
painters and composers of the Renaissance, showing how Renaissance
art is full of sound! (website 'The Marian
Consort')
Tuesday: 7.30 pm £12 The CELTIC
FIDDLERS - A string ensemble directed by Pamela Rosenfeld and Liz
Gregg,
playing traditional tunes from around Britain including Ashoken
Farewell, Scarborough Fair, and a selection of jigs, reels and
hornpipes
Wednesday:
7.30 pm
£12 ORGAN RECITAL by PETER STEVENS
Assistant Master of Music, Westminster Cathedral, including Bach
Partita on Sei gegrusset & Vierne Carillon de
Westminster
Thursday: 7.30 pm
£12 PASSION for the PIANO: STELLA PENDROUS returns with
an evening of Baroque keyboard music, centred around the Toccatas
of J S Bach
Friday:
7.30 pm
£12 MOUSEHOLE MALE VOICE CHOIR directed
by Stephen Lawry with David Ceredig-Evans, accompanist. Music
including the Cadgwith Anthem and Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen (
Mousehole MVC website )
Saturday: 7.30 pm
£12 A CELEBRATION of BUXTEHUDE
Join us for a musical feast celebrating Dieterich Buxtehude. Colin
Wilson (countertenor), Andrew Wyatt (organ) & string players
Drama and sublime counterpoint - experience the genius who inspired
Bach!
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All
Week: There will be artwork from Humphry Davy School, St
Mary’s RC Primary School & Nancelverne School, along with
Themed Flower displays.
Daytime Events 10.30 - 1.00pm All Welcome - Entry
via main church doors. Free with retiring
collection
Monday:
BASIC APOLOGETICS with Mike Collins. - In this talk you will
learn how to give a basic defence of your faith. It is important
for all Christians to feel confident when defending their faith
with so many competing world views
Tuesday:
ALEXANDRA ROAD to CHAPEL STREET A Visual Architectural Walk - Val
Thomas, An historic audio-visual stroll looking at how the
buildings have changed over the years.
Wednesday:
From STONE AGE to CHRISTIANITY. Local teacher James Clayton
will explore the ancient roots of West Cornwall’s past, from
humankinds’ earliest presence in this part of the world, to the
first arrival of Christianity on these shores.
Thursday:
A TALE of TWO
SISTERS with Linda Camidge. J S Courtney wrote the Guide to
Penzance and its Neighbourhood (1845), and was one of the leading
Penzance antiquarians of his day. In the next generation, his two
daughters, Margaret & Louise, struck out on their own, with
different but notable outcomes. This talk will explore their work,
lives and personalities.
Friday:
PENZANCE COPPER
with Robert Padfield. A deep dive into the creative space behind
Penzance Copper: the techniques, inspirations and meanings that go
into the finished pieces of copper work made on Rosevean
Road.
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Sunday 24 May: PENTECOST
- 11.00 am SOLEMN MASS
6.00 pm CHORAL VESPERS Music led by the Church Choir, directed by David Gridley,
followed by light refreshments to close the Festival Week
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Thank you for your support
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