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Now
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The London Charterhouse by Dr Stephen Porter, Archivist of Charterhouse.
Amberley Publishing, 14 May 2009.
This book charts the history of the charity founded in 1611 by Thomas
Sutton at the Charterhouse in Clerkenwell.
Available
for £18.50 (includes UK P&P).
'A
model history' Gillian Tindall, The Daily Telegraph
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Russian
Song from The Charterhouse
Xenia Dennen
(soprano) and Raymond Salisbury-Jones (a Brother at Charterhouse) have
recently made a CD of songs by Rakhmaninov and earlier 19th century Russian
composers which is being sold for £10.00 (plus £2.00 UK P&P)
with all proceeds to Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse. The songs are
all sung in Russian (with an English translation in the accompanying booklet)
and were recorded in the Great Chamber at the Charterhouse. The case design
is unique, beautifully complemented by pictures of Charterhouse.
If you would
like a copy, please contact Raymond Salisbury Jones at Charterhouse on
020 7253 0848 or via
email
JULY
Thursday
29 July
The annual visit to the Brothers' Burial Ground. A Service was held in
the church conducted by The Reverend Janice Green, the Preacher of Charterhouse
gave the address. In the Burial Ground, the ashes of three recently deceased
Brothers were interred. After luncheon in the Rectory garden the neighbouring
church of St Giles' Great Hallingbury was visited. A talk about its history
was given by Mr Philip Hays.
www.unitedhallingbury.co.uk
Thursday
15 July
Valedictory Service for The Charterhouse Square School in the Chapel,
conducted by The Reverend Anthony Winter www.charterhousesquareschool.co.uk
Sunday
11 July
0605
and 2330 on BBC Radio 4
Something Understood
The Martyrs of Charterhouse Square
With
Mark Tully (right) and produced by Eley McAinsch
A
Unique production for BBC Radio 4
www.unique.com
The
Master is interviewed in the Chapel, Norfolk Cloister, Wash-house Court
and Chapel Court.
SEQUENCE
Choristers
of Westminster Cathedral directed by Charles Cole - Antiphon and first
three verses of Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110)
Introduction
by Mark Tully
CHAPEL
1842
Walker Organ played by Brother Graham Matthews - Chorale Prelude Schmücke
dich, o liebe Seele (Adorn yourself, dear soul) BWV654 Johann Sebastian
Bach 1685-1750
Chapel
Bell rung by Brother Christopher de Laszlo
Sharon
Jennings - playwright
The
Visitor by Sharon Jennings - an extract
Music
A Man for All Seasons - film version of play by Robert Bolt 1924-1995
- composed by George
Delerue 1925-1992
NORFOLK
CLOISTER
Music
Monks at La Grande Chartreuse chanting
The
Archbishop of Canterbury - Stat Crux dum Volvitur Orbis
Music
'Withowt Dyscord' performed by Sirinu (medieval and renaissance music),
composed by Henry VIII
A
reading from The Book of Martyrs by Emily Dickinson 1830-1886
WASH-HOUSE
COURT
Music
'Elegy' performed by Raymond Salisbury-Jones and Xenia Dennen recorded
on CD entitled Russian
Songs from the Charterhouse 2010
CHAPEL
COURT
Tuesday
6 July 2010
Commemoration of St Thomas More who spent time in the Carthusian Priory
here and who was martyred on this day in 1535.
0945 Holy Communion
1930 Recital by The Golden Piano Trio of Trinity College of Music
PROGRAMME
Violin Sonata No 5 in F major Opus 24 (Spring Sonata)
Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827
Allegro
Adagio molto espressivo
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
Three Miniature
of Piano Trio
Frank Bridge 1879-1941
Minuet
Gavotte
Allegretto
Romance
Intermezzo
Saltarello
Piano Trio
No 4 in E minor
Antonín Leopold Dvorák 1841-1904
Lento
Maestoso
Poco Adagio
Andante
Andante Moderato (Quasi Tempo di Marcia)
Allegro
Lento Maestoso
Saturday
3 July 2010
Afternoon Visit and Evensong for Members of St Giles' Cripplegate
www.stgilescripplegate.com
JUNE
Thursday
24 June 2010
Summer Evcnt for The Worshipful Company of Paviors
Wednesday
23 June 2010
Visit of The Worshipful Company of Plumbers
www.plumberscompany.org.uk
Tuesday
22 June 2010
FOUNDATION DAY - 399th Anniversary of the founding of the Charity
0945 Holy Communion
1730 Evensong
in thanksgiving for the life of the late Brother Trevor Turner
His Royal
Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was represented by Sir Brian
McGrath at the service which was conducted by The Reverend Canon Hugh
Williams Preacher of Charterhouse. The Lessons were read by Mr Thomas
Garnier Headmaster, Pangbourne College and The Reverend Stanley Underhill
Brother of Charterhouse. The Reverend Canon Bill Christianson led the
prayers. The Master delivered the address.
www.stbrides.com/news/archives/2010/05/trevor_turner.htm
http://www.oldpangbournian.co.uk/Latest-News/Obituaries/T--W--TURNER-(39-43).aspx
1945
Recital - Schumann Festival 2
The Bartholdy Trio
Piano
Trio No 2 in F major Opus 80
Robert Schumann 1810-1856
Nocturne
in E flat
Waltz in A minor
arranged for 'cello & piano
Frédéric Chopin 1810-1849
Alborado del Gracioso
Maurice Ravel 1875-1937
Piano
Trio No 3 in G minor Opus 110
Robert Schumann
Monday
21 June 2010
Visit of Members of the Clerkenwell and Islington Guides Association
www.ciga.org.uk
Saturday
19 June 2010
475th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Blessed Humphrey Middlemore,
Blessed William Exmewe and Blessed Sebastian Newdigate Carthusian Martyrs
At 0945 Holy Communion and Commemoration
Filming
At Charterhouse
Charterhouse recently doubled for Ripon in Yorkshire during filming for
a new costume drama series, Downton Abbey, to be screened in the autumn
on ITV. The series is written and created by Oscar-winning writer Julian
Fellowes and will star Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville.
Tuesday
15 June 2010 - 1800-2100
Open Evening for the National Gardens Scheme www.ngs.org.uk
Saturday
12 June 2010 at 1400
Wedding of Mr James McKellar and Miss Alison Kwan OC
Thursday
10 June 2010
All day Trustee Meeting for The Joseph Rank Trust www.ranktrust.org
Thursday
10 June 2010 at 1900
Gala Dinner to raise funds to restore the artwork of Charterhouse
A dinner for 74 people was held in the Norfolk Cloister at which the principal
speaker was Mr William Shand Chairman of the Heritage Sub-Committee. The
dinner was followed by an Auction of Promises with Mr Peter Faulkner Junior
Warden of The Worshipful Company of Farmers as auctioneer.
Wednesday
9 June 2010 at 1930
Talk - The Worshipful Company of Paviors - past, present and future
The Worshipful Company of Paviors have moved their administrative headquarters
to Paviors' House in Entrance Court. This presentation was aimed at informing
the resident community the nature of this City Livery Company - www.paviors.org.uk
The Master,
Mr Tom Barton and Assistant Mr Nigel Kempner OC made the presentation.
Tuesday
1 June 2010
Launch of Russian Song from The Charterhouse
Featuring Xenia Dennen (soprano) and Raymond Salisbury-Jones (piano)
For details see above
Charterhouse
in June
MAY
Wednesday
26 May 2010
Visit of the Principal, the Librarian and members of Pusey House, Oxford.
www.puseyhouse.org.uk
Tuesday
25 May 2010 at 1930 - PIANO RECITAL
Veronika Ilinskaya
Sonata in C minor Hob xvi-20 Joseph Haydn 1732-1809
Polonaise-Fantasie Opus 61 Frederic Chopin 1810-1849
Selected Fairy-tales Nikolaj Medtner 1880-1951
Firebird Suite Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971; Guido Agosti 1901-1989
Waltz from Faust Charles Gounod 1818-1893; Franz Liszt 1811-1886
Sunday
9 May 2010 at 1130 - Schumann Festival I
Puertas Quartet - Ellie Fagg violin; Tom Norris violin;
Julia McCarthy viola; Andrew Joyce 'cello
String Quartet in A minor, Op.41 No.1 (with the Puertas Quartet)
Haydn Quartet in C, Op.50 No.2 & Schumann Quartet in A minor, Op.41
No.1
Saturday
8 May 2010
1730 Choral Evensong
Sung by the Choir of St James' Church, Hampton Hill, Middlesex directed
by Martin Hinckley
www.stjames-hamptonhill.org.uk
This service was attended by members of The Betjeman Society www.johnbetjeman.com/society.html
and the address given by the Master of Charterhouse was entitled The
Faith and Doubts of John Betjeman illustrated by readings of his poems
by Richard Franklin Brother of Charterhouse.
The music included the Responses of William Smith of Durham; Canticles
in B flat by Stanford and the Anthem - Like as the hart by Howells.
Friday
7 May 2010
1730 Solemn Vespers
Sung by the Choir of Quainton Hall School, Harrow www.quaintonhall.org.uk
Tuesday
4 May 2010 at 1730
475th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Saint John Houghton and his Companions
1730 Solemn Vespers was sung by eight Choristers from Westminster Cathedral,
directed by Charles Cole, in the Chapel of Sutton's Hospital (part of
which was the Chapter House of the London Charterhouse 1371-1538) where
a large congregation had gathered. The Officiant was The Right Reverend
George Stack Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Numidia; Auxiliary Bishop
of Westminster assisted by The Reverend Alexander Master Precentor
of Westminster Cathedral. The order for the service was the same as
that used for Vespers in St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster in Sussex
- www.parkminster.org.uk
The sermon was delivered by The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr
Rowan Williams Lord Archbishop of Canterbury; Archiepiscopal Governor
of Charterhouse and may be read on
www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/2857
The service then moved in procession to Chapel Court (the site of the
Priory Church) while the Choristers sang the Litany of the Saints for
the Commemoration of the Carthusian Martyrs at which The Archbishop, assisted
by The Reverend Canon Anthony Ball Chaplain to The Archbishop and
Bishop Stack officiated together. The Master of Charterhouse read the
Passion of the Carthusian Martyrs based on the accounts of Dom Maurice
Chauncey (1570) and the Preacher of Charterhouse also took part. The Brothers
of Charterhouse placed red roses in a model of a Tyburn Tree placed in
front of the Martyrs' Memorial as the names of the Martyrs were read out.
The Reverend Lord Griffiths of Burry Port Superintendent Minister of
Wesley's Chapel was in attendance.
Many robed Anglican, Roman Catholic and Methodist Clergy assembled at
the Martyrs' Memorial which is placed on the remaining East Wall of the
Priory Church in Chapel court.
Spring at
Charterhouse
APRIL
Monday
26 April 2010 - St Mark's Day transferred
The Licensing and Installation of the 31st Preacher of Charterhouse
7.30pm
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales Royal Governor of Charterhouse
was represented by Mr Jonathan Hellewell Assistant Private Secretary at
the Licensing and Installation of the 31st Preacher of Charterhouse, The
Reverend Canon Hugh Williams AKC formerly Vicar of Christchurch in
the Diocese of Winchester, Emeritus Canon of Winchester. The Lord
Bishop of London Governor of Charterhouse officiated and the Preacher
was installed by the Master of Charterhouse, Dr James Thomson. Choral
Evensong followed at which the first lesson was read by The Reverend Jennifer
Potter Minister of Wesley's Chapel and the second lesson was read
by The Reverend Alexander Master Precentor of Westminster Cathedral.
The Office was sung by The Reverend Jason Rendell Sacrist of St Paul's
Cathedral with the Thomas Sutton Singers directed by Richard Stevens.
Graham Matthews Brother and Organist of Charterhouse played the
organ. The Handbell Ringers of Christchurch Priory, directed by Mrs Rosemary
Rogers, rang a Celebratory Touch.
The large congregation included the Preacher's wife, Mrs Joanna Williams
with their four children Sophie, Henry, Charles and Harriett, together
with The Marquess of Salisbury, Dr Donald Buttress, Mr Ian McIsaac and
Mr Paul Double Governors of Charterhouse, Admiral of the Fleet
Sir Edward Ashmore former Chairman of Sutton's Hospital and Lady
Ashmore, Sir David Brewer Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, Prime
warden of the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths, Dr Katharine Thomson,
The Right Reverend Michael Colclough, The Venerable the Archdeacon of
London, The Reverend Prebendary Alan Tanner and the Reverend Michael Stevens
Emeritus Preachers of Charterhouse and the Brothers of Charterhouse,
members of staff and many friends from Christchurch.
Canon
Williams was educated at Christ's Hospital, Horsham and King's College
London. He was ordained deacon in 1974 and priest in 1975. He served his
title at St Leonard, Heston in the London Diocese and then was Chaplain
to the City University when he also had responsibilities at St Mark, Myddelton
Square and St Mark's Hospital. From 1984 until 1993 he was vicar of Newquay
in the Diocese of Truro and from 1993 he has been Vicar of Christchurch
in the Diocese of Winchester where he was appointed an Honorary Canon
in 2004 (now Canon Emeritus).
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Saturday
24 April 2010
1100
Solemn Requiem in memory of the late Michael Royce Farrer Brother of
Charterhouse
The Celebrant was The Reverend Prebendary Alan Tanner Emeritus Preacher
who was assisted by The Reverend Dr Stephen Young Chaplain of Dulwich
College, The Reverend Michael Stevens Emeritus Preacher and
The Reverend Eric Griffiths Brother of Charterhouse. The Right
Reverend Peter Wheatley Bishop of Edmonton attended. The address
was delivered by the Master of Charterhouse. The music was provided by
the Thomas Sutton Singers with Graham Matthews organ.
Ordinary of the Mass - Plainsong
Gradual - Locus Iste by Brückner
At the Communion - Adagio cantabile and Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart
Hymns - O thou who at thy Eucharist didst pray; Firmly I believe and truly
and The day of Resurrection.
An obituary is in the Church Times of 30 April 2010 http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=93578
Spring
at Sutton's Hospital - 16 April
Magnolia
stellata
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Magnolia
soulangiana
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Washhouse
Court
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Spring
flowers in Master's Garden
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Sunday
11 April 2010 at 1130 - COFFEE CONCERT
Louise Crane mezzo soprano, Justin Lavender tenor and Wai-Yin-Lee
piano
Programme:
Seguidilla (Carmen, Bizet)
Flower Song (Carmen, Bizet)
Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila, Saint-Saens)
Ah fuyez (Werther, Massenet)
Va! laisse couler mes larmes (Werther, Massent)
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (Dichterliebe, Schumann)
Aus meinen Tränen spriessen
(Dichterliebe, Schumann)
Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube
(Dichterliebe, Schumann)
Ich grolle nicht (Schumann)
Er und sie (Schumann)
Tanzlied (Schumann)
Wiegenlied (Schumann)
Mondnacht (Schumann)
If you would only come with me (Bitter Sweet, Coward)
I'll see you again
(Bitter Sweet, Coward)
Fly Home Little Heart (King's Rhapsody, Novello)
If I loved you (Carousel, Rodgers & Hammerstein)
I remember it well (Gigi, Loewe)
Maria (West Side Story, Bernstein)
Tonight
(West Side Story, Bernstein)
Sunday 4
April - Easter Day
0945 Lighting of the Paschal Candle and Holy Communion with Sermon
Celebrant - The Reverend Prebendary Alan Tanner
MARCH
Wednesday
31 March
At 1930 Tenebrae was sung by the St Michael's Chorale www.stmichaelschorale.org.uk
This choir rehearses at Sutton's Hospital. Their next choral servive here
will be Evensong on 11 November 2010 at 1730.
Saturday
27 March
Visit of members of the parish of St Paul Furzedown in the Diocese of
Southwark (www.achurchnearyou.com/streatham-st-paul-furzedown)
Historically Furzedown was the home of the Seely family. John Seely (later
2nd Baron Mottistone), with Paul Paget, were the architects who restored
Charterhouse after World War II.
Friday
26 March
Holy Week Service for The Charterhouse Square School in the Chapel, conducted
by The Reverend Anthony Winter www.charterhousesquareschool.co.uk
Thursday
25 March - The Annunciation
The Dedication of the Carthusian Priory (1371-1538)
0945 Holy Communion with Hymns
Celebrant - The Reverend Prebendary Alan Tanner Emeritus Preacher
Sunday
21 March - Lent 5
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Reverend Prebendary Alan Tanner Emeritus Preacher
Wednesday
17 March 2010
1930 Compline sung by the Choral Scholars of Trinity College of Music
(www.tcm.ac.uk)
directed by Sean Farrell Director of Chapel Music with The Reverend Jeremy
Frost Chaplain, The Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. The following
were sung:
O Nata Lux Thomas Tallis
In Pace William Blitheman
Nunc Dimittis Orlando Gibbons Short Service
Tuesday
16 March
Mr Roland Symons Honorary Secretary of The White Lion Society (
www.whitelionsociety.co.uk) delivered a fascinating
lecture entitled the History and Design of Royal Air Force Badges
which was well illustrated and followed by a lively discussion. Mr Symons
was involved in a project which documented over one thousand such badges
all of which he drew. (Examples of his other work may be seen on the above
site under gallery).
Sunday
14 March - Lent 4
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Reverend Martin Bannister
10
March 2010
At Evensong the Lent Sermon was delivered by The Very Reverend Dr John
Arnold former Dean of Durham.
Sunday
7 March - Lent 3
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Reverend Jeremy Crossley
Tuesday
2 March 2010 at 1930 - ORGAN RECITAL
Andrew Lumsden Director of Music, Winchester Cathedral
Andrew Lumsden has been Organist and Director of Music of Winchester Cathedral
Choir since 2002. Son of Sir David Lumsden, he trained at Winchester College,
RSAMD and St John's College, Cambridge before taking up the position of
Assistant Organist at Southwark Cathedral in 1985. From there he moved
to Westminster Abbey in 1988 as Sub-Organist and thence to Lichfield Cathedral
in 1992 as Organist and Master of the Choristers until moving to Winchester
Cathedral.
There were 90 people in the audience.
Programme:
Concerto
in D, Charles Avison (1710-70)
Adagio/Allegro - Andante (Air with variation) - Molto Allegro
Variations
on Mein junges leben hat ein end, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544, JS Bach (1685-1750)
Choral Song and Fugue, Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-76)
Prelude, Fugue and Variation, Cèsar Franck (1822-90)
Adagio in E, Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Grand Choeur in D, Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
FEBRUARY
Sunday
28 February - Lent 2
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Reverend Prebendary Alan Tanner Emeritus Preacher
Wednesday
24 February - St Matthias
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Reverend John Castor Team Vicar, The Old St Pancras
Parishes
Sunday
21 February - Lent 1
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Reverend Prebendary Michael Shrewsbury
Thursday
18 February
The Seventh Thomas Sutton Lecture was delivered by General The Lord Guthrie
of Craigiebank Governor of Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse. His title
was The Just War the morals and ethics of going to war.
Following the lecture the audience took part in an interesting question
and answer session and a vote of thanks was proposed by Air Chief Marshal
Sir Michael Graydon Chairman of the Governors of Sutton's Hospital
in Charterhouse.
The subject of the lecture is covered in the book Just War (The Just War
Tradition: Ethics in Modern Warfare) written by Charles Guthrie and Michael
Quinlan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2007 - ISBN: 0747595577
Wednesday
17 February - Ash Wednesday
0945 Holy Communion with Imposition of Ashes
Celebrant - The Reverend Prebendary Alan Tanner Emeritus Preacher
Sunday
14 February - Quinquagesima
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Reverend Hugh Mead Reader of The Temple
Saturday
13 February
1730 Choral Evensong
Sung by The City of London Chamber Choir (www.clcc.org.uk)
directed by Christopher Field with Geoffrey Hunter organ. The music
included; Responses Christopher Field; Psalms 69 and 70 Chants
by James Turle, Samuel Sebastian Wesley and Richard Goodson; Canticles
The Third Service by Philip Moore; Anthems Let my
prayer come up by Robert Dray and Blessed be the God and Father
by Samuel Sebastian Wesley. The Organ Voluntary was Fantasia in
G major BWV 572: Allegro by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Sunday
7 February - Sexagesima
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Venerable Peter Delaney Archdeacon Emeritus
Thursday
4 February
1730 Choral Evensong
Sung by The Burczyk Singers (Charterhouse School -
www.charterhouse.org.uk) directed by Mark
Begbie with Timothy Parsons organ. The music included; Responses
Humphrey Clucas; Psalm 23 Chant by H Walford Davies; Canticles
in the Dorian Mode by Thomas Tallis; Anthems - God be in my head
by H Walford Davies and Verily, verily I say unto you by Thomas
Tallis. The Organ Voluntary was Trio sonata No 1 in E flat BWV 535:
Allegro by Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Wednesday
3 February
1730 Choral Evensong
Sung by the Haileybury Singers
(www.haileybury.com)
directed by Quentin Thomas with Samuel Hudson organ. The music included;
Responses William Smith of Durham; Psalm 18 Chant by Quentin Thomas;
Canticles in F by George Dyson; Anthems - Lead me Lord by S S
Wesley, Like as the Hart by Herbert Howells and A Gaelic Blessing
by John Rutter. The Organ Voluntary was Allabreve in D major BWV 589
by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Tuesday
2 February - The Presentation in the Temple (Candlemas)
0945 Holy Communion with Candlemas Ceremonies
Celebrant - The Reverend Prebendary Alan Tanner Emeritus Preacher
1730 Evensong
JANUARY
Sunday
31 January - Septuagesima
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Reverend Prebendary Alan Tanner Emeritus Preacher
Sunday
24 January - Epiphany 3
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Right Reverend Michael Colclough Canon of St Paul's
Monday
25 January - The Conversion of St Paul
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Reverend Stanley Underhill Brother of Charterhouse
Wednesday
20 January
Is Art Healthy?
A large audience assembled to hear Mr William Shand MA MD FRCS FRCSEd, Honorary
Consulting Surgeon to St Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospitals and
a former Governor of Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse deliver a lecture
about artwork in hospitals; there for the benefit of patients and staff
alike. His experience was gained as Chairman of the Artwork Committee of
the Homerton Hospital, opened in 1986, and which had extensive areas of
plain white walls -
http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/about-the-trust/art-in-the-hospital
An elegantly crafted lecture was supplemented by a series of excellent
illustrations.
Sunday
17 January - Epiphany 2
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Reverend Donald Reeves former Rector of St James, Piccadilly
Friday
15 January - Commemoration of Sir Walter de Manny KG d1372
The Holy Communion was celebrated in the Chapel by the Reverend Oliver Ross,
Rector of St Olave, Hart Street and Area Dean of The City after which a
small company assembled in Chapel Court. A wreath was laid on the grave
of Sir Walter de Manny where he was buried 638 years ago on 15 January 1372.
Sir Walter acquired this land as a burial ground for the victims of the
Black Death in 1349 and later with Michael de Northburgh, Bishop of London
1354 until his death in 1361, he founded a Carthusian Priory (The London
Charterhouse) in 1371. His grave was discovered after World War II when
the extensive war damage was being repaired under the guidance of the architects
John Seeley and Paul Paget. The story of the archaeological work has been
well recorded by David Knowles and WF Grimes in Charterhouse - The Medieval
Foundation in the light of recent discoveries published by Longmans in 1954.
Sunday 10
January - Epiphany 1
0945 Holy Communion
Celebrant - The Reverend Canon Bill Ritson former Canon of St Albans
DECEMBER
Monday 21 December 2009
Feast-day of St Thomas the Apostle
11.30am Holy Communion with Hymns
Celebrant and Preacher The Lord Bishop of London Governor
The
Bishop of London celebrated the Eucharist in the Chapel, and delivered the
address, to mark the retirement of The Reverend Michael Stevens who had
been Preacher of Charterhouse for almost ten years. Fr Stevens had spent
almost his whole ministry as a hospital chaplain first at The London Hospital,
then at St Thomas' Hospital and finally at St Bartholomew's Hospital when
he was also Vicar of St Bartholomew the Less. He had trained for the sacred
ministry at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield and was ordained deacon
in St Paul's Cathedral in 1965 and priest the following year. He served
his title at All Saints, Poplar.
In
recognition of his outstanding service as a hospital Chaplain he was awarded
the Cross of St Augustine by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2004 and
the Medal of St Mellitus by the Bishop of London in 2006.
At
Charterhouse his main achievements have been the reintroduction of the
Daily Offices and fostering ecumenical relationships with the Methodist
Church at Wesley's Chapel (John Wesley was a Scholar of Charterhouse from
1714-1720) and the Roman Catholic Church at Westminster Cathedral (principally
through the annual Commemoration of the Carthusian Martyrs (1535-1540).
On his retirement the Governors of Charterhouse appointed Fr Stevens Emeritus
Preacher, a title also enjoyed by his predecessor Prebendary Alan Tanner.
Thursday
17 December 2009
7.30pm Carol Service
With the St Michael's Chorale
Saturday
12 December 2009
398th Anniversary of the death of Thomas Sutton
11.30am Holy Communion with Hymns
Celebrant and Preacher - The Bishop of Edmonton
Wednesday
9 December 2009
FOUNDER'S DAY
6.00pm Choral Evensong with Commemoration of Benefactors
Address - The Bishop of Dorchester
Charterhouse School Chamber Choir
Saturday
5 December 2009 7.30pm-9.00pm
Music for Advent and Christmas
in the Great Chamber
St Mary's Beddington Choirs
directed by Andrew Wilson
NOVEMBER
Sunday
29 November 2009 11.30am-12.30pm
Coffee Concert in the Great Chamber
The Treasury Collection
directed by Edward Adams
Three Fantasy
Pieces Op 73 Schumann
Vocalise for 'cello and piano Rachmaninov
Trio pathetique for clarinet, 'cello and piano Glinka
Intermezzi for piano Brahms
OCTOBER
15 October 2009
Mendelssohn Festival 4
Concert with The Bartholdy Trio & Ensemble
PIANO TRIO
No. 43 in C major Hob XV:27(1797)
Franz Josef Haydn 1732-1809
Allegro - Andante - Presto
The Bartholdy Trio James Willshire piano, Julia McCarthy
violin, Andrew Joyce cello
ANDANTE
and VARIATIONS for piano in F minor Hob XVII:6
Franz Josef Haydn
James Willshire piano
OCTET in
E flat major Op 20
Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847
Allegro moderato ma con fuoco - Andante - Scherzo - Presto
The Bartholdy
Ensemble Tom Norris violin, Ellie Fagg violin, Anna
Cashell violin, Victoria Mavromoustaki violin, Julia McCarthy
viola, Alexandros Koustas viola, Andrew Joyce cello,
Brian O'Kane cello
10 October
2009
The
Burgon Society held their annual Congregation in the Great Chamber
of Sutton's Hospital.
4 October
2009
17th Sunday after Trinity
Choral Evensong was sung in the Chapel by the Wessex Chamber Choir under
the direction of Mr Richard Stevens.
SEPTEMBER
28 September 2009
Eve of the Feast-Day of St Michael and All Angels
Choral Evensong was sung in the Chapel by the Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral
(by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter), under the direction of Mr
Simon Johnson.
27 September
2009
Coffee Concert with David Way violin and Angus Cunningham piano
PATITA
FOR VIOLIN No 2 in D minor BWV1004
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
Chaconne
SONATA FOR
VIOLIN AND PIANO in G minor L140
Claude Debussy 1862-1918
Allegro vivo - Fantasque et léger - Finale: Très animé
SONATINE
in G major opus 100
Antonín Leopold Dvorák 1841-1904
Allegro risoluto - Larghetto - Scherzo: Molto vivace - Finale: Allegro
molto
Sunday
20 September 2009 2.00pm-5.00pm
London
Open House
The Chapel (only) was open to the public and we received 439 visitors
during the afternoon.
17 September
2009
Parishes Day
Representatives
of the ten Church of England livings of which the Governors are patrons
from the Dioceses of Lincoln, Norwich, Ely and Chelmsford attended the
fourth bi-annual Parishes Day. The Preacher at the Eucharist was The Reverend
Canon John Ovenden of St George's Chapel, Windsor. After luncheon, three
significant anniversaries were described: the 450th Anniversary of the
arrival at Charterhouse of Queen Elizabeth I on 23 November 1558, on her
way from the Old Palace at Hatfield to the City of London, was described
in words and music and performed by the residents; the 475th Anniversary
of the Martyrdom of St John Houghton on 4 May 1535 to be marked next year
on Tuesday 4 May 2010 with a special service at 1730 and the 400th Anniversary
of Thomas Sutton's Foundation of School and Almshouse to be celebrated
in 2011.
14 September
2009
A party of residents from Morden College, Blackheath visited Sutton's
Hospital for a tour of the site and the opportunity to meet the Brothers
and Staff.
JULY
Thursday 23 July 2009
The annual visit of the Brothers of Charterhouse to the Brother's Burial
Ground at St Mary the Virgin, Little Hallingbury in Essex.
Tuesday
21 July 2009
Visit of a group of Heritage Stewards and their guests from Wesley's Chapel
www.wesleyschapel.org.uk
After a short introductory talk by the Master a tour of Charterhouse took
place. Tea was followed by a short organ recital from Graham Matthews
Brother and Organist of Charterhouse, before Evening Prayer, in the Chapel.
Evening Prayer (the first for St Mary Magdalen's Day) was ordered according
to the Methodist Rite and the Officiant was The Reverend the Lord Griffiths
of Burry Port Superintendent Minister, Wesley's Chapel, the sermon was
preached by The Reverend Jennifer Potter Minister, Wesley's Chapel, and
the Preacher of Charterhouse gave the blessing.
Monday
13 July 2009
At Evensong an introit and an anthem were sung by Vox Zambezi, (www.voxzambezi.net)
directed by Paul Kelly.

Vox
Zambezi during their visit to Charterhouse in 2008
Sunday
12 July 2009
Mendelssohn Festival 3
Coffee Concert with The Bartholdy Trio - James Willshire piano,
Julia McCarthy violin and Andrew Joyce 'cello
The
following works were performed
SONATA FOR 'CELLO AND PIANO No 1 in B flat Opus 45
Felix Mendelssohn 1809 - 1847
Allegro
vivace - Andante - Allegro assai
SONGS
WITHOUT WORDS
Felix Mendelssohn PIANO TRIO No 1 in D minor Opus 66
Felix Mendelssohn
Molto allegro e agitato - Andante con moto tranquillo - Scherzo: Leggiero
e vivace - Allegro assai appassionato
JUNE
14 June 2009
Mendelssohn Festival 2
Coffee Concert with The Bartholdy Trio - James Willshire piano,
Julia McCarthy violin and Andrew Joyce 'cello
The following works were performed
SONATA
FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO in F minor Opus 4
Felix Mendelssohn 1809 - 1847
Adagio
- Allegro moderato - Poco adagio - Allegro agitato
RONDO CAPRICCIOSO FOR PIANO in E major Opus 14
Felix Mendelssohn
PIANO TRIO No 2 in C minor Opus 66
Felix Mendelssohn
Allegro energico e con fuoco - Andante espressivo - Scherzo: Molto
allegro quasi presto - Finale: Allegro appassionat
Wednesday
10 June 2009
Visit of Mr Sheriff George Gillon CC FRICS
Tuesday
9 June 2009
Memorial Service at St James Garlickhythe for the late Colin Harris Former
Governor
MAY
Thursday 14 May 2009
Visit of the Master and Brothers from St Cross Hospital, Winchester
We
much valued a visit from the Master (The Venerable Michael Harley) and
Brothers at St
Cross Hospital in Winchester. Our guests, wearing their traditional
gowns and caps, were given a tour of Charterhouse before luncheon in Great
Hall. We hope to pay a return visit to St Cross in September.
Historically,
St Cross Hospital comprises two separate charitable foundations, which
have since been merged. The Hospital of St Cross was founded in approximately
1132 by Bishop Henry of Blois and the Brothers from this Foundation wear
the black robes, black trencher hats and silver badges in the shape of
the Cross of Jerusalem. The Order of Noble Poverty was founded in 1445
by Cardinal Henry Beaufort and these Brothers wear the claret robes, claret
trencher hats and silver cardinal's badges. Brothers from the two foundations
are often referred to as the Black Brothers or the Red Brothers.
10
May 2009
Mendelssohn Festival 1
Coffee Concert with Louise Adamson mezzo-sprano and Suzy Ruffles
piano
The following works were performed:
ARIANNA
A NAXOS No 2 (1789)
Teseo mio ben
Cantata for Mezzo Soprano and Keyboard Franz Joseph Haydn 1732-1809
SECHS GESÄNGE Opus 19
Felix Mendelssohn 1809 - 1847
Frühlingslied
- Das erste Veilchen - Winterlied - Neue Liebe - Gruss - Reiselied
SECHS GESÄNGE Opus 34
Felix Mendelssohn
Minnelied
- Auf Flügeln des Gesanges - Frühlingslied - Suleika - Sonntagslied
-
Reiselied
HERCULES The Opera
George Friederick Handel 1685-1759
There
in myrtle shades reclined - Cease ruler of the day - Where shall I fly?
8
May 2009
Solemn Vespers were sung in the Chapel by the Choir of Quainton Hall School,
Harrow
3
May 2009
Commemoration
of the Carthusian Martyrs
For
the fifth year the day on which the last Prior, Saint John Houghton, and
his Companions were martyred in 1535 was observed with Solemn Evensong,
Sermon and Commemoration of the Carthusian Martyrs at the site of the
High Altar of the Carthusian Priory Church (now Chapel Court). We were
honoured to have a sermon written by His Eminence Cardinal Cormac Murphy
O'Connor which he was unable to give personally because he was indisposed.
We were grateful to Bishop George Stack, the senior auxiliary Bishop in
the Westminster Archdiocese for delivering it. We also welcomed Archbishop
Faustino Sainz Muñoz Apostolic Nuncio, who read the second
lesson, The Reverend Canon Jonathan Goodall who represented the Archbishop
of Canterbury, The Reverend Prebendary William Scott who represented the
Bishop of London and The Reverend the Lord Griffiths of Burry Port, Superintendent
Minister of nearby Wesley's Chapel. A large congregation assembled
for the service which was sung by the Thomas Sutton Singers, directed
by Richard Stevens with Graham Matthews at the organ. The Preacher of
Charterhouse, The Reverend Michael Stevens officiated.
See
also: www.rcdow.org.uk
The
following is the text of The Cardinal's sermon:
Recently,
I saw a quite remarkable film called "The Great Silence". Essentially,
it was the life of the monks at the Monastery of the La Grande Chartreuse.
One saw the harsh elements of the wind and the cold and the snow outside.
Inside the monastery, one saw the monks in the chapel, but most of all
in their cells, where each would spend most of the day, where he prayed
and worked and ate. It was, of course, what happened here at the London
Charterhouse for nearly 200 years, in the cells arranged around the retreat
cloister. In the film, not a word of conversation is spoken. There is
a Carthusian silence and, as one monk put it, "our silence is not
just emptiness and death. On the contrary, it should draw ever nearer,
and bring us nearer, to the fullness of life. We are silent because the
words by which our souls would fain love cannot be expressed in earthly
language". The intensity of each monk's communion with God is evident,
as if they had individually heeded the words to Elijah in the First Book
of Kings: "Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. For
at that moment the Lord was going by". But the Lord was not in the
mighty hurricane, or the earthquake, or the fire, but in a light murmuring
sound. And when Elijah heard this he covered his face with his cloak.
That
gentle breeze recorded in the Bible was recalled by Dom Maurice Chauncey
in describing the events during the Mass of the Holy Spirit shortly before
the arrest of St. John Houghton and his companions. Dom Maurice wrote
that, after the Consecration, "
..there came from heaven a pleasant
sound, like the voice of a gentle breeze, charming our outward ears as
with a sweet breath, and gently striking them with a softly whispered
murmur, but by some irresistible power appealing still more sweetly and
more strongly to the inward ears".
Silence
is held in great esteem by spiritual people of all religions, and it is
much more than the absence of sound. It is a precious means of access
into the spiritual world. There is, we are told, especially by the Carthusian
monks, an exterior silence and an interior silence. This monastery of
the Charterhouse had few exterior sounds: the sound of nature, the sound
of the bells, the sound of Gregorian chant. But the interior silence is
something else. It is a silence of the mind and heart. It is that kind
of silence in which one is able to be in communion with God, where he
is at the centre of our universe and not our own egotistical self, when
there is liberty and there is peace. How difficult for you and me to achieve
this, living with the noise and distraction of our complex world.
When
I was Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, I would occasionally go to visit
the Charterhouse at Parkminster. I was deeply edified by the monks there.
I remember asking the Prior if I could encourage some of the priests of
my Diocese to go there for spiritual direction and confession. The Prior
thought for a moment and then said "I do not think it would be wise.
You see, the life of the monk here is a very special one. Let me give
you an example. If you throw a large rock into the sea, there will be
a little splash. The sea moves on in its great course. But if you throw
a pebble into a still pond, the ripples go backwards and forwards and
the stillness of the pond is broken. That is what it would be like for
our monks if the pebbles of the lives of priests who live in the world
were to break the stillness of their prayer". I was very moved by
that answer, reminding me that the stillness and the silence and the deep
communication with God are not achieved without great effort and sacrifice,
but they bring with them a great peace and joy. And looking at the face
of the monks, whether in the film or at the Charterhouse in Parkminster,
one saw a serenity, a peace and a joy that is quite remarkable.
So
it was no wonder that Thomas More, as he watched from the window of his
prison cell in the Tower of London and saw John Houghton with his two
companions, Robert Lawrence and Augustine Webster, strapped to their hurdles
on their way to execution at Tyburn, said that they went with a joyful
alacrity, as of men going to their marriage, with great serenity and with
joy. Yes, today we give thanks for the witness of these extraordinarily
brave Carthusian martyrs, whose very silence and prayer prepared them
for the ultimate sacrifice.
But
what is the message for us today from the example of the silence and prayer
of these great men of the past, and indeed of the present too, who devote
their lives to a silence that is full of meaning and openness and joy?
It seems to me there is one thing we need to assert time and time again.
That is that each one of us has a soul made for God. We have been told
time and time again, and rightly so, that we in the West have very great
responsibilities for the wellbeing of our planet. Above all else, however,
we must realise that there is also a responsibility for the stewardship
of the spirit, which means the need to repair our fractured relationship
with God. The return to things of the soul involves a return to its source
and to its intended destiny. Heaven it is home. To experience and understand
this means that we must be humble, for in perceiving the things of the
spirit we realise that there is someone above us, beyond us, transcendent,
but also very near to us in Jesus Christ. I seem to remember the words
of Solzhenitsyn: "We have become hopelessly enmeshed in our slavish
worship of all that is pleasant, all that is comfortable, all that is
material. We worship things. We worship products. Will we ever succeed
in shaking off this burden, in giving free rein to the spirit that was
breathed into us at birth, that spirit which distinguishes us from the
animal world?" We live in a postmodern world and the example
of these martyrs, of these extraordinary men who devote their lives to
silence and prayer and communion with God should be an encouragement to
us to try to achieve some silence in our own lives. In doing so we give
a silent witness to others of the fact that we have a soul and that we
are made for God and we shall be restless until we find rest in him.
The
words of a Carthusian monk sum this up well. "Silence and memory
go well hand in hand. We know that silence is not a void but, on the contrary,
by its very nature, is fullness". That is why the world's speech,
its conversation, the pressure of the media is so often wearying instead
of being truthful, restful and peaceful. That is why in Charterhouse one
experiences such peace.
There
everything emanates from the calm depths of the soul where all is recollected
and silent. That is where God abides and where we ineffably find Him,
if we abide in Him there too. Not everyone, obviously, can experience
that same degree of recollection that exists in a Charterhouse, because
of the circumstances of our lives. But we must surely, as far as possible,
not be afraid to set aside at least some short moments for recollection
and to give some time to Him who is within us. It is in that silence that
he speaks to us and bids us listen to him. The motto of the great English
Cardinal John Henry Newman sums this up well: Cor ad Cor Loquitur.
Heart speaks to heart in the silence of the heart.

The
scene in Chapel Court
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The
Martyrs are commemorated by the placing of a red rose in a model
of a Tyburn Tree as the names of the 20 martyrs are called. This
takes place in front of the Martyrs' Memorial.
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Photography
by Brian Newble
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