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The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford, commonly known as Guildford Cathedral, is the Anglican cathedral in Guildford, Surrey, England. Earl Onslow donated the first 6 acres (2.4 ha) of land on which the cathedral stands, with Viscount Bennett, a former Prime Minister of Canada, purchasing the remaining land and donating it to the cathedral in 1947.
Barry Michael Rose OBE FRAM FRSCM HonFRCO (born 24 May 1934) is a choir trainer and organist.He is best known for founding the choir and the pattern of daily sung worship at the new Guildford Cathedral in 1961, [1] as well as directing the music at the 1981 wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
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Whitechapel has supplied bells to several cathedrals. Guildford Cathedral in Surrey had a peal of 10 bells (later augmented to 12), [37] Canterbury Cathedral augmented its bells to a peal of 14 in 1981, [38] and the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. in 1962. [39]
Carols for Choirs is a collection of choral scores, predominantly of Christmas carols and hymns, first published in 1961 by Oxford University Press.It was edited by Sir David Willcocks and Reginald Jacques, and is a widely used source of carols in the British Anglican tradition and among British choral societies. [1]
In 2008, a contemporary Christian music group, Casting Crowns, scored their eighth No. 1 Christian hit with "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day", from their album Peace on Earth. [17] The song is not an exact replica of the original poem or carol, but an interpolation of verses 1, 6, 7 and 3 (in that order), interposed with a new chorus.
Katherine Dienes also known as Katherine Dienes-Williams (born in Wellington, 10 January 1970) [1] is a New Zealand-born organist, conductor and composer.She is currently Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral [2] and is the first woman to hold the most senior musical post in a Church of England cathedral.
The cathedral tower is 156 feet (48 metres) high and holds 12 bells weighing in total some 6.5 tons. Above the south balcony is the sculptor Dennis Huntley’s St Hubert which was carved by Huntley “in situ”. Above the east balcony is a WWI Memorial depicting a mother and child, carved by sculptor Nicholas Thompson in situ in 2016.