ON Sunday 21st August, there will be a service of Choral Evensong at St Mary the Virgin, Orchardleigh at 6pm.
The service, sung by members of the parish, under the direction of director of music, David King, will include music by Geoffrey Shaw and Hubert Parry.
This service will conclude with ‘extended voluntaries’ (or a mini-recital) of organ music by John Stanley, Cesar Franck and Johannes Brahms.
The collection taken at the service will go the ‘Diamond Fund for Choristers’ – an initiative from the ‘Friends of Cathedral Music’ which aims to raise £10million by 2020 to support choirs in cathedrals and similar institutions.
The church of St Mary dates back to the 14th century and sits on a moated island adjacent to the lake on the Orchardleigh estate and due to it’s location has no electricity and all services are illuminated by candlelight and the organ is pumped by hand.
