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The next series of Coffee Break Concerts begins on Saturday 12th May, 11am at St Peter's Church.  For more information, please click here.

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Saturday 5th May 2012
7.30pm at St Mary's Church

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Nottingham’s fourth annual Light Night is to be held on Friday 10th February around Nottingham city centre. St Mary’s and St Peter’s will be playing a part in the celebrations hosting a number of events and artistic displays. 

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Today, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius is a national monument. But at its first performance in Birmingham, 105 years ago, the music was thought daring and difficult, while the subject matter was viewed in some quarters with intense suspicion. The text of The Dream of Gerontius – by the Victorian Catholic convert, Cardinal John Henry Newman – is rich in doctrine that had been emphatically rejected by the Protestant church since the time of the Reformation. The central character, Gerontius (the name derives from the Ancient Greek gero¯n, meaning simply ‘old man’), prays for assistance to the Blessed Virgin Mary and to other saints, and after his soulsearing first sight of God, he doesn’t go straight to Heaven, but is committed to Purgatory for purification. For some Protestants in Elgar’s day, all this would have been pure heresy. However, one could argue that this is an essay in the transition from time to eternity viewed through the doctrine of the Roman Church.

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Christmas Services, 2011

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Coffee Break Concerts, December 2011

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The Festival of British Music will take place on Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th October.  There will be several events happening across the parish to celebrate the splendour and diversity of British Music.  With a variey of concerts and choral services, there will be something for all lovers of music from the UK.

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Coffee Break Concerts

The next series of Coffee Break Concerts at St Peter's Church begins on Saturday 1st October 2011. All concerts begin at 11am, with coffee and biscuits served from 10.15.  For more information on this series, click here.

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The increasingly popular Third Thursday Organ Recitals continue on 18th August, 1.15pm at St Peter's.  These concerts are an opportunity to hear the new organ at St Peter's, with the next given by Peter Siepmann, Director of Music at St Peter's, whose performance will include music by Bach and Vierne.  On 15th September, Paul Hayward (Nottingham Cathedral) will perform music by Guilmant, Thalben-Ball, Sweelink, Howells and Lefebure-Wely. 

The recitals last for half an hour and are free of charge, with donations towards the church music fund.  For more information about music at St Peter's and across the parish, click here.

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The February 2011 series of St Peter's Coffee Break Concerts are devoted to celebrating the church's magnificent new organ.  All concerts start at 11am and last for one hour, with coffee & biscuits available from 10.15am. Admission free, with donations to the music fund welcome. Please see also the church music list, for details of the service music during this month of celebration of the new organ.

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