Music Matters: May 2018 The Director of Music writes… Much of the choir’s time this month will be spent on the music of the English composer Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625). After early training as a chorister at King’s College Cambridge, Gibbons later became a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. For the last two years of his…
Day: May 1, 2018
Remembering Dave Hale
Remembering Dave Hale I can’t recall any event at St Peter’s which has ever been quite like the commemoration of Dave Hale which we held on Thursday 26th April. Dave – known to his friends as ‘Happy Dave’ – used to sell the Big Issue magazine outside St Peter’s, usually on the afternoon shift. I…