Holy Trinity Blythburgh
The Cathedral of the Marshes
The Cathedral of the Marshes
The Cathedral of the Marshes
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Coffee & Cake
The ever-popular Blythburgh café and minimarket – the village hub – is back in full swing on Friday 26 April: 10.30-12. Thereafter, on the last Friday of every month.
Running the Church
We’re holding our Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) on Tuesday 21 May at 7pm in the church. Meryl Doney is standing down as Church Warden so we’re looking for a new recruit. If you’re on the Church Electoral Roll you can vote on matters at the APCM.
Choral treat
On Saturday 25 May at 7.30pm, enjoy an evening of uplifting choral music entitled ‘Where’er You Walk’ with Voxcetera Chamber Choir. The concert will open with a celebration of sacred music spanning 400 years. The second half features secular songs on a theme of journeys and travel, including arrangements of folk and pop as well as the beautifully haunting “The Long Road” by Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds. Book tickets at www.voxcetera.co.uk
Friends of Holy Trinity Open Afternoon
This is due to take place Sunday 26 May at 2.30 -4pm. The afternoon will focus on the life and work of Ronald Blythe, author of the best-selling Akenfield. Blythburgh resident Malcolm Doney – who met “Ronnie” and wrote his obituary for the Church Times– will talk about this remarkable man and his links with Blythburgh, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and other Suffolk luminaries. This will be followed by tea and cakeand a showing of the film Akenfield, Sir Peter Hall’s elegiac portrait of Suffolk life, based on Blythe’s masterwork.
Sat, Jul. 6, 2019 7:00pm
An evening of Beautiful Music with the Love to Sing Choir
Aug. 3 - 4, 2019
Blythburgh Day this year will be celebrating, not only a vibrant community but an artistic one. The Blythburgh Summer Exhibition will be on display in the iconic church of Holy Trinity: the Cathedral of the Marshes. It will include art and craftwork by 14 local artists, from painting to pots, from sculpture to sewing and much beside. The exhibition – which is free – will open on Saturday 3 August from 9am to 6pm and again on Sunday 4 August from 9am, to coincide with the village festival, Blythburgh Day. It will close with the hugely appreciated service of Choral Evensong led by the Blythburgh Singers.
Sun, Sep. 15, 2019 6:00pm
Fri, Oct. 11, 2019 10:30am
October sees the annual Alwyn Music Festival, honouring the composer William Alwyn who once lived in Blythburgh. This year, the festival takes place from Friday 4 October to Saturday 12 October, with five diverse concerts and a film showing. Events will take place at: Southwold Church, Blythburgh Church, the Red House and Jubilee Hall in Aldeburgh, and Southwold's Electric Picture Palace.
Sun, Nov. 24, 2019 4:00pm
