Southport Trinity Arts Festival

28/05/2022

Holy Trinity Southport is seeking to appoint a Director of Music. The post, part time and permanent, is available from September 2022.
Holy Trinity is very proud of its strong musical tradition and music is a vital part in the life of the church and its distinctive liturgy and style of worship.
The Choir. Following the pandemic, there is little left of the treble line and thus one of the first tasks of the new Director of Music will be to recruit and introduce girls and recruit boys into the junior choir.
The Organs are both electronic; the main instrument has four manuals and 74 speaking stops with a floating west end division. There is also a moveable organ of two manuals with 30 stops. A grand piano is available in church.
The Key Responsibilities of the DoM include delivery of the music for weekly Sunday morning Eucharist and Wednesday Choral Evensong services; they will recruit, lead, motivate and train the choir and will deliver the Cathedral Singing Week each summer. For further information and an application pack, contact Bob Ball at [email protected] or 01704 568001 or 07773 711 843

28/08/2021

18/01/2021

Live, online, this Sunday afternoon at 3pm - pour yourself a glass of wine, open a box of Christmas chocolates and celebrate the closing of the Christmas season with HH Classical Duo

The programme will be:

In the bleak mid winter - John Hosking

Christmas Fantasy - Johan Wentink

Remember O thou man - Ravenscroft, arr. Hosking
Earl of Salisbury Carol - William Byrd
Suo Gan - arr. Malcolm Archer

In dulci jubilo - J.S. Bach

Silent Night - arr. Guthrie Foote
Puer natus in Bethlehem - arr. Praetorius/Hosking

Noel Macconais - Charles Quef

Capriol Carol - Peter Warlock
Watt's Cradle Hymn - Barry Rose

Variations on In dulci jubilo - Denis Bédard

O holy night - Adolphe Adam

07/01/2021

A little soundcheck/rehearsal teaser of the online recital that HH Classical Duo (Olivia Hunt - soprano and John Hosking - Director of Music at Holy Trinity, Southport) will present on 24th January at 3pm.

30/12/2020

Unfortunately, due to the change in tiers, it will not be possible to hold this concert in church. However, Olivia and John will video their programme for broadcast online - watch out for further details!

15/12/2020

We are delighted to announce that we will be holding a Christmas Concert of solo vocal and organ music on Sunday 24th January at 3.00pm in church.

Our Director of Music, John Hosking will be joined by soprano, Olivia Hunt in a performance of works from the 16th century to the present day.

Admission will be free with a retiring collection - do take this opportunity to hear a live performance during the Christmas season if you are able.

25/09/2020

Graham Eccles (organ) will be giving our final lunchtime concert for 2020 on Wednesday at 1pm. Admission is free with a retiring collection.

Praeludium in A - Dietrich Buxtehude
Chorale Prelude on ‘Komm Heiliger Geist’ - G. A. Homilius
Comes Autumn time - Leo Sowerby
3 Pièces - Gabriel Pierné (Prélude - Cantilène - Scherzando)
Aubade (24 pièces de Fantaisie, Op. 55) - Louis Vierne
Adagio and Final (Symphonie iii, Op. 28) - Louis Vierne

18/09/2020

Our organ concert next Wednesday at 1pm is given by Karen Au, the accompanist of the Southport Bach Choir. Admission is free with a retiring collection - do come along if you are able.

Karen's programme will be:

Hymne au Soleil – Louis Vierne

Prelude and Fugue in F minor – Marcel Dupré

Concerto in D minor – Antonio Vivaldi/J.S. Bach

• (i) Allegro
• (ii) Grave
• (iii) Fuga
• (iv) Largo e spiccato
• (v) Allegro

Berceuse – Louis Vierne

Allegro (Symphonie no. 2 in E minor) – Louis Vierne

14/09/2020

Do join us on Wednesday at 1pm for an organ concert given by Shaun Turnbull of Blackburn Cathedral. Admission is free with a retiring collection.

Shaun's programme will be:

Praeludium in D major BuxWV139 - Dietrich Buxtehude (1637/9 – 1707)

Unter der linden grüne – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 – 1621)

from Gloria (Messe pour les Paroisses) – François Couperin (1668 – 1733)

• (vi) Tierce en Taille
• (vii) Dialogue sur le Voix Humaine
• (viii) Dialogue en trio de Cornet et de la Tierce
• (ix) Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux

Prelude on a theme of Palestrina – Arthur Milner (1925 – 2002)

from 24 Pièces en style libre – Louis Vierne (1870 – 1937)

• Lied
• Carillon de Longpont

10/09/2020

It was great to see such a great turnout for yesterday's lunchtime concert.

Next week's concert will be given by Shaun Turnbull of Blackburn Cathedral - 16th September at 1pm. Do join us for a programme of music by Vierne, Sweelinck, Buxtehude and Couperin if you are able.

08/09/2020

Tomorrow's lunchtime concert will be given by Olivia Hunt (soprano) and John Hosking (organ) at 1pm.

The programme will be:

Toccata in Bb minor - Louis Vierne
Ave verum corpus - Louis Vierne

Dido's Lament (Dido and Aeneas) - Henry Purcell
Voluntary on the Old 100th - Henry Purcell

God's tender mercy (Chandos Anthem no. 9) - G.F. Handel

Meditation on 'Picardy' - Leo Sowerby

from Five Mystical Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Love bade me welcome
The Call

Alma redemptoris Mater - David Briggs

02/09/2020

Many thanks to all who supported today's concert.

Next week (9th September) *Olivia Hunt (soprano) accompanied by John Hosking will give our weekly concert at 1pm.

Their programme consists of popular favourites as well as some lesser known works:

Toccata in Bb minor - Louis Vierne
Ave verum corpus - Louis Vierne*

Dido's Lament (Dido and Aeneas) - Henry Purcell*
Voluntary on the Old 100th - Henry Purcell

God's tender mercy (Chandos Anthem no. 9) - G.F. Handel*

Meditation on 'Picardy' - Leo Sowerby

from Five Mystical Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Love bade me welcome*
The Call*

Alma redemptoris Mater - David Briggs*