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The Three Masters in Concert
Published: on 27th August 2009 by Eleanor Course in Minster News
Old Malton Priory will be holding a unique concert on Saturday 3rd October at 7.30pm. Dr Francis Jackson, Philip Moore and Robert Sharpe, past and present Masters of the Music at York Minster, will be performing together for the first time.
Michael Wiles, organiser of the concert said, “This is a unique opportunity to hear three distinguished musicians who have been responsible for the Minster’s music for over 60 years. They will be playing on the Priory Organ and will be interviewed by John Scott Whiteley, York Minster’s Organist, who has worked closely with all three musicians.
“The evening will begin with a wine reception at 6.30pm. Tickets cost £15, and all proceeds will go to York Minster Revealed and the Old Malton Priory Music Fund. The event is supported by The Friends of Cathedral Music of which Francis Jackson is a Vice President. The aims of the FCM, which are to safeguard our priceless heritage of cathedral music and support a living tradition, have been the aims and ideals of all four of these musicians - it is their raison d'etre.”
The Old Malton Priory Music Fund is raising money to make the church a better venue for concerts. The Priory has been given a Steinway grand piano on permanent loan, but it needs a lot of work to repair it. The church is a popular venue for local choirs to perform in and is used by The Ryedale Festival, but the repair of the Steinway will mean the Priory has a concert standard piano for the first time.
York Minster Revealed is a five-year project with a £10m Heritage Lottery Fund earmarked grant to expand training in the specialist craft skills of stone-masonry and stained glass conservation. Through interpretation, improved access, and conservation it will reveal to a wider audience a better understanding of the architectural jewel that is York Minster, and its place within the history of the last two thousand years.
To buy a ticket or for more information, contact Michael Wiles on 01653 618479 or email mj.wiles@btconnect.com. A coach will run from York to Old Malton Priory, costing £7 for a seat.