2018 - Office of John Grandisson, Christmas Eve

Office of Grandisson

The start of the Christmas Eve Office of Bishop John Grandisson. Two solo choristers start the service, singing the opening of "Hodie Nobis Coelorum Rex", standing by the High Altar, to music of Thomas Armstrong. The rest of the choir, standing in the Ambulatory, respond.

The two choristers here are: Edward Kennerley (left) and Felicity Partridge.

Adults visible behind the screen (the choristers would be standing in front of the adults, below the level of the screen), left to right: Cantoris - Emily Harrison (alto choral scholar; left summer 2019 to become alto lay vicar at Bristol Cathedral); Decani - James Picton-Turbivil (bass choral scholar; left summer term 2019); Daniel Maw (tenor choral scholar; left December 25th 2020 to start a law conversion course); Mike Graham (tenor lay vicar); Matthew Jeffrey (tenor choral scholar; succeeded Gordon Pike as cantoris lay vicar from March 2020, but not installed until September 2020 and the resumption of choral singing after the Coronavirus lockdown which began in mid-March 2020).