The Chapel is open
for public worship. Some Services are live-streamed (access here.)
Sunday 26th June
Second Second after Trinity
11am Sung Eucharist
Celebrant and Preacher:
Fr Richard Fermer
Francisco Guerrero Missa Cangratulamini mihi
Henry Purcell O God thou art my God
J.P.Sweelinck Toccata in C
Noon to 5pm Mount Street Gardens Summer Fair
Tuesday 28th June
1.10 - 1.50
Mayfair Organ Concert
David Ponsford
(Proessor, Royal Academy of Music)
Admission free
Wednesday, 29th June
Feast of Ss Peter & Paul, Apostles
7.30am Morning Prayer (online only) led by Fr Alan Piggot
6.30pm Said Eucharist for
Ss Peter & Paul
led by Fr Richard Fermer
Thursday, 30th June
8am Said Eucharist
led by Fr Richard Fermer
Saturday, 2nd July
12.15pm Ceremony of Admission of a Godparent
2pm Holy Baptism
Sunday, 3rd July
Feast of St Thomas the Apostle
11am Sung Eucharist
Celebrant: Fr Richard Fermer
Preacher: Fr Alan Piggot
G.Allegri Missa Missa Che fà hoggi il mio sole
William Byrd O quam gloriosum est regnum
William Russell Voluntary in G minor
THE PROFESSIONAL
CHAPEL CHOIR
is currently looking for two new singers. Please see the Chapel Choir page for more information.
THE CHAMPNISS
ORGAN SCHOLARSHIP
Jason Tang has been awarded the Champniss Organ Scholarship for 2022/2023
CHAPEL OPENING TIMES
At present only the rear of the nave is open for visits and private prayer during the week.
Monday to Friday: 9am - 4pm
Saturday: closed
Sunday: 9am - 2pm
The organ in Grosvenor Chapel was built by Abraham Jordan and installed in 1732. It had Great and short compass Swell divisions and no pedals. It stood in an upper gallery at the west end, a position it occupied until 1908. It was altered twice in the 19th c. by Bishop, and rebuilt in 1908 by Ingram. In 1930 J.W.Walker and Sons built a new two manual organ incorporating much second-hand pipework both from the old instrument and from elsewhere. The case was widened, and the organ had 21 stops, electropneumatic action and a stop key console.
This instrument was replaced in 1991 by William Drake of Buckfastleigh, Devon, who built a new organ in a broadly 18th c. English style. The Great has the traditional long compass and all pipework is new except for the treble of the Swell Stopped Diapason. The original Jordan front pipes survive, but were not used in 1991 as they are not at 'modern' pitch. The organ is tuned to an unequal temperament and has mechanical action for keys, pedals and stops. The console was modelled on surviving 18th c examples and the pedalboard is flat and straight. Soundboards are of traditional construction with no modern materials, and the action is unbushed. The case was remade and restored by William Drake.
The scaling and treatment of the diapason stops is based on the surviving front pipes, and the Great Stopt and Flute are modelled on ranks in the Seede organ at Lulworth Castle. The Great Cornet is a copy of that in the England organ at Blandford Forum in Dorset, and the reeds are based on the early 19th c. William Allen stops at Everingham in Yorkshire.
The organ was inaugurated by Gustav Leonhardt in May 1991.
Between February and April 2017 the organ was cleaned and overhauled by Drake Organs.
Great GG/AA - f''' 58 notes |
Swell C - f''' 54 notes |
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Open Diapason | 8 | Open Diapason | 8 | |
Stopt Diapason | 8 | Stopt Diapason | 8 | |
Principal | 4 | Principal | 4 | |
Flute | 4 | Fifteenth | 2 | |
Twelfth | 2 2/3 | Mixture | III | |
Fifteenth | 2 | Cornet Treble | III | |
Furniture | III | Cornet Bass | III | |
Sesquialtera | III-IV | Trumpet | 8 | |
Cornet | V from middle c | Hautboy | 8 | |
Trumpet Treble | 8 | Tremulant | ||
Trumpet Bass | 8 | |||
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Pedal C-f | 30 notes | |||
Stopt Diapason | 16 | Swell to Great | ||
Principal | 8 | Swell to Pedal | ||
Trumpet | 16 | Great to Pedal | ||
Three couplers | ||||
Tremulant | ||||
Grosvenor Termperament |