The life and work of The Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman has been celebrated in a Musical Oratory by pupils at St Bede’s College.
A packed College chapel heard senior students at the Manchester Catholic grammar school give readings and performances of chamber and choir music by Beethoven, Telemann, Mozart, Elgar, Purcell and Bruckner in a unique event organised to mark the forthcoming beatification of Cardinal Newman by Pope Benedict XVI during his September visit to the UK.
Canonization would make Cardinal Newman the first English person since the 17th century to be declared a saint. Organiser and St Bede’s Head of Music, Rosemarie Darby said: “Newman was a great educator who also loved music and saw it as an important tool in drawing souls to God. It seemed fitting to present this tribute to Newman, a contemporary of Cardinal Vaughan, the founder of St.Bede’s, here in our College chapel.’
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