'Seeing the Light' Exhibition
St Mary's hosted an important exhibition on stained glass old and new during the Adur Festival in 2009.
A Celebration of Stained Glass
St Mary's and St Nicolas' once again hosted major exhibitions during the Adur Festival, which ran from Saturday June 6th to Saturday June 20th.
The theme was 'Seeing the Light' and the exhibitions were a celebration of stained glass old and new. At St Mary's, local artist, stained glass maker and teacher Sue Wallis managed an exhibition of new glass, and a demonstration workshop, while local history groups and church members presented their research on the Victorian stained glass windows in the church, bringing to life the origin and stories of the windows themselves and the Shoreham residents commemorated in them.
Photography, mosaics (Christine Walker), icons (Sister Gillian Mary CSP), sculptures (Teresa Martin) and calligraphy (Nancy Ouchida-Howells) added to the display, as well as the 'Mystic Rose' labyrinth, and a special corner for children's activities kept young visitors amused. St Nicolas' hosted a display of work by the children of St Nicolas and St Mary School, as well as a closer look at the windows in the church.
Visitors' Comments
Both churches were open every day throughout the Festival, and many hundreds of visitors were welcomed. Comments in the visitors' books included:
'Seeing the Light' Concert & Festival Evensong
Sunday 21 June 2009, St Mary's Church
Concert: 4.00 pm
The Brighton Singers
Stuart Hutchinson – organist
Nick Houghton – conductor and organist
featuring
Edward Elgar: Light of the world (from The Light of Life)
Gerald Finzi: Festal Anthem Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice
Edward Elgar: Organ Sonata (first movement)
and short choral works from the Victorian and Edwardian era by John Stainer, Charles Villiers Stanford, and Charles Wood
Festival Choral Evensong: 6.00 pm
Celebrating the culmination of the Adur Festival and the stained glass exhibition 'Seeing the Light', sung by The Brighton Singers and the combined choirs of St Mary de Haura and St Nicolas, Shoreham
Stuart Hutchinson – Director of Music
Nick Houghton – Associate organist
Introit: Holy is the true light – William Harris
Responses: Heathcote Statham
Psalm: Psalm 150 – Charles Villiers Stanford
Canticles: Charls Villiers Stanford (in C)
Anthem: Hail, gladdening light – George C Martin
