The choir of Holy Trinity Church
The
organ and choir at Holy Trinity
The organ is a three manual instrument which was originally built in
the late 19th century by Willam Hill. It was rebuilt in 1926 by
Rushworth and Draper of Liverpool and apart from some tonal
modifications and solid state console additions it remains pretty well
the same as it was then, and is still considered to be one of the
finest instruments in north Wales.
The choir, which is mixed, is extremely capable and
although only moderate in numbers can perform anthems and services of
medium difficulty very well including music from Tallis to the modern
day composers in up to six parts. New members are always welcomed
but do have to be able to read music to a fairly high standard as
the choir only rehearse on Sunday mornings from 9.30am to 10.15 am,
except on very few occasions when special occasions demand.
Norman Rimmer is the organist and choirmaster. He has been at
Holy Trinity since 1989 and was previously organist at Waltham Abbey in
Essex for 20 years. On 9 May 2009 a special choral evensong was
held to celebrate Norman's 20 years at Holy Trinity. Norman was
recently given the Archbishop of
Wales'
Award for Church Music.
The choir sings at the 10.30
am service on Sundays.
Anthems sung by the choir at recent services include:
View me Lord
(Richard Lloyd)
A
Gaelic Blessing (Rutter)
Praise
to thee, Lord Jesus (Schutz)
Organ music at recent services has included:
Tuba Tune
(Norman Cocker)
Sortie
(Lefebure-Wely)
Fugue
in E
Minor (The Little) (J S Bach)
If you would like to know more about the Choir, please contact
the Rector.
