General news items that don’t fit into one of the other categories.
A quick reminder that Charles Matthews will be returning to the Chapel at 1.00 on Saturday 7 September with a new programme of exciting piano music which he has called Glimpses on the Horizon. It will include pieces by Chopin, always a treat, Schoenberg and a contemporary composer, Ryan Probert, whose Satie-like music has been … Read more
We are pleased to say that we are honoured this term to have Geoff Levermore the current President of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches coming to lead our worship on October 27th. Professor Geoff Levermore was a distinguished member of the Nobel Prize winning IPCC (Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change) and … Read more
Baptism of Albert David Nomura on 23rd June in the “Unitarian and Free Christian Tradition”. The Warwick Unitarians were delighted to fill the Chapel on June 23rd for the Baptism of the newest member of the Nomura family. Elaine welcomed her grandchild Albert in front of a wide range of family and friends in a … Read more
We are pleased to announce that Charles Matthews will be returning to give another lunchtime piano recital on Saturday September 7th at 1.00. This time he will be playing a programme he has called Glimpses on the Horizon with music by Chopin and Schoenberg as well as the contemporary composer Ryan Probert. Probert’s Satie-like music … Read more
On the last Sunday of June, the Coull Quartet gave the last of their series of three 50th Anniversary Coffee Concerts in the Chapel to a large and enthusiastic audience. Half a century of playing together is a real achievement for a string quartet, even if some of the components have had to be replaced … Read more
Charles Matthews recently returned to give a splendid Saturday lunchtime recital called Bells and Clocks. This was piano music largely from the 20th and 21 centuries, some of it very familiar and some much less so but still fizzing with Charles’s usually excitement. He will be back in September with another hour long concert … Read more
As has become our practice over several years, we at Warwick celebrate Christmas with a Christmas Service sometime before the 25th, leaving Christmas Day itself for families to join in the celebrations at home or away. On the 10th December, at 4.30 as usual, Peter Flower with be taking the service. This year we shall … Read more
The temperature has dropped, and winter seems to have arrived to show us that Global Warming does not just mean that the summers are warmer. Climate Breakdown is a better word as it also brings vast unpredictability into the mix. Here in Warwick we are investigating ways that we can contribute to improving our ‘footprint’. … Read more
Since the restrictions imposed by Covid, we have met every Sunday for services, thanks to our lovely regular visiting speakers who so generously use their time and energy to support the Chapel. Purely social occasions have taken much longer to re-establish, though, so it was a splendid idea from Carole that we should once again … Read more
On Saturday 19th August at 1.00, Charles Matthews is coming back to give the third of his series of hour-long lunchtime concerts of largely British piano music. Previously Charles has given us a wonderful panorama of the range of keyboard music from five different centuries. He followed this in his second concert with a demonstration … Read more
