Concerts at The Parish Church of St Mary & St Eanswythe Music on a Saturday Afternoon presented by Honorary President Rev. Dr. John WalkerChairman: Ian GordonConcert Secretary: Prof. Grenville HancoxHonorary Patron Mark SimpsonBayle Music |
Our Sunday Eucharist will be broadcast on our Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/sainteanswythe and on our YouTube page at ‘St Eanswythe’ For links to these sites and further information please see our church website https://stmaryandsteanswythe.org/ St Mary and St Eanswythe Church will be open to visitors and for silent prayer 11.00am to 1.00pm, Wednesday to Saturday. Everyone is welcome to visit this significant historic church.
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The Bayle, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1SW United Kingdom A warm welcome awaits you in the beautiful space that is St Eanswythe’s Church, The Bayle, Folkestone CT201SW (consecrated 1138) Its magnificent acoustic together with the tranquil surrounds of the church, is very special, as so too are the artists appearing in this series. An exciting partnership is launched in this series between Bayle Music with Folkestone Early Music and Folkestone New Music offering performance of compositions from the seventeenth to twenty first centuries. Welcome to Bayle Music! Sounds Folkestone Website |
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Bayle Music Kindly Sponsored by
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Chistina and Norman Brisk
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Atherton Grassroots Fund
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Bayle Music 2024 Concerts at the Green Room, The Grand
Saturday 16 March 3 pmRyan Corbett (accordion) BBC New Generation Young Artist Born in Glasgow in 1999, Ryan Corbett is a classical accordionist who has been described as “one of Scotland's most exciting young musicians”. He is a Tillet Debut scheme artist, Munster Trust Recital Scheme artist and the first accordionist to be part of the prestigious BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist scheme since its launch in 1999. Ryan was awarded the Keyboard Prize, first prize and Gold Medal at the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition; first prize at the Bromsgrove International Musicians' competition and prizes at international accordion competitions in Italy, Germany, and China.Admission £10 per head Advance Booking https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bayle-music https://www.soundsfolkestone.co.uk/initiatives/bayle-music/
Saturday 20 April 3 pmThe Kentish Piano Trio
Saturday, May 4 th at 7pm The Folkestone Baroque Players Playing Handel, Telemann, Couperin, Buxtehude, Matteis and Boismortier on period instruments Tickets £12 |
At St Mary & St Eanswythe Parish Church
17-19 May 2024 Sacconi FestivalFull details in the new yearSaturday 22 June 3 pmCaritas Chamber Choir Saturday 20 July 2024Walter Reiter -Baroque violin
Saturday 24 August 2024Heather Sargerson and Marianne Kelly Piano Duet Saturday 21 SeptemberTo be announced All enquiries for Bayle Music07723 767 624Tickets for Bayle Music Concerts are £15 unless otherwise stated.Advance online bookings for all Bayle Music events can be made here:https://www.soundsfolkestone.co.uk/initiatives/bayle-music/To be included in our email information list, please contact bayleman@gmail.com |
Christian
worship has been offered on or near this site since 630 AD when Eadbald,
King of Kent, built a convent and church for his daughter Eanswythe - believed
to be the first religious house with an abbess in the country. His father,
King Ethelbert, had welcomed St Augustine and his monks in 597. Eanswythe
died in about 640 AD and was made a saint soon after. Her relics became
a focus of pilgrimage and in 1138 were brought into the present church
(the fourth to occupy this site) on 12 September - the date we still
keep as our Patronal Festival. |
The Parish Church of St Mary & St Eanswythe
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St Eanswythe's relics were re-discovered in 1885 during work in the Chancel and are now preserved in a niche behind a brass grill in the north wall of Sanctuary of the High Altar, close by Woodward's memorial brass plate. They provide an inspiring link with the far-off days of Pope Gregory and St Augustine and the return of Christianity to Britain 150 years after the Roman occupation ended. On 6 March in the presence of the Rt Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover, Rev. Darren Miller Archdeacon of Ashford, Rev Dr John Walker, parish priest, the Mayor of Folkestone and a packed church Dr Andrew Richardson of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust announced that the detailed investigation of the relics carried out in January 2020 proved conclusively that they were the relics of St Eanswythe herself. |
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Crowthers
of Canterbury (Wind Instruments)
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