By St Lawrence Jewry Guild Church Council
To preserve the tradition of City of London's longest continuous free weekly lunchtime piano recital series by restoring St Lawrence Jewry Steinway Grand Piano, previously owned by Sir Thomas Beecham.
St Lawrence Jewry has been providing continuously free lunchtime piano recital every Monday for many decades. The church currently uses a Steinway Model D Grand Piano that was made in Hamburg in 1926 and thought to be previously owned by Sir Thomas Beecham, a famous English conductor and impresario. Although the church does its best to maintain the piano, it now needs to have a big restoration to put it back to international concert standard. The piano recital series is part of the church's music ministry of providing a venue for aspiring pianists to showcase their talents/skills to an appreciate audience. Many of these artists have now made names for themselves and are performing around the world. It attracts the largest number of attendances per week among the City Churches lunchtime concerts/recitals. It is a haven for City workers to enjoy live classical music during their lunchtime. The piano recital series is being ran by volunteers.
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Why it's a great idea:
Restoring St Lawrence Jewry Steinway Model D Grand Piano will: 1. Preserve the long standing tradition of providing free weekly lunchtime piano recital in the City of London 2. Provide aspiring pianists a venue to showcase their talents/skills to an appreciative audience 3. Provide a space for both City workers and visitors to enjoy live classical music at lunchtime 4. Provide a piano that performs at an international concert standard 5. Preserve the grand piano previously owned by Sir Thomas Beecham, a famous English conductor and impresario 6. Provide a place where the public can do volunteering works
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VolunteerSt Lawrence Jewry is the official church of the Lord Mayor of London and the City of London Corporation and stands in the Yard of the Guildhall.
It was re-built by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of 1666, but there has been a church on the site for around 900 years.
After extensive damage in the Second World War, it was again re-built.
We are here to show the love of Christ to those who live and work in the City of London, and we seek to be welcoming to the many people who pass through our doors.
The church is open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. In August, the church will still be open each weekday but less hours than usual according to staff availability.
Come and visit us soon. You will find a fascinating building to look round, and somewhere to stop, be still, think and pray; a place of tranquillity in an area of world commerce and business. We have a number of resources to aid you in this.
We have Holy Communion Service every Wednesday at 8:30am and every Friday at 1:15pm. Lunchtime recital is at 1pm every Monday and Tuesday exclusively for Piano and Organ only, respectively.
Project Owner: St Lawrence Jewry Guild Church Council The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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