Services of Thanksgiving 2023
Posted on May 24, 2023There were two Services of Thanksgiving in 2023
First Service
The first was held on Wednesday 17th May, and was sung by a choir from the Royal Academy of Music directed by Patrick Russill. The preacher was The Revd Dr James Hawkey, Canon of Westminster and Chaplain to His Majesty The King. A copy of the address can be found here.
Names Inscribed at the First Service
| Name | Occupation | Year of Death |
| Sue Alcock | Clarinettist | 2020 |
| Wendy Baldwin | Principal Soprano | 2021 |
| John Bradbury | Director of Music | 2021 |
| Julian Bream | Guitarist, Lutenist | 2020 |
| Michael Bromberg | Violist | 1978 |
| Sheila Bromberg | Harpist | 2021 |
| Alan Byers | Tenor | 2022 |
| Barry Castle | Horn player | 2022 |
| Marguerita Chilvers | Teacher, Conductor | 2016 |
| Clive Constance | Baritone | 2022 |
| Robert Docker | Pianist, Composer | 1992 |
| Catherine Ennis | Organist | 2020 |
| Roger Fisher | Organist, Choirmaster | 2021 |
| Jack Geary | Bandleader, Clarinettist | 1974 |
| Andrew Greenwood | Opera conductor | 2021 |
| Jane E Griffiths | Clarinet teacher | 2021 |
| Allen Handy | Trumpet player | 2020 |
| Paul Harrison | Director of Music | 2021 |
| Dominic Hopkins | Violinist | 2022 |
| Donald Hoskins | Conductor, Musicologist | 2020 |
| Neil Hoyle | Music Administrator | 2019 |
| David Hudson | Sound Engineer | 2013 |
| Peter Jonas | Intendant | 2020 |
| Patrick Kelly | Trombonist | 2020 |
| Chris Larkin | Horn player | 2021 |
| Maureen Lehane | Mezzo Soprano | 2010 |
| Martin Loveday | Cellist | 2020 |
| Hilary Macnamara | Pianist | 2021 |
| Andrew (Andy) McGavin | French Horn | 2021 |
| Jean Middlemiss | Director of Music | 2020 |
| Clarence Alfred Myerscough | Violinist | 1985 |
| Mike Nelson | Violinist, Violist | 2021 |
| Sheila Nelson | Violinist | 2020 |
| Tony Parsons | Trombonist | 2019 |
| Jeremy Peyton Jones | Composer, Lecturer | 2021 |
| Megan Pound | Violinist | 2017 |
| Leonard Pugh | Music Adviser | 2019 |
| Larion Stolk | Singer, Teacher | 2019 |
| Derek Taylor | French Horn | 2021 |
| Derek Wickens | Oboist | 2022 |
| Peter Wishart | Composer | 1984 |
| John Woolf | Violinist, Impresario | 2022 |
Second Service
The second was held on Wednesday 13th September at 5.15 pm , sung by the choir of Holy Sepulchre directed by Peter Asprey. The preacher was The Revd Nicholas Mottershead, Priest-in-Charge of Holy Sepulchre.
Names Inscribed at the Second Service
| Name | Occupation | Year of Death |
| Simon Bainbridge | Composer | 2021 |
| John Bass | Double Bassist | 1996 |
| Jennifer Bate | Concert Organist | 2020 |
| Charles Beldom | Violinist | 2022 |
| Stan Bourke | Drummer | 2017 |
| Joan Bucknall | Violist | 2016 |
| Richard Burnett | Fortepianist | 2022 |
| Jean Burrow | Pianist, Choirleader | 2022 |
| Alex Cameron | Cellist | 2023 |
| Alfred Champniss | Director of Music | 2022 |
| Anne Collis | Percussionist, Composer | 2013 |
| Benedict Cruft | Violinist | 2022 |
| Gervase de Peyer | Clarinettist | 2017 |
| Felicity Foster | Pianist | 2022 |
| Charles Fullbrook | Timpanist | 2022 |
| James Griffett | Tenor | 2019 |
| Joseph Horovitz | Composer, Conductor | 2022 |
| Martin How | Organist, Composer | 2022 |
| Alison Howard-Lucy | Cellist | 2018 |
| Francis Jackson | Organist, Composer | 2022 |
| Keith Jarvis | Organist, Teacher | 2023 |
| David Littaur | Conductor | 2022 |
| David Lloyd-Jones | Conductor | 2022 |
| Salah Dawson Miller | Ethnomusicologist | 2017 |
| Emma Murphy | Recorder Player | 2022 |
| Simon Preston | Organist, Conductor | 2022 |
| Stephen Roberts | Baritone | 2022 |
| Godfrey Salmon | Violinist, Conductor | 2022 |
| Richard Seal | Cathedral Organist | 2022 |
| Timothy Symons | Singer, Musicologist | 2022 |
| Malcolm Troup | Pianist, Academic | 2021 |
| Peter Wiggins | Oboist, Reedmaker | 2022 |
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