
The Thomas Chatterton Society
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Thomas Chatterton 1752 - 1770 Poet and Writer born in Bristol England who found international fame after his early and untimely death at 17 years 277 days.
Quote from Thomas Chatterton:
"God has sent his creatures into the world with arms long enough to reach anywhere if they could be put to the trouble of extending them."
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Events for 2014
Thomas Chatterton Society - Annual General Meeting 2014

Committee Members attending the AGM November 2014
Photographed outside his birthplace 'Chatterton's House' Redcliffe Bristol
'A Hymn for Christmas Day' (a poem written by Thomas Chatterton)
St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol UK & Thomas Chatterton Society Joint Event. 'A Hymn for Christmas Day'' composing competition. Entrants are required to write a score to Chatterton's Poem 'A Hymn for Christmas Day' - Stanzas 1, 2. 3. 7. Composers are invited to submit a new choral work for The Choir of St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol to sing at its Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols on Sunday 21 December 2014 at 6.30pm.
Contact Andrew Kirk Director of Music at St Mary Redcliffe Church for details: www.stmaryredcliffe.co.uk
Closure date for entrants has now passed.
THE TEXT (stanzas 1,2,3,7)
'A Hymn for Christmas Day'
ALMIGHTY Framer of the Skies!
O! let our pure Devotion rise,
Like Incense in thy Sight!
Wrapt in impenetrable Shade
The Texture of our Souls were made
Till thy Command gave Light.
The Sun of Glory gleam'd the Ray,
Refin'd the Darkness into Day,
And bid the Vapors fly:
Impell'd by his eternal Love
He left his Palaces above
To chear our gloomy Sky.
How shall we celebrate the day,
When God appear’d in mortal clay:
The mark of worldly scorn:
When the Archangels heavenly Lays,
Attempted the Redeemer's Praise
And hail'd Salvation's Morn.
My Soul exert thy Powers, adore,
Upon Devotion's plumage soar
To celebrate the Day:
The God from whom Creation sprung
Shall animate my grateful Tongue;
From him I'll catch the Lay!
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Composing Competition entitled:
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Performed on 21st December 2014 by The Choir of St Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol, England. Conductor Andrew Kirk, Organist Andrew Alsop, Reverend Dan Tyndall presiding
The Winner of the Composition Competition is
Dr. Philip Moore, Organist and Master of the Choristers, York Minster 1983-2008
