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BBC News
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Isle of Man choir's 'great honour' to sing at Menin Gate service
Singing under the Menin Gate memorial in Belgium was a "great honour" for a Manx choir from Peel, the musical director has said. Thirteen children and six adult choristers from Cathedral Isle of Man travelled to Ypres to perform at the daily memorial service at the Menin Menin Gate is dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who lost their lives during World War One and whose graves are unknown. There has been a remembrance service there each evening almost continuously since Litman said the trip was "a great opportunity to take young people to show them their significant past". The choir sang two pieces at the ceremony, one of which was The Day Thou Gavest Lord is Ended, which was written by a pupil of King William's College. The group also sang at Tyne Cot Cemetery, one of more than 150 cemeteries around Ypres, where almost 12,000 soldiers who fought in World War One are front of the headstones, the choir sang Ellan Vannin, which Dr Litman said was "quite an emotional experience". He said: "One of the adult singers couldn't sing they were so overcome with emotion... it was really meaningful for them.""We sang from the memorial at the back," he continued. It is where the name of Pte Robert Vick is engraved, a soldier from Peel who died in 1917. Dr Litman said while the morning "started oddly" by singing in a cemetery, after a day of visiting battlegrounds, graves, and museums, the choir's perception "had completely changed and suddenly there was a strong emotion". The trip culminated in the ceremony, which was "extraordinary" and "a great honour for us to be invited to be part of that," he added. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Moon sculpture illuminates western cathedral
An exhibition featuring a giant illuminated sculpture of the Moon has gone on display in a Manx cathedral for the first time. The Museum of the Moon artwork by Luke Jerram, which is 20ft (6m) in diameter, has been installed at the recently refurbished Cathedral Isle of Man in Peel. Supported by the Isle of Man Arts Council, the artwork will be on show until 2 March. The installation, which uses detailed NASA imagery, has also been accompanied by a soundtrack composed by award-winning composer Dan Jones. It follows a similar exhibition of another of Jerram's works, Gaia, at St Thomas' Church in Douglas last year, which was visited by 13,000 people. The Museum of the Moon exhibition has toured the world and has been displayed in woods and above swimming pools as well as at other Cathedrals. At an approximate scale of 1:600,000, each centimetre of the artwork represents 3.7 miles (6km) of the actual moon's surface. A range of "lunar-inspired events for all" have been planned to coincide with the exhibition at the cathedral, including choral performances and Pilates under the artwork. Rosemary Clarke, who is a lay preacher at Cathedral Isle of Man, said early visitors had been "wowed" by the display after walking into the space, and had spent time learning about the Moon and its surface. She said she had also enjoyed speaking to children on school trips about potential careers in the space industry , but "for most of us this will be the closest we'll ever get to the Moon". Ms Clarke said she hoped it would encourage new visitors to the cathedral and those who do attended would "take away a sense of awe and thinking of things that are beyond our normal life". It had also been a "pleasure" to see the potential "for all kinds of events" to be held in the building, which "is now for everybody" following recent extensive refurbishment works, she added. Why not follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X? You can also send story ideas to IsleofMan@ Moon installation to visit refurbished cathedral Giant globe exhibit attracts 13,000 Manx visitors Hundreds sign names for cathedral time capsule Museum of the Moon Cathedral Isle of Man
