Choral Evensong: An afternoon with Ralph Allwood MBE and Reverend Giles Fraser

Choral Evensong, an afternoon with Ralph Allwood MBE and Rev Giles Fraser

Ralph Allwood –
Ralph Allwood is one of the UK’s most celebrated choral directors, renowned for his transformative work with generations of singers. For 26 years, he was Director of Music at Eton College, and he is the founder of the Rodolfus Choral Courses and co‑founder of the Junior Choral Courses, which together have taught more than 14,000 young singers worldwide. He founded the Rodolfus Choir, has made over 50 broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and has conducted choirs in performances from Cambridge to Shanghai. His contributions to music and worship were recognised in 2017 with the Thomas Cranmer Award for Worship, presented by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Reverend Giles Fraser –
Giles Fraser is Vicar of St Anne’s, Kew. He has been a Lecturer in Philosophy and chaplain at Wadham College, Oxford, and Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral. He is the author of Redeeming Nietzsche: On the Piety of Unbelief and How to Believe: Investigating Wittgenstein and Christianity with Attitude. For some years, he wrote the ‘Loose Canon’ column in the Guardian and is a regular broadcaster on The Moral Maze and Thought for the Day on Radio 4.