{"id":2902,"date":"2025-11-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:59:20","slug":"st-cecilias-day-henry-wood-and-the-bbc-proms-17th-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/st-cecilias-day-henry-wood-and-the-bbc-proms-17th-november\/","title":{"rendered":"St Cecilia&#8217;s Day, Henry Wood and the BBC Proms November 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/St_Sepulchre-without-Newgate_Musicians_Chapel_St_Cecilia_window-746x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/St_Sepulchre-without-Newgate_Musicians_Chapel_St_Cecilia_window-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/St_Sepulchre-without-Newgate_Musicians_Chapel_St_Cecilia_window-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/St_Sepulchre-without-Newgate_Musicians_Chapel_St_Cecilia_window-768x1054.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/St_Sepulchre-without-Newgate_Musicians_Chapel_St_Cecilia_window-1119x1536.jpg 1119w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/St_Sepulchre-without-Newgate_Musicians_Chapel_St_Cecilia_window.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, Musician&#8217;s Chapel, St Cecilia window. 17 August 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=User:AndyScott&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Andy Scott<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>November 17th is St Cecilia&#8217;s Day She is the patron saint of musicians and was martyred in Rome in the Second or Third Century AD. The story goes that she was married to a non-believer. During her marriage ceremony she sang to God in her heart (hence her affiliation with musicians). She then told her husband  that she was a professed Virgin. So, if he violated her, he would be punished by God. Cecilia told him she was being protected by an Angel of the Lord who was watching over her. Valerian, her husband, asked to see the Angel. &#8216;Go to the Third Milestone along the Appian Way&#8217; he was told where he would be baptised by Pope Urban 1. Only then would he see the Angel. He followed her advice, was converted and he and his wife were, later on, martyred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Church in Rome, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santa_Cecilia_in_Trastevere\">Santa Cecilia in Trastevere<\/a>, is said to be built on the site of her house, and has 5th Century origins.  My friend, Derek Gadd, recently visited and let me use these photographs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"3978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nave-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Santa Cecilia in Trastevere Photo by Derek Gadd\" class=\"wp-image-3978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nave-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nave-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nave-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nave-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Nave-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"3977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Exterior-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Exterior-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Exterior-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Exterior-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Exterior-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Exterior-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"3976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Moderno1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\" Santa Cecilia in Trastevere Photo by Derek Gadd\" class=\"wp-image-3976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Moderno1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Moderno1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Moderno1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Moderno1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Moderno1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>St Cecilia in London<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a window dedicated to her in the Holy Sepulchre Church-without-Newgate, In London, opposite the site of the infamous Newgate Prison.&nbsp; Henry Wood, one of our most famous conductors and the founder of the Promenade Concerts, played organ here when he was 14.  In 1944, his ashes were placed beneath the window dedicated to St Cecilia and, later, the Church became the National Musician&#8217;s Church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This window is dedicated to the memory of<br>Sir Henry Wood, C.H.,<br>Founder and for fifty years Conductor of<br>THE PROMENADE CONCERTS<br>1895-1944.<br>He opened the door to a new world<br>Of sense and feeling to millions of<br>his fellows. He gave life to Music<br>and he brought Music to the People.<br>His ashes rest beneath.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Concerts are now called the BBC Proms and continue an 18th and 19th Century tradition of, originally, outdoor concerts, and then indoor promenade concerts. At the end of the 19th Century, the inexpensive Promenade Concerts were put on to help broaden the interest in classical music.  Henry Wood was the sole conductor.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wikipedia <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BBC_Proms\">reports<\/a> :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Czech conductor <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_B%C4%9Blohl%C3%A1vek\">Ji\u0159\u00ed B\u011blohl\u00e1vek<\/a> described the Proms as &#8220;the world&#8217;s largest and most democratic musical festival&#8221;<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Eight-week Festival is held at the Royal Albert Hall. It moved here during World War 2 after the original venue, the Queen&#8217;s Hall, was destroyed in the Blitz in May 1941.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1278 Edward 1 had over 600 Jews imprisoned in the Tower of London for coining, clipping and other counterfeiting. Of these, 269 Jews, along with 29 Christians, were executed. They were hanged at the Guildhall in the City of London. By 1290, the King had squeezed all the money he could from the Jews, and they were expelled, not to be let back into the Kingdom until the reign of Oliver Cromwell in the 17th Century. This ended a long period of savage state run antisemitism. Click<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medievalists.net\/2025\/11\/medieval-england-coin-clipping-scandal\/\"> here<\/a> for further information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Published on November 17th 2023 and revised in November 2024, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 17th is St Cecilia&#8217;s Day She is the patron saint of musicians and was martyred in Rome in the Second or Third Century AD. The story goes that she was married to a non-believer. During her marriage ceremony she sang to God in her heart (hence her affiliation with musicians). She then told her &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/st-cecilias-day-henry-wood-and-the-bbc-proms-17th-november\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;St Cecilia&#8217;s Day, Henry Wood and the BBC Proms November 17th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[120,112,146,11,728,116,119,430,377,321,118,412,4,10,16,1109,375,14,322,9,101],"tags":[1113,50,1114,1115,21,151,1111,1813,27,1110],"class_list":["post-2902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-19th-century","category-almanac-of-the-past","category-ancient-history","category-archaeology","category-art-history","category-calendar","category-christian-heritage","category-churches","category-classical","category-europe","category-events","category-italy","category-london","category-medieval","category-modern","category-musical-history","category-mythology","category-roman","category-uk","category-victorian","category-world-war-2","tag-bbc-proms","tag-city-of-london","tag-henry-wood","tag-holy-sepulchre-church","tag-london","tag-martyrdom","tag-musicians","tag-patron-saint","tag-roman","tag-st-cecilia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>St Cecilia&#039;s Day, Henry Wood and the BBC Proms November 17th - And Did Those Feet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All about the martyrdom of St Cecilia and how she became the patron saint of music. 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