Page 73 - Old Malvernian Newsletter - Issue 43 - 2020
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THE COLLEGE YEAR
FAREWELL SERVICE FOR ANTONY AND BRIGITTE CLARK
On Friday 8 March 2019, the Rt Revd Dr John Inge, Bishop of Worcester, pupils, staff and Council Members past and present, together with other friends of the College, filled Malvern Priory to give thanks for the service of Antony and Brigitte Clark. In his address, Antony Clark entertained the congregation with the humorous account of the slight delay in his discovering that he had been appointed Headmaster of Malvern College. He also spoke wistfully of the strengths of the College and Malvernians. Bishop John gave thanks for the Clarks’ long service to the College, and prayed for God’s blessing upon them. A blend of beautiful music, chosen by Antony and Brigitte, characterised the service, including Rheinberger’s ‘Abendlied’ and Bob Chilcott’s arrangement of Billy Joel’s ‘And So It Goes’, and the entire congregation raised the roof of the Priory with its chorus of C.Hubert Parry’s ‘Jerusalem’ before the Clarks made their exit to a rapturous standing ovation.
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