Category: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Date: 15.10.2004
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A Service of Thanksgiving
for the life and work of Alistair Cooke KBE, organised by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, will
be held at Westminster Abbey at noon today (Friday 15 October 2004).
More than 2,000 family members, colleagues and fans from around the
world will attend.
The service will be conducted by The Very Reverend Dr Wesley Carr,
Dean of Westminster.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra will play music by George Frideric Handel
and Gilbert & Sullivan.
Jane Byrne Kittredge, the broadcaster's granddaughter, will play the
second movement from one of JS Bach's violin concertos and Jacqui Dankworth
will perform George and Ira Gershwin's Someone To Watch Over Me accompanied
by David Gordon on piano.
The readings will be given by John Byrne Cooke, son, and Rebecca Eaton
OBE, producer from Masterpiece Theatre.
Prayers will be led by The Reverend Susan Cooke Kittredge, daughter,
and The Reverend Graeme Napier.
Mark Thompson, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Director-General, and Peter Jennings, Senior Editor,
ABC News, will pay tribute. (The text
of Mark Thompson's address is available)
Following the service The Reverend Susan Cooke Kittredge will accept
an award for Alastair Cooke from the Radio Academy, for his inclusion
in the UK Radio Hall of Fame.
Notes to Editors
We would be very grateful if, in any publication prior to this event,
you could make it clear that admission is by ticket only and all tickets
are allocated, to avoid disappointment to members of the public.
