St Bride’s is renowned for the outstanding quality and breadth of its musical tradition. Our professional choir is one of the finest of its kind, enriching both our Sunday worship and the numerous special services that take place. St Bride’s also hosts its own lunchtime recital series, as well as serving as a concert venue, bringing inspirational music to our corner of the City throughout the year.
ALISON JOYCE – Rector of St Bride’s
FORTHCOMING CHORAL SERVICES
11:00 am
Choral Eucharist – Sixth Sunday of Easter
Choral Eucharist – Sixth Sunday of Easter
Setting: Missa Vinum bonum – Orlandus Lassus
Psalm/Canticle: Jubilate from The Great Service – Thomas Tomkins
Sermon: The Revd Steve Morris, Associate Priest of St Bride’s
Anthem: Haec dies – John Sheppard
Organ Voluntary: Prelude in C minor, BWV 546 – Johann Sebastian Bach
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong – Sixth Sunday of Easter
Choral Evensong – Sixth Sunday of Easter
Responses: Herbert Sumsion
Psalm: 45
Canticles: Evening Service in A flat – Basil Harwood
Anthem: He is risen – Percy Whitlock
Sermon: The Revd Jen Midgley-Adam, Curate at All Hallows by the Tower
Organ Voluntary: Mors et resurrectio – Jean Langlais
11:00 am
Choral Eucharist – Ascension
Choral Eucharist – Ascension
Setting: Berliner Messe – Arvo Pärt
Canticle: Jubilate – Alec Roth
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Anthem: Wessobrunn Prayer – Edmund Jolliffe
Organ Voluntary: Chorale Prelude ‘Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn’ BWV 630 – Johann Sebastian Bach
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Ascension
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Ascension
Responses: Thomas Tomkins
Psalm: 147: 1-12
Canticles: Evening Service for Five Voices – Thomas Tomkins
Sermon in Music: i) Ascendens Christus in altum – Tomás Luis de Victoria; ii) Ascendit Deus – Peter Philips
Organ Voluntary: Transport du joie from L’Ascension – Olivier Messiaen
In church and online.
11:00 am
Pentecost Sunday – Schubert Mass
Pentecost Sunday – Schubert Mass
St Bride’s Orchestra join St Bride’s Choir for a liturgical performance of Schubert’s Mass in G to mark the Feast of Pentecost.
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Choral Evensong – Pentecost
Choral Evensong – Pentecost
Responses: Jonathan Rathbone
Psalm: 139: 1-11
Canticles: Evening Service in A – Herbert Sumsion
Anthem: Come, Holy Ghost, the Maker – Cedric Thorpe Davie
Sermon: The Revd Dr Jeff Lake, Associate Priest of St Bride’s
Organ Voluntary: Le Vent from Messe de la Pentecote – Olivier Messiaen
11:00 am
Choral Eucharist – Trinity Sunday
Choral Eucharist – Trinity Sunday
Setting: Missa Choralis – Charles Callahan
Psalm: 29
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Anthems: i) Come, Holy Ghost – Thomas Attwood; ii) Locus iste – Anton Bruckner
Organ Voluntary: tbc –
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Trinity Sunday
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Trinity Sunday
Responses: Richard Shephard
Psalm: 104: 1-9
Canticles: Evening Service in B minor – Herbert Howells
Sermon in Music: I saw the Lord – John Stainer
Organ Voluntary: tbc –
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong
Choral Evensong
Responses: tbc
Psalm: tbc
Canticles: Evening Service –
Anthem: tbc –
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Organ Voluntary: tbc –
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