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 – Third of Lent
Choral Eucharist – Third of Lent
Setting: Missa Papae Marcelli – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Canticle: Benedicite in B flat – Herbert Sumsion
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Anthem: Put thou thy trust in God – Arthur Bliss
Organ Voluntary: Psalm Prelude Set 2, No 1 ‘De profundis’ – Herbert Howells
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Third of Lent
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Third of Lent
Responses: Gabriel Jackson
Psalm: 12
Canticles: Evening Service in B minor – Thomas Tertius Noble
Sermon in Music: The Wilderness – Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Organ Voluntary: Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op 7 – Maurice Duruflé
11:00 am
Choral Eucharist – Mothering Sunday
Choral Eucharist – Mothering Sunday
Setting: Messe en sol majeur – Francis Poulenc
Psalm: 127
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Anthem: Hymn to the Mother of God – John Tavener
Organ Voluntary: tbc –
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong – Mothering Sunday
Choral Evensong – Mothering Sunday
Responses: James Gough
Psalm: 32
Canticles: Evening Service in G – Charles Villiers Stanford
Anthem: Ave maris stella – Edvard Grieg
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Organ Voluntary: tbc –
11:00 am
Choral Eucharist – Passion Sunday
Choral Eucharist – Passion Sunday
Setting: Mass in G minor – Ralph Vaughan Williams
Canticle: The Lamentation – Edward Bairstow
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Anthem: Verily, verily I say unto you – Thomas Tallis
Organ Voluntary: tbc –
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong – Passion Sunday
Choral Evensong – Passion Sunday
Responses: Thomas Ebdon
Psalm: 35: 1-9
Canticles: Evening Service – Phillip
Anthem: A litany – William Walton
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Organ Voluntary: tbc –
11:00 am
Blessing of Palms, Procession & Choral Eucharist – Palm Sunday
Blessing of Palms, Procession & Choral Eucharist – Palm Sunday
The crowds hail Jesus as their Messiah laying palms as he enters Jerusalem in this, the first of our services retelling the dramatic events of Holy Week & Easter.
View Details5:30 pm
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Palm Sunday
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Palm Sunday
Responses: Thomas Tomkins
Psalm: 69: 1-20
Canticles: Short Evening Service – Thomas Weelkes
Sermon in Music: i) Pueri hebraeorum – Tomás Luis de Victoria; ii) Hosanna to the Son of David – Orlando Gibbons; iii) Benedictus from Requiem in D minor, K 626 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Organ Voluntary: tbc –
6:00 pm
Maundy Thursday: Choral Eucharist & Stripping of the Altars
Maundy Thursday: Choral Eucharist & Stripping of the Altars
This moving service is full of symbolism and sets the scene for the events to come on Good Friday.
View Details12:00 pm
Good Friday: i) Stabat Mater – Pergolesi
Good Friday: i) Stabat Mater – Pergolesi
A performance of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater by members of St Bride’s Choir & Orchestra begins our Three Hours’ Devotion for Good Friday.
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