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 – Easter IV
Choral Eucharist – Easter IV
Setting: ‘Coronation’ Mass in C, K317 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Anthem: My shepherd is the living Lord – Thomas Tomkins
Organ Voluntary: Chorale Improvisation ‘Lobe den Herren, O meine Seele’ Op 65 – Sigfrid Karg-Elert
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Easter IV
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Easter IV
Responses: William Byrd
Psalm: 29
Canticles: Second Evening Service – William Byrd
Sermon in Music: i) Surrexit pastor bonus – Jean L’Héritier; ii) Blessed be the God and Father – Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Organ Voluntary: Filius Resurrectus from Dies Resurrectionis – John McCabe
11:00 am
Choral Eucharist – Easter V
Choral Eucharist – Easter V
Setting: Communion Service in G – Francis Jackson
Canticle: Jubilate in F – John Ireland
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Anthem: Rise up, my love, my fair one – Healey Willan
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong – Easter V
Choral Evensong – Easter V
Responses: Jonathan Rathbone
Psalm: 147: 1-12
Canticles: Evening Service in F – Harold Darke
Anthem: Greater love hath no man – John Ireland
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
11:00 am
Choral Eucharist – Easter VI
Choral Eucharist – Easter VI
Setting: Missa syllabica – Nicholas O’Neill
Psalm: 66: 7-18
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Anthem: Victimae paschali laudes – Philip Lawson
Organ Voluntary: Choral-Improvisation sur le ‘Victimæ paschali’ – Charles Tournemire, trans. Maurice Duruflé
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Easter VI
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Easter VI
Responses: Philip Radcliffe
Psalm: 87
Canticles: Short Evening Service – Thomas Weelkes
Sermon in Music: Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Op 26 – Gerald Finzi
11:00 am
Choral Eucharist – Sunday after Ascension
Choral Eucharist – Sunday after Ascension
Setting: Missa Ascendens Christus in altum – Tomás Luis de Victoria
Canticle: Jubilate from the Short Service – Thomas Weelkes
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Anthem: O clap your hands together – Orlando Gibbons
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong – Sunday after Ascension
Choral Evensong – Sunday after Ascension
Responses: Philip Moore
Psalm: 47
Canticles: Evening Service for Westminster Abbey – Errollyn Wallen
Anthem: Hail, gladdening light – Helen Neeves
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
The service will be followed by refreshments. All are most welcome.
11:00 am
Choral Eucharist – Pentecost
Choral Eucharist – Pentecost
Setting: Messe Solennelle – Louis Vierne
Psalm: 104: 24-end
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Anthem: Dum complerentur die Pentecostis – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Pentecost
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Pentecost
Responses: John Holmes
Psalm: 133
Canticles: Evening Service in B flat – Henry Purcell
Sermon in Music: Loquebantur variis linguis – Thomas Tallis; ii) My beloved spake – Patrick Hadley
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