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
12:00 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.
View Details2:00 pm
Good Friday: iii) God so loved the world – the Crucifixion in choral music and poetry
Good Friday: iii) God so loved the world – the Crucifixion in choral music and poetry
An hour of choral music and poetry for Passiontide concludes our Three Hour Devotion for Good Friday.
View Details6:00 am
Dawn Choral Eucharist & Egg-Rolling – Easter Day
Dawn Choral Eucharist & Egg-Rolling – Easter Day
Our Dawn Service on Easter Sunday followed by egg-rolling in Fleet Street is one of the most evocative events in our yearly calendar enjoyed both by our congregation and visiting tourists.
View Details11:00 am
Festal Choral Eucharist – Easter Day
Festal Choral Eucharist – Easter Day
Join us to celebrate the great festival of Easter and hear Mascagni’s triumphant Easter Hymn.
View Details5:30 pm
Choral Evensong – Easter Day
Choral Evensong – Easter Day
Responses: John Reading
Psalm: 66: 1-11
Canticles: Evening Service in D – George Dyson
Anthem: Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah – George Frideric Handel
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Organ Voluntary: Prelude on Melchior Vulpus – Healey Willan
11:00 am
Choral Eucharist – Third of Easter
Choral Eucharist – Third of Easter
Setting: Missa Aeterna Christi munera – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Canticle: Jubilate from the Great Service – Thomas Tomkins
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Anthem: Ecce vicit Leo – Peter Philips
Organ Voluntary: tbc –
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong – Third of Easter
Choral Evensong – Third of Easter
Responses: Bernard Rose
Psalm: 30
Canticles: Evening Service in B flat – Edgar Day
Anthem: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem – Charles Villiers Stanford
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Organ Voluntary: tbc –
11:00 am
Choral Eucharist – Fourth of Easter
Choral Eucharist – Fourth of Easter
Part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music.
Setting: Missa Brevis – Samuel Kemp
Psalm: 23
Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride’s
Anthem: Everyone sang – Nicholas O’Neill
Organ Voluntary: tbc –
5:30 pm
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Fourth of Easter
Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music – Fourth of Easter
Responses: William Byrd
Psalm: 114
Canticles: Short Evening Service – William Byrd
Sermon in Music: Victimae paschali laudes – Adrian Willaert; ii) See, see the Word is incarnate – Orlando Gibbons
Organ Voluntary: tbc –
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