ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL MUSIC LIST
MAY 2026
Sunday 3rd May 2026 / Easter 5
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa IV Cunctipotens Genitor Deus
Communion: The dark enclosing tomb of night
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Richard Proulx
Communion: Greater Love – John Ireland
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: Occuli Omnium – Charles Wood
Responses: Joanna Forbes L’Estrange
Psalm: 63
Canticles: Murrill in E
Anthem: Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles – William Byrd
Sunday 10th May 2026 / Easter 6
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa VIII (Missa de Angelis)
Communion: Ubi Caritas est vera
Organ Voluntary: Variations on ‘Ubi Caritas’ – Denis Bedard
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Richard Proulx
Communion: I give to you a New Commandment – Nardone
O sons and daughters, let us sing – Henry Walford-Davies
Choral Evensong and installation of Dean 5.00pm
Introit: O Sing Joyfully – Frikki Walker
Responses: Joanna Forbes L’Estrange
Psalm: 95
Canticles: Bryan Kelly in C
Anthem: O Thou the Cenral Orb – Charles Wood
Thursday 14th May 2026 / Ascension
Choral Eucharist 7.30pm
Setting: Darke in E
Anthem: God is gone up – Gerald Finzi
Sunday 17th May 2026 / Easter 7 / Sunday after Ascension
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa XI – Orbis Factor
Communion: The Lord goes up with shouts of joy
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Richard Proulx
Communion: Ascendit Deus – Peter Philips
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: Ascendit Deus – Peter Philips
Responses: Humphrey Clucas
Psalm: 47
Magnificat: Magnificat Octavi Toni – David Bevan
Nunc Dimittis: Wood in Bflat
Anthem: Aria “Ich armer Mensch, ich Sünden knecht” and Chorale “Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen”
from Cantata BWV 55 – J.S. Bach
Sunday 24th May 2026 / Pentecost
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa XV – Dominator Deus
Communion: Come Holy Ghost our souls inspire
Choral Eucharist 11.00am
Sung by the combined choirs of Bradford Cathedral and St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow
Setting: Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo “Kleine Orgel Messe” – Josef Haydn
Communion: O Lord, Give thy Holy Spirit – Thomas Tallis
Listen Sweet Dove – Grayston Ives
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Sung By Bradford Cathedral Choir
Introit: O Lord give thy Holy Spirit – Thomas Tallis
Responses: Bernard Rose
Psalm: 67
Canticles: The Bradford Service – Humphrey Clucas
Anthem: Litany to the Holy Spirit – Peter Hurford
Sunday 31st May 2026 / Trinity Sunday
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa VIII (Missa de Angelis)
Communion: Laus Trinitati – Hildegard of Bingen
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Richard Proulx
Communion: Holy, Holy, Holy – John Kitchen
Rage Wisdom – Sal McDougall
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: Rage Wisdom – Sal McDougall
Responses: Humphrey Clucas
Psalm: 148
Canticles: Gray in f minor
Anthem: One God and Persons three – John Gormley