ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL MUSIC LIST
Thursday 22nd January 2026 / BBC RADIO 4 Recording
Choir:
Let your restless hearts be still – John L. Bell
Irish Blessing – James E. Moore
Alleluya Psallat – William Mathias
Hymns:
Be thou my vision
Behold the Mountain of the Lord
Take this moment, sign and space
Sunday 25th January 2026 / Epiphany 3
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa XI – Orbis Factor
Communion: Father we praise you, now the night is over
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Mass of St Thomas – David Thorne
Communion: The Call – Richard Lloyd
Ave Verum Corpus – William Byrd
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: The Call – Richard Lloyd
Responses: Geoffrey Woollatt
Psalm: 21
Canticles: Harwood in Aflat
Anthem: Beati Quorum via – Sir Charles V. Stanford
ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL MUSIC LIST
FEBRUARY 2026
Sunday 1st February 2026 / Candlemas
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa X Alme Pater
Communion: The Light of Light to darkness came
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: St Thomas’ Mass – David Thorne
Communion: When Mary to the temple went – Eccard
Lead kindly light – Frikki Walker
Carol Service for Candlemas 5.00pm
Choir: O Nata Lux – Tallis
When Mary to the temple went – Eccard
Lead kindly light – Frikki Walker
Hail Gladdening Light – Charles Wood
Nunc dimittis- Gustav Holst
Sunday 8th February 2026 / Epiphany 5
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa VIII (Missa de Angelis)
Communion: God has spoken by his prophets
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: St Thomas’ Mass – David Thorne
Communion: O Sacrum Convivium – Giovanni Croce
Ave verum – Edward Elgar
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: Almighty and everlasting God – Gibbons
Responses: Richard Shephard
Psalm: 67
Anthem: Sing Joyfully – William Byrd
Sunday 15th February 2026 / Epiphany 6
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa IV Cunctipotens Genitor Deus
Communion: Blest are the pure in heart
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: St Thomas’ Mass – David Thorne
Communion: Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face – Percy Whitlock
Exsultate Deo – Palestrina
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: Exsultate Deo – Palestrina
Responses: William Smith
Psalm: 149
Canticles: Stanford in Bflat
Anthem: Jubilate Deo – John Sanders
Wednesday 18th February 2026 / Ash Wednesday
Choral Eucharist 7.30pm
Setting: Mass for four voices – William Byrd
Psalm: 51.1-3 Miserere Mei – William Byrd
Communion: Sancte Deus – Thomas Tallis
Sunday 22nd February 2026 / Lent 1
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa XI – Orbis Factor
Communion: Now is the healing time decreed
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Eastern Orthodox Mass
Psalm: 32
Communion: Hide not thou thy face – Farrant
Almighty and everlasting God – Gibbons
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: Miserere Mei – William Byrd (OxBTA)
Responses: Richard Shephard
Psalm: 119.1-16
Canticles: The Short Service – Richard Ayleward
Anthem: Lord, let me know mine end – Maurice Greene