ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL MUSIC LIST
MARCH 2026
Sunday 8th March 2026 / Lent 3 / Women Composers Day
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa IV Cunctipotens Genitor Deus
Communion: Lord Jesus, think on me
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Eastern Orthodox
Communion: Peace I leave with you – Amy Beach
Crossing the bar – Rani Arbo
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: Peace I leave with you – Amy Beach
Responses: Joanna Forbes L’Estrange
Psalm: 6
Canticles: Sarah MacDonald in A flat
Anthem: Crux Fidelis – Sarah MacDonald
Sunday 15th March 2026 / Lent 4
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa XVI in feriis per annum
Communion: Salve Mater misericordiae
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Eastern Orthodox
Communion: The Secret of Christ – Richard Shephard
Sicut Cervus – Palestrina
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: Sicut Cervus – Palestrina
Responses: Thomas Tomkins
Psalm: 119.73-88
Canticles: Sumsion in A
Anthem: Ave Maria – Robert Parsons
Sunday 22nd March 2026 / Lent 5 (Passion Sunday)
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa XVIII Deus Genitor Alme
Communion: Christ’s banner guides us on Christ’s way
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Eastern Orthodox
Communion: Verily, verily I say unto you – Thomas Tallis
Call to remembrance – Richard Farrant
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: Call to remembrance – Richard Farrant
Responses: Thomas Ebdon
Psalm: 142
Canticles: Service in the style of a fauxbourdon – Percy Whitlock
Anthem: Christus Factus est – Anton Bruckner
Sunday 29th March 2026 / Palm Sunday
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa XVIII Deus Genitor Alme
Communion: The regal, dark, mysterious cross
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Eastern Orthodox
Introit: Hosanna to the Son of David – Thomas Weelkes
Communion: Tree of life – Marty Haugen, arr. Frikki Walker
Lift up your heads, O ye gates – William Mathias
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: Hosanna to the Son of David – Thomas Weelkes
Responses: Thomas Ebdon
Psalm: Lamentations of Jeremiah – Sir Edward Bairstow
Canticles: Gray in f minor
Anthem: Miserere Mei – Allegri