St Bride's Church, Fleet Street

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Second Sunday before Lent, 7th February 2021, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Setting: Missa brevis in C, K 220 'Sparrow Mass' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Psalm: 10...

This service of Choral Evensong for the Second Sunday before Lent, 7th February 2021, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Responses: Orlando Gibbons Psalm: 65 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Short Evening Servic...

This service of Choral Eucharist for Maundy Thursday, 1st April, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Setting: Missa vinum bonum – Orlande de Lassus Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bride'...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Sunday, 31st January, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3puIEfo Setting: Mass for four voices – William Byrd Canticle: Jubilate from...

This service of Choral Evensong marking the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Sunday 31st January, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3cmsbpC Responses: Herbert Sumsion Psalm: Psalm 34: 1-10 Magnificat & Nunc...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Third Sunday of Epiphany, 24th January, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. Order of Service → https://bit.ly/3o9FSdH This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Setting: Berliner Messe – Arvo Pärt Psalm: 128 S...

This service of Choral Evensong for the Third Sunday of Epiphany, 24th January, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Responses: Kenneth Leighton Psalm: 33: 1–12 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: Evening Service i...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Second Sunday of Epiphany, 17th January, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. Order of Service → https://bit.ly/3ie8AZV Setting: Missa brevis in D, K194 – W A Mozart Canticle: Jubilate in C – John Ireland Sermon: The Revd Cano...

This service of Choral Evensong for the Second Sunday of Epiphany, 17th January, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. Order of Service → https://bit.ly/35HPTbL Responses: Thomas Tomkins Psalm: 96 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: Fourth Evening Service – Adrian Batten An...

This service of Choral Eucharist on Sunday, 10th January, marking the Baptism of Christ, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/2LrW2BF This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Setting: Missa Osculetur me – Orla...

This service of Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music on Sunday, 3rd January at 5:30pm, marks the feast of the Baptism of Christ, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. Order of Service → https://bit.ly/398ucT7 This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir....

This service of Choral Eucharist for Epiphany Sunday, 3rd January, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Order of Service → https://bit.ly/3rHO5sJ Setting: Communion Service in A flat – Basil Harwood Psalm: 72...

This service of Choral Evensong for Epiphany Sunday, 3rd January, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/384tuqH Responses: John Reading Psalm: 98 Magnificat and Nunc Dim...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the First Sunday after Christmas, 27th December, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Order of Service → https://bit.ly/2LW3k0G Setting: Communion Service in F – Herbert S...

This service of Choral Evensong for the First Sunday of Christmas, 27th December, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Responses: Orlando Gibbons Psalm: 128 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Fauxbourdon service – O...

Our Family Communion Service at 11:00am on Christmas Day is an integral part of the Christmas festivities for many of our congregation members and visitors, as we celebrate the coming of the Prince of Peace and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas morning with its stockings, presents, and the burgeoning aromas of a wonderful Christmas dinner can be the most exciting and hectic of th...

Sing Choirs of Angels is a recent addition to our Advent calendar and has proved immensely popular. It takes place on Christmas Eve at 4:30pm for all those who cannot make it to Midnight Mass or for those who need a moment to draw breath and reflect in this busiest of times. Download Order of Service (pdf) → http://bit.ly/singchoirs_stbrides The service comprises seasonal music, readings and poetr...

By long-standing tradition, we begin our 11:30pm service of Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve by singing the beautiful Austrian carol "Silent Night." It sets the tone of the service perfectly: the stillness of the dark night, and the sense of expectation, as we prepare for the wonder and the mystery of the birth of Christ two thousand years ago. The service is sung by St Bride's Choir accompanied by...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 20th December, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3nwzjmd This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Setting: Mass in G minor – Ralph Vaughan W...

Our Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols on the last Sunday before Christmas, 20th December, offers the only chance during Advent to hear the full range of readings in the form of service devised by Eric Milner-White for King's College, Cambridge in 1918. Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/nine_stbrides This year the service from King's College, Cambridge contains no new music but rather a mixtu...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Third Sunday of Advent, 13th December 2020, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3ozIiDg Setting: Missa Assumpta est Maria – Gi...

Our annual performance of Britten's Ceremony of Carols on the Third Sunday of Advent, 13th December, is given by the upper voices of St Bride's Choir accompanied by harpist Sue Rothstein. It is preceded as usual by a short, candle-lit men's voices Evensong. Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/2Kf3pM0 The work opens and closes with the chant "Hodie Christus natus est" (Today Christ is born)sung...

This service of Choral Eucharist for Second Sunday of Advent, 6th December, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Setting: Communion Service in A minor – Harold Darke Canticle: Benedicite in F – Robert Ashfiel...

A traditional service of music and readings marking the beginning of Advent and the journey towards the light and hope of Christ's birth. Our Advent Carol Service on Sunday 6th December at 5:30pm is the first and most dramatic of our Advent events at St Bride's. Download the Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/33ILep4 At the heart of the darkest and bleakest month of the year, Christians mark...

This service of Choral Evensong for Advent Sunday, 29th November, has been collated from archive live music recordings together with prayers, sermon and readings for the appointed day specially recorded in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir. Download Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3q000kM Responses: Philip Radcliffe Psalm: 98 Magnificat...