St Bride's Church, Fleet Street

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Second Sunday of Epiphany, 15th January 2023, 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 Aeterna Christi munera – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Psalm: 40:...

This service of Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music for Epiphany Sunday, 8th January 2023, 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/3GH18UL Responses: Humphrey Cl...

Sing Choirs of Angels is a recent addition to our Advent calendar and has proved immensely popular. It takes place on Christmas Eve 2022 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. The service comprises seasonal music, readings and poetry conjuring up a celebratory yet reflective atmosphere ahead of...

This service of Choral Midnight Mass for Christmas Eve, Saturday 25th December 2022, 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: ‘Coronation’ Mass in C major, K317 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sermon: The Revd...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 18th December 2022, 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: Mass in G minor – Ralph Vaughan Williams Psalm: 80: 1-8 Sermon: The Revd Can...

Our Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols on Sunday 18th December at 5:30pm is a wonderful opportunity to hear the full range of Advent readings in the form of service devised by Eric Milner-White for King's College, Cambridge in 1918. Download Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3uWid6H This as-live recording features the same content which would be heard in church with specially recorded reading...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Third Sunday after Advent, 11th December 2022, 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 Papae Marcelli – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Canticle: Benedict...

Our annual performance of Britten's Ceremony of Carols on the Third Sunday of Advent, 11th December 2022, 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 lower voices Evensong. Download Order of Service → https://bit.ly/3iMxDaI The work opens and closes with the chant "Hodie Christus natus est" (Today Christ is b...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Second Sunday of Advent, 4th December 2022, 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 Psalm: 72: 1-7 Sermon: The Revd S...

This service of Choral Eucharist for Advent Sunday, 27th November 2022, 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: Mass for four voices – William Byrd Canticle: Benedicite in B flat – Herbert Sumsion Sermo...

A traditional service of music and readings marking the beginning of Advent and the journey towards the light and hope of Christ's birth on Sunday 27th November, 2022 at 5:30pm. The first and most dramatic of our Advent events. Download the Order of Service (pdf) → http://bit.ly/3AIuMpg Advent is a time of preparation and our anthems, hymns and readings help us reflect on the needs of the world an...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Feast of Christ the King, Sunday 20th November 2022, 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 C – Charles Villiers Stanford Psalm: 46 Sermon:...

This service of Choral Evensong on the Feast of Christ the King, 20th November 2022, 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: 72 Canticles: Evening Service in D – George Dyson A...

This special service for Remembrance Sunday, 13th November 2022, 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 who are joined by the St Bride's Orchestra in a liturgical performance of Fauré's Requiem Mass. If you enjo...

This service of Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music for Remembrance Sunday, 13th November 2022, 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: Richard Shephard Psalm: 97 Canticles: Short Evening Service – T...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Third Sunday before Advent, 6th November 2022, 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: – Canticle/Psalm: – Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce Anthem: – Organ...

This service of Choral Evensong for the Third Sunday before Advent, 6th November 2022, 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: Philip Radcliffe Psalm: 40 Canticles: Evening Service in E – Herbert Murr...

This service of Choral Eucharist for All Saints, Sunday 30th October 2022, 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 flat – Basil Harwood Psalm: 149 Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison...

This service for All Souls', Sunday 30th October 2022, has been collated from archive recordings together with specially recorded material in church and in people's homes. This service is sung by our professional St Bride's Choir and is one of our most popular and most poignant services in the year. Readings, prayers, hymns and choral anthems help us commemorate family members, friends and loved o...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Last Sunday after Trinity, 23rd October 2022, 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: Mass for five voices – William Byrd Canticle: Jubilate from The Great Servi...

This service of Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music for the Last Sunday after Trinity, 23rd October 2022, 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: Gabriel Jackson Psalm: 119: 1-16 Canticles: Evening S...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, 16th October 2022, 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/3eqKei1 Setting: Missa brevis...

This service of Choral Evensong for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, 16th October 2022, 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/3eqa1a7 Responses: Humphrey Cl...

This service of Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, 9th October 2022, 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 Online Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3f...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, 9th October 2022, 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/3T7EA2Q Setting: Mass in G mi...