St Bride's Church, Fleet Street

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Second Sunday of Epiphany, 16th January 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/3qnYifk Setting: Communion Service...

This service of Choral Evensong for the Second Sunday of Epiphany, 16th January 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: William Smith Psalm: 96 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Evening Service in G ‘...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Baptism of Christ, 9th January 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 brevis – Lennox Berkeley Psalm: 29 Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rec...

This service of Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music for the Baptism of Christ, 9th January 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: John Sanders Psalm: 47 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Evening Ser...

This service of Choral Evensong for Epiphany Sunday, 2nd January 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: John Reading Psalm: 98 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Evening Service in G minor – Henry Pur...

This service of Choral Eucharist for Epiphany Sunday, 2nd January 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 – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Canticle: Jubilate from The Second Service...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Feast of St Stephen, 26th December 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: Communion Service in F – Herbert Sumsion Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce...

This service of Choral Eucharist for Christmas Day, 25th December 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. Download Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3JgK1Iy Setting: Communion Service in F – Harold D...

Sing Choirs of Angels is a recent addition to our Advent calendar and has proved immensely popular. It takes place on Christmas Eve 2021 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, Friday 24th December 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 Sancti Nicolai – Joseph Haydn Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce Anth...

Our annual Fleet Street Carols service has become so popular over the years that we now run it twice! This year it will take place on Wednesday 22nd December at 12noon and 5pm. When Fleet Street was the home of the newspaper industry, this was the occasion when all the printers, journalists, and news agencies gathered at St Bride’s, to celebrate Christmas together. Today we extend a very warm welc...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 19th December 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 Bell’ Amfitrit’ altera – Orlandus Lassus Canticle: Benedicite – Robert...

Our Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols on Sunday 19th 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/3dYzaom 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 of Advent, 12th December 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: Chester Missa brevis – Matthew Martin Psalm: 68: 1-12, 18-19 Sermon: The Revd...

Our annual performance of Britten's Ceremony of Carols on the Third Sunday of Advent, 12th December 2021, 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. Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/33fdhPE The work opens and closes with the chant "Hodie Christus natus est" (Today Christ is born...

This service of Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music for the Second Sunday of Advent, 5th December 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: William Byrd Psalm: 75 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Even...

This service of Choral Eucharist for Advent Sunday, 28th November 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 Assumpta est Maria – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Canticle: Benedicite in B flat...

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 28th November, 2021 at 5:30pm. The first and most dramatic of our Advent events. Download the Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3HVekDZ Advent is a time of preparation and our anthems, hymns and readings help us reflect on the needs of the world a...

This service of Choral Evensong for the Feast of Christ the King, Sunday 21st November 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: John Sanders Psalm: 72: 1-7 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: ‘Edington’...

This special service for Remembrance Sunday, 14th November 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 who are joined by the St Bride's Orchestra in a liturgical performance of Duruflé's Requiem Mass. If you en...

This service of Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music for Remembrance Sunday, 14th 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. Responses: Thomas Ebdon Psalm: 95 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Evening Service E...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Third Sunday before Advent, 7th November 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. Download Order of Service (pdf) → https://bit.ly/3pOfJ8S Setting: Mass for five voi...

This service of Choral Evensong for the Third Sunday before Advent, 7th November 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: Francis Jackson Psalm: 46 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Evening Service in...

This service of Choral Eucharist for All Saints' Day, 31st October 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. Many thanks to the St Bride's Orchestra who accompany the choir for this performance. Download Ord...

This service for All Souls', 31st October, 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 ones who have...