St Bride's Church, Fleet Street

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...

This service of Choral Eucharist 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. Setting: Messe basse - Gabriel Fauré Psalm: 122 Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Rector of St Bri...

This service of Choral Eucharist for Christ the King, 22nd 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. Setting: Missa Pange lingua – Josquin des Prez; Missa Inclina cor meum - Philippe de Monte Canticle: J...

This service of Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music for the Feast of Christ the King, 22nd 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: Kenneth Leighton Psalm: 93 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Eve...

This service of Choral Eucharist for Second Sunday before Advent, 15th 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. Setting: Missa Princeps pacis – William Lloyd Webber Psalm: 90: 1–8 Sermon: The Revd Canon...

This service of Choral Evensong for the Second Sunday before Advent, 15th 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: Herbert Sumsion Psalm: 98 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Evening Service in A –...

This special service for Remembrance Sunday, 8th 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 who are joined by the St Bride's Orchestra in a liturgical performance of Fauré's Requiem Mass. A particular focu...

This service of Choral Evensong with Sermon in Music for Remembrance Sunday, 8th 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: John Sanders Psalm: 82 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Evening Service in...

This service of Choral Eucharist for All Saints' Day, 1st November, has been collated from archive 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: Jubilate – Gordon Jacob Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Ali...

This service for All Souls', 1st November, 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...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Last Sunday after Trinity, 25th October, 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: 91: 1–8 Sermon: The Revd Canon Dr Alison J...

This service of Choral Evensong for the Last Sunday after Trinity, 25th October, 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 Moore Psalm: 119: 89–104 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Evening Service in...

This service of Choral Eucharist for the Feast of St Luke the Evangelist, 18th October, 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 major D 167 – Franz Schubert Canticle: Jubilate in B flat – John...

This service of Choral Evensong for the feast of St Luke the Evangelist, 18th October, 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: 142 Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis: Evening Service in G...