ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL MUSIC LIST
MARCH 2026
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
APRIL 2026
Thursday 2nd April 2026 / Maundy Thursday
Choral Eucharist 7.30pm
Setting: The Seabury Mass – Paul Mealor
Washing of feet: Ubi Caritas – Ola Gjeilo
Communion: Os Justi – Anton Bruckner (ESM)
Friday 2nd April 2026 / Good Friday
Three –hour Devotion 12.00noon
Sunday 5th April 2026 / Easter Day
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Introit: Haec Dies
Setting: Missa VIII Missa de Angelis
Communion: The lamb’s high banquet we await NEH 101 (i)
Organ Voluntary: Christus vincit – Philip Cooke
Choral Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Missa Verbum Supernum – Rupert Jeffcoat
Communion: Christ the Lord is Risen again – Anthony Foster
Out of the stillness – Richard Shephard
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: Christ the Lord is Risen again – Anthony Foster
Responses: Bernard Rose
Psalm: Easter Anthems
Canticles: Stainer in Bflat
Anthem: Ye Choir of New Jerusalem – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Sunday 12th April 2026 / Easter 2
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa XI – Orbis Factor
Communion: Easter Glory fills the skies HPP 170
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
NO CHOIR
Setting: St Anne’s Mass – James MacMillan
Sung Evensong 5.00pm
NO CHOIR
Sung to plainsong with hymns
Sunday 19th April 2026 / Easter 3
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa X – Alme Pater
Communion: Christ the Lord is risen again
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Richard Proulx
Communion: This joyful Eastertide – trad. Arr. Charles Wood
O for a closer walk with God – Sir Charles V. Stanford
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Introit: This joyful Eastertide – trad. Arr. Charles Wood
Responses: John Reading
Psalms: 123, 124, 125
Canticles: Harwood in A flat
Anthem: Blessed be the God and Father – Samuel S. Wesley
Sunday 26th April 2026 / Easter 4
Plainsong Eucharist 9.00am
Setting: Missa XV – Dominator Deus
Communion: Who is this who comes in triumph
Sung Eucharist 11.00am
Setting: Richard Proulx
Communion: The Lord is my Shepherd – Sir John Rutter
Choral Evensong 5.00pm
Accompanied by the Telemann Ensemble
Introit: Hear my prayer O Lord – Henry Purcell
Responses: John Reading
Psalms: 129, 130, 131
Canticles: Henry Purcell in g minor
Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord alway – Henry Purcell