Music this term

Music this term

Summer Term 2026

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Sunday 12 April -2nd Sunday of Easter

Parish Church Choir at Westminster Abbey

Eucharist (no choir)

Dom Gregory Murray

Said Evening Prayer

Sunday 19 April -3rd Sunday of Easter

Eucharist (Girls & ATB)

Wadely in G
This joyful Eastertide – Wood
Tuba tune – Cocker [ME]

Said Evening Prayer

Sunday 26 April -4th Sunday of Easter

Eucharist (boys & ATB)

Darke in A
Awake thou wintry earth – J. S. Bach
Saraband for the morning of Easter – Howells [ME]

Evensong (girls & ATB)

Clucas responses; Sumsion in A
The Lord is my shepherd – Stanford
Postlude in G op. 105, no. 2 – Stanford [LJ]

Saturday 2 May

Concert by London Forest Choir inc. CPC Choristers

St Matthew Passion – J. S. Bach

Sunday 3 May -5th Sunday of Easter

Joint Eucharist at Old Church (girl choristers)

Dom Gregory Murray
If ye then be risen with Christ – Wadely
Gothic Suite: Chorale & Minuet – Boëllmann [ME]

Evensong (boys & ATB)

Ayleward responses; Harwood in A flat
My beloved spake – Hadley
Overture from Baroques Suite 0p.41 – Seth Bingham [JR]

Saturday 9 May

Concert by Chingford Ladies inspirational Choir

7.00pm

Sunday 10 May -6th Sunday of Easter

Eucharist (boys & ATB)

Palestrina Missa Aeterna Christi Munera
Cantate Domino – Pitoni
Schmucke dich BWV 654 – J. S. Bach [LJ]

No Choral Evensong

No Choral Evensong at the Parish Church. Choir visiting Esher Parish Church for combined Evensong

Thursday 14 May -Ascension

Sung Eucharist 8pm (Chingford Singers / Chamber Choir & ATB)

Sumsion in F
God is gone up – Croft
Postlude in D – Stanford [LJ]

Sunday 17 May -Sunday after Ascension

Eucharist (girls & ATB)

Ireland in C
We shall walk through the valley – Undine Smith Moore
Fugue in G minor BWV 542 – J. S. Bach [ME]

Evensong (boys & ATB)

Smith responses
Lloyd Salisbury Service
Let all the world – Vaughan Williams
Prelude in F major – Bairstow [LJ]

Sunday 24 May -Pentecost

Eucharist (boys & ATB)

Willan in D
Come holy ghost – Attwood
Fanfare – Mathias [LJ]

Said Evening Prayer

Sunday 31 May -Trinity

Eucharist (girls & ATB)

Leighton in D (Merbecke Gloria)
The praises of the Trinity – Wills
Sonata in G: 4th movement – Elgar [ME]

Evensong (ATB only)

Tallis responses; Sheppard First Service
O Domine Deus – Jeffreys
Ciacona in C Minor BuxWV159 – Buxtehude [JC]

Thursday 4 June -Corpus Christi

Sung Eucharist 8pm (girl choristers)

Haugen Mass of Creation (Dom Gregory Murray Gloria)
Corpus Christi Carol – Britten
‘Communion’ – Dubois [JC]

Sunday 7 June -Trinity 1

Eucharist (girl choristers)

Inwood Gathering Mass
Siyahamba – African trad.
Gothic Suite: Toccata – Boëllmann [ME]

Evensong (boys & ATB)

Smith responses; Murrill in E
Teach me thy way – Morley
‘Psalm 150’ – Toon Hagen [SW]

Sunday 14 June -Trinity 2 [RSCM Music Sunday]

Eucharist (Chingford Singers & ATB)

Darke in E
O sing joyfully – Batten
Sonata 1: Allegro – Mendelssohn [ME]

Evensong (boys, girls, ATB)

Clucas responses
Dyson in D
Blessed city – Bairstow
Ceremonial March – Sumsion [LJ]

Sunday 21 June -Trinity 3

Eucharist (ATB only)

Wills Missa Brevis
Gloria tibi domine – Byrd
Concerto in A minor: 1st movement – Vivaldi / Bach [ME]

Evensong (boys & girls)

Darke responses; Stuart Beer First Service
I will lift up mine eyes – Mawby
Sonata 3 – Mendelssohn [LJ]

Saturday 27 June

Concert by Chingford Singers

5.30pm

Sunday 28 June -Ss Peter & Paul

Eucharist (boys & ATB)

Oldroyd Mass of the Quiet Hour (Dom Gregory Murray Gloria)
Beati quorum via – Stanford
Tu es Petra – Mulet [ME]

Evensong (girls & ATB)

Forbes L’Estrange responses
David Ashley White Amarillo Canticles
Let all the world – Leighton
Master Tallis’s Testament – Howells [FP]

Saturday 4 July

Concert by South West Essex Choir

Sunday 5 July -Trinity 5

Eucharist (girls only)

Inwood Gathering Mass
As water to the thirsty – T. Brian Coleman
Toccata – Lanquetuit [ME]

Evensong (boys & ATB)

Ayleward responses
Stanford in B flat
O almighty God – Barcrofte
Paean – Philip Moore [DM]

Sunday 12 July -Trinity 6 / Sea Sunday

Eucharist (boys & ATB)

Wills Missa Eliensis
A Hymne to Christ – Imogen Holst
Prelude and fugue in G BWV 541 – J. S. Bach [ME]

Evensong (girls & ATB)

Forbes L’Estrange responses
Wood in E flat no. 2
Hail gladdening light – Wood
Psalm Prelude set 1, no. 1 – Howells [LJ]

Wednesday 15 July

Start of Summer weekly Wednesday lunchtime organ concerts

1.10 – 1.50pm

Sunday 19 July -Trinity 7 [start of choir summer break]

Eucharist (no choir)

Dom Gregory Murray
Toccata – Mushel [ME]

Said Evening Prayer

Sunday 26 July -Trinity 8

Eucharist (no choir)

Dom Gregory Murray

Said Evening Prayer

CHOIR SUMMER BREAK

Cathedral Week 2026 – EXETER August 3 – 9 (boys, girls, men & Chamber Choir)

Organ Music

ME: Michael Emerson. JR: John Rippin. JC: Joel Colyer. DM: David Maynes. LJ: Luke Jones. FP: Felix Petheu. SW: Simon Winters

ATB: adult altos, tenors, basses

FUTURE CATHEDRAL VISITS

Saturday Oct. 17, 2026 – CHELMSFORD (boys & ATB)
Sat – Sun April 10 & 11, 2027 – ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL (boys, girls ATB)
Cathedral Week 2027 – GLOUCESTER August 23 – 29 (boys, girls, ATB & Chamber Choir)