Choral Services at the Cathedral of St. Philip

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of Martin, Bishop of Tours. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon George Maxwell. Choral repertoire includes: 

• Stephen Caracciolo (b. 1962), Preces & Responses
• Herbert Howells (1892-1983), Collegium Regale
• James Whitbourn ((b. 1963), Give us the wings of faith
• William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), Laetentur coeli

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of Tabitha (Dorcas) of Joppa. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon Lauren Holder. Choral repertoire includes: 

• Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), Preces & Responses
• Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense
• Becky McGlade (b. 1974), Come, my way, my truth, my life
• William Harris (1883-1973), Holy is the true Light

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Choristers and Schola, observes the Feast of St. James of Jerusalem, Brother of our Lord Jesus Christ & Martyr. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener. Choral repertoire includes: 

• Gerre Hancock (1934-2012), Preces & Responses
• Herbert Murrill (1909-1952) in E
• Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Let all mortal flesh keep silence
• John Joubert (1927-2019), O Lorde, the Maker of al thing

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of Teresa of Avila. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa. Choral repertoire includes: 

• William Smith (1603-1645), Preces & Responses
• Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Second Service
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594), Sicut cervus
• David Conte (b. 1955), Prayer of St. Teresa

This service of Choral Eucharist, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of St. Philip. The celebrant and preacher is the Rev. Salmoon Bashir. Choral repertoire includes: 

• Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967), Missa Brevis
• William Walton (1902-1983), Jubilate Deo

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon Julia Mitchener. Choral repertoire includes: 

• Bernard Rose (1916-1996), Preces & Responses
• Herbert Howells (1892-1983), York Minster
• William Harris (1883-1973) Faire is the heaven
• Bob Chilcott (b. 1955), Angel voices ever singing

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Choir, observes the Feast of Lancelot Andrewes. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon Lauren Holder. Choral repertoire includes: 

• Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988), Preces & Responses
• Kerensa Briggs (b. 1991), Gloucester Service
• Eleanor Daley (b. 1955), Open thou mine eyes
• Edward Bairstow (1874-1946), Save us, O Lord, waking

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of Hildegard of Bingen. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon George Maxwell. Choral repertoire includes: 

• Käthe Wright Kaufman (b. 1993), Preces & Responses
• Sarah MacDonald (b. 1968) in A flat
• Ivo Antognini (b. 1963), Laus Trinitati
• Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), O virtus Sapientiae

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Schola, observes the Feast of St. John Chrysostom. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon Cathy Zappa. Choral repertoire includes: 

• Bernard Rose (1916-1996), Preces & Responses
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) in A
• David Hurd (b. 1950), It is a good thing to give thanks
• Stephen Paulus (1949-2014), Pilgrims’ Hymn

This service of Choral Evensong, sung by the Cathedral Choir, observes the Feast of the Ascension. The officiant and preacher is the Rev. Canon George Maxwell. Choral repertoire includes: 

• Richard Shephard (1949-2021), Preces & Responses
• Herbert Howells (1892-1983), York Minster
• Patrick Gowers (1936-2014), Viri Galilaei
• Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), God is gone up