What's on - Choral

  • Sat 1st Apr

    8.00pm - 11.00pm

    Handel’s Messiah at Easter

    Leeds Philharmonic Chorus and Skipton Camerata
    Messiah | Handel

  • Sun 2nd Apr

    11.30am - 12.45pm

    Choral Eucharist for Palm Sunday

    Palm Sunday
    Common Worship
    With the Passion narrative from Matthew’s Gospel
    Ven. Paddy Benson
    Preacher: Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury

    Setting: Jackson in G
    Psalm: 32 vv9-16
    Anthem: Lift up your heads, O ye gates | Mathias
    Voluntary: Allegro Moderato e serioso (Sonata 1) | Mendelssohn

  • Sun 2nd Apr

    6.30pm - 7.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury

    Responses: Ayleward
    Psalm: 80
    Canticles: Fourth Service | Batten
    Anthem: Hosanna to the Son of David | Weelkes
    Voluntary: Psalm Prelude Set 2 No 1 | Howells

  • Mon 3rd Apr

    8.00pm - 9.00pm

    Sung Compline for Monday of Holy Week

    Sung by the Choir of Leeds Minster
    Nunc dimittis | Tallis
    Adoramus te | Lassus

  • Tue 4th Apr

    8.00pm - 9.00pm

    Sung Compline for Tuesday of Holy Week

    Sung by the Choir of Leeds Minster
    Nunc dimittis | Ayleward
    Christus factus est | Anerio

  • Wed 5th Apr

    8.00pm - 9.00pm

    Sung Compline for Wednesday of Holy Week

    Sung by the Choir of Leeds Minster
    Nunc dimittis | Weelkes
    Ave verun corpus | Byrd

  • Thu 6th Apr

    8.00pm - 9.00pm

    Choral Eucharist for Maundy Thursday

    Common Worship
    With washing of feet

    Setting: Stanfordin F and B flat
    Psalm: 116:9-end
    At the feet washing: Ubi caritas | Duruflé
    Anthem: Tantum Ergo | Duruflé
    Psalm 22

  • Fri 7th Apr

    11.30am - 12.30pm

    Choral Matins for Good Friday

    Book of Common Prayer

    Responses: Ayleward
    Psalm: 69
    Benedictus: Stanford in F
    Anthem: Ecce Quomodo Moritur Justus | Jacob Handl
    Voluntary: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz vederbt | Buxtehude

  • Fri 7th Apr

    8.00pm - 9.00pm

    Music for Good Friday: Penthos

    Penthos – a new Requiem | Hannah Stone & Matthew Oglesby

    A meditation in word and music on repentance, reconciliation and forgiveness

    St Peter’s Singers
    National Festival Orchestra
    Sally Robinson leader
    Lucy Appleyard contralto
    Quentin Brown bass
    William Campbell organ
    Alexander Woodrow conductor

  • Sun 9th Apr

    11.30am - 1.00pm

    Choral Eucharist for Easter Sunday, with Baptisms and Confirmations

    Common Worship
    Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury
    Preacher: Rt Rev’d Arun Arora, Bishop of Kirkstall

    Setting: Missa Brevis in C K.259 | Mozart
    Psalm: 118: vv14-24
    Anthem: Hallelujah Chorus | Handel
    Anthem: The Strife is O’er | Ley
    Voluntary: Saraband for the Morning of Easter | Howells

  • Thu 20th Apr

    8.30pm - 10.00pm

    Royal Society of St George service

    Hallelujah Chorus | Handel
    This Joyful Eastertide | Ledger
    Allegro Assai Vivace | Mendelssohn

  • Sun 23rd Apr

    11.30am - 12.45pm

    Choral Eucharist

    Third Sunday of Easter
    Common Worship
    Rev’d Prof. Jane de Gay
    Preacher: Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury

    Setting: Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo “The Little Organ Mass” | Haydn
    Psalm: 116:1-3,10-end
    Anthem: O Taste and See | Vaughan Williams
    Voluntary: Choral-Improvisation Sur le “Victimae Paschali” | Tournemire

  • Sun 23rd Apr

    6.30pm - 7.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Ven. Paddy Benson

    Responses: Clucas
    Psalm: 48
    Canticles: Stanford in C
    Anthem: Now the Green Blade Riseth | Dutch arr. Lindley
    Voluntary: Mors et Ressurectio | Langlais

  • Thu 27th Apr

    8.00pm - 8.45pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury

    Responses: Clucas
    Psalm: 73
    Canticles: Sumsion in A
    Anthem: O for a closer walk with God | Stanford
    Voluntary: At Easter-tide | Stanford

  • Sun 30th Apr

    11.30am - 12.45pm

    Choral Eucharist

    Fourth Sunday of Easter
    Common Worship
    Ven. Paddy Benson
    Preacher: Kay Brown

    Setting: Darke in F
    Psalm: 23
    Anthem: The Lord is my shepherd | Berkeley
    Voluntary: Psalm Prelude Set 2 No. 3 | Howells

  • Sun 30th Apr

    6.30pm - 7.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Rev’d Prof. Jane de Gay

    Responses: Clucas
    Psalm: 29:1-10
    Canticles: Aston in F
    Anthem: Light of the World | Elgar
    Voluntary: Gloria from Missa de Gloria | Leighton

  • Thu 4th May

    8.00pm - 8.45pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury

    Responses: Rose
    Psalm: 85
    Canticles: Dyson in F
    Anthem: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem | Howells
    Voluntary: Nimrod | Elgar arr.Harris

    n.b. The City of Leeds Room will be in use as a polling station at this time, but this service will be unaffected.

  • Sun 7th May

    11.30am - 12.45pm

    Choral Eucharist

    Fifth Sunday of Easter
    Common Worship
    Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury
    Preacher: Ven. Paddy Benson

    Setting: Coronation Mass | Mozart
    Psalm: 31:1-5
    Anthem: Ave Verum Corpus | Mozart
    Voluntary: Orb and Sceptre | Walton arr. Gowers

  • Sun 7th May

    6.30pm - 7.30pm

    Civic Service in Commemoration of the Coronation of King Charles III

    A special service, with the Leeds Minster Choir, to mark the coronation of King Charles III. Civic dignitaries from the County and City will attend along with representatives from all faith communities, including the Bishop of Kirkstall.

    All are welcome. As with all our services, attendance is free and there is no need to book. This service will be followed by refreshments.

    Anthem: We wait for thy loving kindness, O God | McKie
    Anthem: I was glad | Parry
    Voluntary: Crown Imperial | Walton arr. Murrill

  • Thu 11th May

    8.00pm - 8.45pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Ven. Paddy Benson

    Responses: Rose
    Psalm: 104
    Canticles: Murrill in E
    Anthem: Most glorious Lord of life | Harris
    Voluntary: Cantilene from Organ Symphony No.3 | Vierne