Choral Music List

The choir’s repertoire is both wide and varied performing music from the fourteenth century to the present day, and it is adventurous in its programming, balancing new and unfamiliar works with the traditional cathedral repertory.

2026 Hilary Term

January 11, 2026 The Baptism of Christ

10.30 Choral Eucharist

Mass – Missa Portae Honoris - Charles Wood (1866 – 1926)
Anthem – Vox de coelo sonuit – Jaocb Handl (1550 – 91)

15.30 Epiphany Carol Service

January 18, 2026 The Second Sunday of Epiphany

10.30 Choral Eucharist
Mass – Holy Communion in F major – Charles Wood (1866 – 1926)
Anthem - Tribus miraculis - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525–1594)

15.30 Latin Litany with University Sermon

October 25, 2026 The Third Sunday of Epiphany

10.30 Choral Eucharist
Mass - Holy Communion in the Phrygian Mode – Charles Wood (1866 – 1926)
Anthem - Jesu! the very thought is sweet – Charles Wood (1866 – 1926)

15.30 Choral Evensong
Introit – Teach me, O Lord – Thomas Attwood
Preces and Responses - William Smith (1603 – 1645)
Psalm 119.73-104
Canticles – Short Service - Orlando Gibbons (c.1583 – 1625)
Anthem – Almighty and Everlasting God - Orlando Gibbons (c.1583 – 1625)

February 1, 2026 Candlemas

10.30 Choral Eucharist
Mass – The Liverpool Service - Noel Rawsthorne
Nunc Dimittis - Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Anthem - When to the temple Mary went – Johannes Eccard (1543-1611)

February 8, 2026 The Second Sunday before Lent (Sexagesima)

10.30 Choral Eucharist with University Sermon
Mass – Missa octavi toni - Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)
Anthem - Exsurge, quare obdormis Domine - William Byrd (c.1540 - 1623)

15.30 Choral Evensong
Introit - Holy is the Lord – Schubert
Preces and Responses - Rose
Psalm 41, 42, 43
Canticles - In E flat (1^st Setting) - Charles Wood (1866 - 1926)
Anthem – God omnipotent reigneth - Charles Wood (1866 - 1926)

February 15, 2026 The Sunday Next before Lent (Quinquagesima)

10.30 Choral Eucharist with Baptism
Mass - Missa brevis - Andrea Gabrieli (1533 - 1585)
Anthem – Manducaverunt - Heinrich Isaac (c.1450–1517)

15.30 Choral Evensong
Introit – O nata lux - Tallis
Preces and Responses - Smith
Psalm 78
Canticles – In the key of E minor - Charles Wood - (1866 - 1926)
Anthem – Christe qui lux es et dies - Byrd

February 18, 2026 Ash Wednesday

20.00 Intercollegiate Choral Eucharist with Distribution of Ashes
Mass – St Anne's Mass - James Macmillan
Anthem - Miserere mei - James Macmillan

The service is sung by a number of College Chapel Choirs

February 22, 2026 The First Sunday of Lent

10.30 Choral Eucharist
Mass – Communion Service in C minor – Charles Wood
Anthem - Emendemus in Melius - Andrea Gabrieli (c.1532-1585)

15.30 Choral Evensong
Introit - View me, Lord – Richard Lloyd
Preces and Responses - Bernard Rose (1916 –1996)
Psalm 108, 109
Canticles - In F minor and A flat - Charles Wood - (1866 - 1926)
Anthem – Call to Remembrance – Farrant