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This month
Advent 2017

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Programme

Advent 1
Sunday 3rd December
   Choir: Adam lay y-bounden
Wednesday 6th December
   Advent Calendar,
   by Rowan Williams

Advent 2
Sunday 10th December
   Choir: How beautiful upon
  ​ the mountains, John Stainer
Wednesday 13th December
   Northumbrian Sequence IV

Advent 3
Sunday 17th December
   Choir: Excerpts from Handel's
​   Messiah
Wednesday 20th December
   The Word Made Flesh,
​   by Daniel Berrigan

Advent 4
Sunday 24th December (morning)
  Choir: Joys Seven
Sunday 24th December (evening)
  Choir: This is the Truth Sent
​  from Above
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Weekly throughout Advent
Advent Podcasts 2017

Christmas at St Matthew's

24th December 2017, 11pm
Christmas Midnight Mass by Candlelight

25th December 2017, 11am
Solemn Mass of The Incarnation

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Throughout Advent we are publishing a series of podcasts. The choir will sing each Sunday and there will be a reading on each Wednesday. The first podcast will be available on Sunday 3rd December.
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We are enormously grateful to all the contributors to the podcast series, and especially for the technical support provided by Nicholas Healy from the University of the Arts, London.

Advent 1  |  Choir 
Adam lay y-bounden,
Boris Ord

Advent 2  |  Choir 
How Beautiful Upon the Mountains, John Stainer

Advent 3  |  Choir 
Excerpts from 
​Handel's Messiah

Advent 4  |  Choir 
Seven Joys
John Morehen

Advent 1  |  Reading 
Advent Calendar,
Rowan Williams

Advent 2  |  Reading 
Northumbrian Sequence
Kathleen Raine

Advent 3  |  Reading 
The Word Made Flesh
​Daniel Berrigan

Advent 4  |  Choir 
This is the Truth
​Sent from Above

Music
Musical Director: Nigel Groome
Organist: Matthew Jorysz (Advent 2, 3 and 4)
Soprano: Susannah Groome
Alto: Sarah Shipton
Tenor: Nils Greenhow
Bass: Laurie Harris

Readings
Advent 1: Michael Elliott
Advent 2: Mary Brown
Advent 3: Louisa Pau and Toby York

Direction / production 
Nicholas Healy
Jamie Johnston
Edwin Wilton-Morgan
Toby York​

Events towards Christmas 
Advent & Christmas 

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3rd December 2017, 3pm - 4pm
Advent Procession
Westminster Abbey   

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5th December 2017, 6.30pm
Advent Carol Service
St Matthew's Westminster

The first Advent Carol Service at St Matthew's for many years 

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6th December 2017, 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Open Evening
St Matthew's Westminster

An informal  gathering in the conference centre with mulled wine, mince pies and carol singers. It is a chance for us to say thank you to you for supporting us and is a good opportunity to meet other people living and working in the area.

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12th December 2017, 1pm
Community Carols
St Matthew's Westminster

A short lunchtime service for the local community, with carols and readings.

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12th December 2017, 6.30pm
A Ceremony of Carols
St Matthew's Westminster

This wonderful piece by Benjamin Britten will be performed by our choir and accompanied by harp.

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18th December 2017, 6.30pm
Christmas Carol Service
St Matthew's Westminster

Our main church carol service with traditional carols, candlelight, mulled wine and mince pies

24th December 2017, 11pm
Midnight Mass

25th December 2017, 11am
Solemn Mass of the Incarnation