St Matthew's Westminster
Music
Music plays an integral part in worship at St Matthew’s. The choir is a small professional ensemble which sings at the Sunday Mass and Wednesday Choral Evensong. They have recently broadcast for BBC Radio 3 Choral Evensong and Radio 4 Sunday Worship. Repertoire is drawn from early plainchant to the 21st century. We are proud to commission new choral works by young artists. Recordings of the choir can be accessed on YouTube.
Music List
Music at choral services this week will be commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd
Wednesday 7th June (Eve of Corpus Christi)
18:30 Choral Evensong
Short Service (Byrd)
Ave verum Corpus (Byrd)
Sunday 11th June (Corpus Christi Sunday)
11.00 Solemn Mass
Mass for four voices (Byrd)
Sacerdotes Domini (Byrd)
Wednesday 14th June
18:30 Choral Evensong
St Nicholas Service (How)
Listen sweet dove (Ives)
Saturday 17th June
Westminster Chamber Music Society
18:00 Concert by Keziah Thomas (Harp)
Sunday 18th June (Trinity 2)
11.00 Solemn Mass
Missa St Joannis de Deo (Haydn)
O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit (Tallis)
Westminster Chamber Music Society
St Matthew’s hosts a series of Saturday evening concerts in the intimate and atmospheric surroundings of a church building which can boast magnificent acoustics. It really is ideal for chamber music. Concerts begin at 18.00 and last for one hour.
Our next concert is on 17th June and will be given by Keziah Thomas (harp).