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
Tuesday 12th December
18.30 Ceremony of Carols (Benjamin Britten)
Sung by the sopranos of choir
Keziah Thomas (harp)
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Wednesday 13th December
18.30 Choral Evensong
Attended by the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome
Thought for the Evening by The Bishop of Los Angeles
Sumsion in A
Creator of the stars of night (Archer)
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Sunday 17th December (Advent 3)
11.00 Solemn Mass
Harwood in A flat
Joys seven (Morehen)
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Wednesday 20th December
18.30 Christmas Carol Service
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Sunday 24th December (Advent 4)
11.00 Solemn Mass
Ridout in C
Jesus Christ the apple tree (Poston)
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Sunday 24th December (Christmas Eve)
23.00 First Mass of Christmas
Aston in F
Heaven responds at Bethlehem (Butterworth)
A babe is born (Holst)
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Monday 25th December (Christmas Day)
11.00 Mass of The Incarnation
Mass of St Thomas (Thorne)
The little road to Bethlehem (Head)
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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.
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