February Monday 26 Tuesday 27 Verse: Cantoris Shorter Choral Evensong (Girls Voices) Psalm 52 Magnificat (Second Service) Moore The Lord s Prayer Stone The Song of the Tree of Life Vaughan Williams Friday 2 10.30am Saturday 3 Little Pips Free toddler group Responses Huxley Psalm 6 Short Service Gibbons Lord, let me know mine end Greene Choral Evensong (Visiting Choir King Edward School, Stourbridge) Responses Oxley Psalm 23 Dyson in D If ye love me Tallis Wednesday 28 Holy Shorter Choral Evensong (Lower Voices) Responses Rose (Lower Voices) Psalm 3 Nunc Dimittis (Falso bordone) Huxley Christus factus est Anerio March Thursday 1 Sunday 4 The Third Sunday of Lent Verse: Decani Holy 11.00am Choral Eucharist (Boys and Lower Voices) Mass for Five Voices Byrd Psalm 103 (Responsorial) Passer invenit (i) Locus iste Bruckner Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nigel Hand Choral Evensong (Girls and Lower Voices) Responses Byrd Psalm 11 Walmisley in D minor Daughters of Zion Mendelssohn Preacher: The Very Reverend Matt Thompson
March Monday 5 Tuesday 6 Verse: Decani Music for Lunch Recital Paul Lamstaes (Saxophone) Shorter Choral Evensong (Girls Voices) Psalm 64 Nunc Dimittis (First Service) Beer Litany to the Holy Spirit - Hurford Wednesday 7 Holy Shorter Choral Evensong (Boys Voices) Psalm 39 Nunc Dimittis Burgon With my whole heart Wesley Thursday 8 Wholeness and Healing Service Friday 9 10.30am 7.45pm Saturday 10 Sunday 11 11.00am Little Pips Free toddler group An Evening of Bach Cathedral Choir Concert O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht Cantata: Ich habe genug Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied Jesu, meine Freude See the cathedral website for ticket details. Mothering Sunday (4 th Sunday of Lent) Verse: Cantoris Holy Choral Eucharist (Girls and Lower Voices) Little Organ Mass Haydn Psalm 63 (Responsorial) Jerusalem quae aedificatur (iv) Ave verum corpus Mozart Preacher: The Very Reverend Matt Thompson Responses Rose Psalm 14 Collegium Regale Howells Greater Love hath no man Ireland Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Lythall
March Monday 12 Tuesday 13 Verse: Cantoris Shorter Choral Evensong (Girls and Lower Voices) Responses Shephard Psalm 80 Nunc Dimittis Holst Miserere mei Deus Byrd Wednesday 14 Choral (St Philip s Singers) Mass of St Hild and St Bede McVicker My shepherd will supply my need Baldwin Shorter Choral Evensong (Boys Voices) Psalm 91 Magnificat (Salisbury Service) Archer The Lord is my shepherd Dvorak Thursday 15 Friday 16 10.30am Saturday 17 1.30pm Little Pips Easter Egg Hunt free toddler group Responses Huxley Psalm 130 Holman in F minor Lord, for thy tender mercy s sake Hilton Healing on the Streets event Sunday 18 The Fifth Sunday of Lent Verse: Decani Holy 11.00am Choral Eucharist (Boys and Lower Voices) Whitlock in G Psalm 51 (Responsorial) Hoc corpus (viii) O Saviour of the world Bullard Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Lythall Choral Evensong (Girls and Lower Voices) Responses Shephard Psalm 34.1-10 Sarum Service Howells Like as the hart Howells Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nigel Hand
March Monday 19 Tuesday 20 Verse: Decani Music for Lunch Recital Josh Roebuck (Organ) Shorter Choral Evensong (Girls Voices) Responses Lumsden Psalm 61 Magnificat (First Service) Beer Ex ore innocentium Ireland Wednesday 21 Holy Shorter Choral Evensong (Lower Voices) Responses Moore (Lower Voices) Psalm 62 Magnificat (falso bordone) Huxley Brother James Air Huxley Saturday 24 Choral Evensong and Licensing Service for the Diocesan Director of Ordinands and Vocations Development (Schola Philippi) Responses Rose Psalm 148 Stanford in A Hail gladdening light Wood Sunday 25 PALM SUNDAY Verse: Cantoris Holy 11.00am Choral Eucharist with Healing (Girls and Lower Voices) Hosanna to the Son of David Weelkes Mass of St Henry and St Philip Huxley St Mark Passion Bertalot Pater si non potest (viii) Hosanna to the Son of David Gibbons Preacher: The Reverend Dr David Cheetham Responses Smith Psalm 69.1-10 Noble in B minor It is a thing most wonderful Moore Preacher: The Reverend Canon Andrew Lythall Thursday 22 Friday 23 Responses Huxley Psalm 145 Sumsion in G Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace Wesley
March Monday 26 7.45pm Tuesday 27 7.45pm Said Eucharist and Reflection Verse: Cantoris Shorter Choral Evensong (Girls and Lower Voices) Responses Byrd Psalm 55.13-24 Magnificat (Worcester Service) Howells The Lamentations Bairstow Said Eucharist and Reflection Wednesday 28 Choral (St Philip s Singers) Darke in E O saviour of the world Goss Shorter Choral Evensong (Boys Voices) Psalm 88 Nunc Dimittis in A flat Huxley When I survey the wondrous cross Huxley 7.45pm Said Eucharist and Reflection Thursday 29 MAUNDY THURSDAY 11.00am Chrism Eucharist with Blessing of the Oils (Schola Philippi) Gloria (Canterbury Service) How Christus Factus est Bruckner Sanctus Taizé Preacher: The Very Reverend Matt Thompson Thursday 29 7.45pm Friday 30 10.00am 12.00pm Saturday 31 7.00pm Choral Eucharist, including the Stripping of the Altars and Watch of Repose (Girls and Lower Voices) Missa Papae Marcelli Palestrina Ubi caritas Duruflé; Drop, drop slow tears Gibbons Love bade me welcome Vaughan Williams Psalm 22.1-21 Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nigel Hand GOOD FRIDAY Ecumenical Procession of Witness The Three Hours Reflection on Christ s Passion (Boys and Lower Voices) Were you there? Chilcott Reproaches Sanders Salvator mundi Tallis Preacher: The Reverend Dr David Cheetham Holy Saturday Compline and Easter Vigil Sunday 1 EASTER DAY Verse: Decani 7.00am The Easter Liturgy with Renewal of Baptismal Vows 11.00am Choral Eucharist (Boys and Lower Voices) Darke in F This joyful Eastertide Wood Pascha nostrum (vi), Dum transisset Taverner Preacher: The Bishop Choral Evensong (Girls and Lower Voices) Responses Shephard Psalm 66.1-11 Collegium Regale Wood Worthy is the Lamb Handel Preacher: The Very Reverend Matt Thompson
April Monday 2 Tuesday 3 Verse: Decani Sunday 8 Low Sunday Verse: Cantoris Holy 11.00am Choral Eucharist (The Half Circle Singers) Exultate Deo Palestrina Schubert in G Alleluia, confitemini Domino Mouton Sicut Cervus Palestrina Flocks in pastures green abiding J S Bach Preacher: The Very Reverend Matt Thompson Wednesday 4 Holy Ye choirs of new Jerusalem Now is eternal life Blessed Thomas, doubt no longer Love s redeeming work is done Thursday 5 Friday 6 Saturday 7 Wholeness and Healing Service with Choral Evensong (The Half Circle Singers) Responses Rose Psalm 85 Stanford in B flat Geistliches Lied Brahms Preacher: The Reverend Canon Nigel Hand Come ye faithful, raise the strain At even, when the sun was set Now the green blade riseth
April Verse: Cantoris Monday 9 10.30am Mother s Union Eucharist Tuesday 10 Wednesday 11 10.00am Easter Family Holiday Activities Holy Thursday 12 10.00am Easter Family Holiday Activities Wholeness and Healing Service Sunday 15 The Third Sunday of Easter Verse: Decani Holy 11.00am Choral Eucharist (Schola Philippi) Missa O quam gloriosum Victoria Rejoice in the Lord alway Anon Ave verum corpus Byrd Christ the Lord is risen again Walking in a garden Jesus lives! Thy terrors now The strife is o er Choral Evensong (Lower Voices) Responses Moore Psalm 142 Carlisle Service Walsh I will life up mine eyes Walker Good Christian men, rejoice and sing King of glory, King of peace Love s redeeming work is done Friday 13 10.30am Saturday 14 Little Pips free toddler group in the cathedral Choral Evensong (Cantemus cum Spiritu)
April Monday 16 Tuesday 17 Verse: Decani Music for Lunch Birmingham Conservatoire Harp Department Saturday 21 11.00am Mothers Union Festival Service Sunday 22 The Fourth Sunday of Easter Verse: Cantoris Holy 11.00am Choral Eucharist with Healing (Boys and Lower Voices) Darke in E Psalm 23 Walford Davies The King of Love Bairstow Wednesday 18 Holy Shorter Choral Evensong (Boys Voices) Psalm 72 Nunc Dimittis in G Sumsion Christo Resurgenti Couperin Thursday 19 Friday 20 10.30am Little Pips free toddler group in the cathedral Responses Huxley Psalm 77 Harris in A I am the resurrection Schütz Christ the is made the sure foundation Christ is our cornerstone How sweet the name of Jesus sounds I will sing the wondrous story Choral Evensong (Girls and Lower Voices) Responses Shephard Psalm 81.8-16 Purcell in G minor My beloved spake Purcell Come ye faithful, raise the strain Walking in a garden Ye choirs of new Jerusalem
What s on at Birmingham Cathedral Monday 23 rd Morning Prayer & Holy Shorter Choral Evensong (Girls and Lower Voices) Responses Smith, Psalm 116, Nunc Dimittis (Short Service) Byrd, Teach me O Lord Attwood Wednesday 25 th Morning Prayer & Holy Evening Prayer Morning Prayer & Holy Free Guided Tour (meet by main door) Tuesday Morning Prayer & Holy 11.30am Free Guided Tour (meet by main door) Holy Shorter Choral Evensong (Boys Voices), Psalm 45, Magnificat (Salisbury Service) Archer, Let saints on earth in concert sing Ridout, 220 (t.404) He who bore witness by a good confession Thursday 24 th 26 th Morning Prayer & Holy 10.30am Little Pips Free toddler group Choral Evensong (Boys and Lower Voices) Responses Sanders, Psalm 36, Stanford in B flat Evening Hymn Balfour Gardiner Saturday 28 th Holy 11.00am Choral Eucharist (Girls and Lower Voices) Missa Brevis Ives, My beloved spake Lees, Eternal Grace Aston, 408i Love Divine, all loves excelling, 115 Now the green blade riseth, 425 O love, how deep, how broad, how high, 364 (t.185) God is love, let heaven adore him Choral Evensong (Boys and Lower Voices) With guest organist Will Peart as part of the cathedral s Emerging Talent Scheme Responses Sanders, Psalm 96, Westminster Service Howells, Give us the wings of faith Bullock 436 Praise my soul the King of heaven 339 Be thou my vision 250 Saviour, again to thy dear name we raise Friday Morning Prayer & Holy Workers Memorial Day Service in Cathedral Square Choral Evensong (Kingswinford Choral Society) Locus iste Bruckner, Responses Biggs, Stanford in B flat, The heavens are telling Haydn 7.00pm Taizé Service Sunday 27 th 29 th Did you know? The font was made by John Poole, a sculptor whose mural on the outside of the Rotunda can still be seen if you go upstairs in Zara in the Bullring. Opening hours Monday to Friday 7.30am 6.30pm, Saturday to Sunday 7.30pm 5pm Details are subject to change. Check out birminghamcathedral.com for updates and more information on the cathedral.
What s on at Birmingham Cathedral Monday 30 th Morning Prayer & Holy Shorter Choral Evensong (Girls and Lower Voices) Responses Tomkins Psalm 149, Nunc Dimittis (Latin) Tallis O quam gloriosum Victoria Wednesday 2 nd Morning Prayer & Holy Evening Prayer Morning Prayer & Holy Free Guided Tour (meet by main door) Music for Lunch Recital Such Sweet Harmony King Edwards School Camp Hill for Girls Tuesday Morning Prayer & Holy 11.30am Free Guided Tour (meet by main door) Choral (St Philip s Singers)Jackson in G, If ye love me Tallis, 143 (t.428) Spirit of mercy, truth and love Shorter Choral Evensong (Boys Voices), Psalm 99, Nunc Dimittis (Second Service) Moore, Walking in a garden Noon Thursday 1 st 3 rd Morning Prayer & Holy 10.30am Little Pips Free toddler group Choral Evensong (Boys and Lower Voices) Responses Huxley, Psalm 66 Watson in E, Save us O Lord Bairstow Saturday 5 th Holy 11.00am Choral Eucharist (Boys and Lower Voices) Whitlock in G Beati quorum via Stanford Cantique de Jean Racine Fauré 484 (t.167) The Church s one foundation 464 Thou art the way 471 We love the place O God 485 Thy hand O God has guided Choral Evensong (Girls and Lower Voices) Responses Rose, Psalm 34, Stanford in G, Set me as a seal Walton 408 Love divine, all loves excelling 369 Happy are they, they that love God 252 The day thou gavest Lord is ended Friday Morning Prayer & Holy 12.00pm All Ministries Eucharist Sunday 4 th 6 th Did you know? The tower was completed ten years after the consecration of the church with money from George I this is acknowledged in the Benefaction Board above the door from the porch. Opening hours Monday to Friday 7.30am 6.30pm, Saturday to Sunday 7.30pm 5pm Details are subject to change. Check out birminghamcathedral.com for updates and more information on the cathedral.
What s on at Birmingham Cathedral Monday 7 th Morning Prayer & Holy Evening Prayer Wednesday 9 th 7.00am Thy Kingdom Come Launch Service Morning Prayer and Holy Wholeness and Healing Service 7.45pm Choral Eucharist for Ascension Day (Schola Philippi) Missa, Aeterna Christi Munera Palestrina, Coelos ascendit hodie Stanford, O clap your hands Gibbons Morning Prayer & Holy Evening Prayer Tuesday Morning Prayer & Holy 11.30am Free Guided Tour (meet by main door) Holy Thursday 8 th 10 th Morning Prayer & Holy 10.30am Little Pips Free toddler group Choral Evensong (Boys and Lower Voices) Response Byrd, Psalm 145, Noble in B minor, O nata lux Tallis Saturday 12 th Holy 11.00am Choral Eucharist (Girls and Lower Voices) Coronation Mass Mozart O praise the Lord Batten Tantum ergo Vierne, 352 Crown him with many crowns 114 Now is eternal life, 271 Alleluia, sing to Jesus, 613 Christ triumphant ever reigning Choral Evensong (Boys and Lower Voices) Responses Huxley Psalm 147.1-12 Stanford in A The spirit of the Lord Elgar 134 The head that once was crowned with thorns 415 (t.346) O for a thousand tongues to sing 443 Rejoice the Lord is King Friday Morning Prayer & Holy Evening Prayer Sunday 11 th 13 th Did you know? The seating and the windows in the cathedral were covered with white paint when the cathedral was vandalised by a suffragette in May 1914. The cathedral was closed and the vergers cleaned up the paint. The smell of turps the next day was the only clue as to what had occurred. Opening hours Monday to Friday 7.30am 6.30pm, Saturday to Sunday 7.30pm 5pm Details are subject to change. Check out birminghamcathedral.com for updates and more information on the cathedral.