St Benedict’s Church

St Benedict’s Choir sings mostly on alternate Sundays at the 10.30 a.m. Solemn Mass and at other important feasts throughout the liturgical year. They are joined by an orchestra and visiting choir each year in July to celebrate St Benedict’s Feast Day with an orchestral Mass. The choir welcomes new members who are interested in celebrating the liturgy through the rich tradition of Christian chant and polyphonic music. If you would like to join the choir or book them for a wedding, please contact the Director of Music.

Music Diary

31 January – choir:  Palestrina – Missa Brevis, Tallis – If ye love me

7 February – cantor

14 February – choir: Victoria – Missa O Quam Gloriosum, Victoria – O Quam Gloriosum

21 February – cantor

28 February – choir: plainchant mass, Palestrina – Super Flumina Babylonis

7 March – cantor

14 March – choir: plainchant mass, Palestrina – Sicut Cervus

21 March – cantor

28 March (Palm Sunday) – choir: Victoria – Missa O Quam Gloriosum, Pueri Hebraeorum

1 April (Maundy Thursday) – choir: Victoria – Missa O Quam Gloriosum, Durufle – Ubi Caritas & Tantum Ergo

2 April (Good Friday) – choir: sung passion (plainchant and Victoria choral sections), Allegri – Miserere, Byrd – Ave Verum.

3 April (Easter Vigil) – choir: Haydn – Missa Brevis, psalms, Thatcher – Come, Ye Faithful.

4 April (Easter Sunday) – choir: Haydn – Missa Brevis, trad. – Now the Green Blade Riseth

11 April – cantor

18 April – choir: Palestrina: Missa Aeterna Christi Munera, Constantini – Confitemini Domimo

25 April – cantor

2 May – choir: Palestrina: Missa Aeterna Christi Munera, Farmer: I Give You a New Commandment

9 May – cantor

15 May (Ascension 6pm vigil -Installation of PP) – choir: Victoria – Missa O Quam Gloriosum, Constantini – Confitemini         Domimo

23 May (Pentecost) – choir: plainchant mass, Victoria: Veni Creator Spiritu

30 May (Trinity) – cantor

6 June (Corpus Christi) – choir:  Palestrina – Missa Brevis, Mozart – Ave Verum, Aitchison – O Sacrum Convivium

13 June – cantor

20 June – cantor

27 June – choir

4 July – cantor

11 July (St Benedict’s Feast day) – choir

18 July – cantor

25 July – choir

1 August – cantor

8 August – cantor

15 August (Assumption) – choir

22 August – cantor

29 August – choir

5 September – cantor

12 September – choir

19 September – cantor

26 September – choir

3 October – cantor

10 October – choir

17 October – cantor

24 October – choir

31 October – cantor

7 November – choir

14 November – cantor

21 November (Christ the King) – choir

28 November – cantor

5 December – choir

12 December – cantor

19 December – cantor (6pm Carols Service – choir)

25 December (Midnight Mass) – choir

26 December – cantor