Music at St Mary’s Church, Thornbury




Choir Music List 2026

Live streaming and recordings of services at St Mary’s, Thornbury are on this YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNkUbB6tYzHdbDPJFSkdaZA


2026 Anthem Playlist on YouTube for rehearsing:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsnbLbF20cQQTs5BbJ0aM_-UDz5Je421z


2026

10.30am Parish Eucharist

6.00pm Choral Evensong

04-Jan

Anthem: Past three o clock (Wood)

 

11-Jan

ALL-AGE SERVICE

Responses: Smith

 

 

Canticles: Wood in D

 

 

Anthem: Teach me, O Lord (Attwood)

18-Jan

Anthem: O for a closer walk with God (Stanford)

 

25-Jan

Anthem: Rejoice in the Lord alway (Purcell)

 

01-Feb

Anthem: O thou the central orb (Wood)

 

08-Feb

ALL-AGE SERVICE

Responses: Ayleward

 

 

Canticles: Brewer in E flat

 

 

Anthem: Ave verum (Pearsall)

15-Feb

Anthem: My eyes for beauty pine (Howells)

 

18-Feb

 

7.00pm at St Paul s

Ash Wednesday

 

Anthem: Lord, for thy tender mercies  sake (Farrant)

22-Feb

Anthem: Have mercy upon me, O God (Tomkins)

 

01-Mar

Anthem: Brother James s Air (arr Bullard)

 

08-Mar

ALL-AGE SERVICE

Responses: Smith

 

 

Canticles: Stanford in B flat

 

 

Anthem: Drop, drop slow tears (Gibbons, arr Blackwell)

15-Mar

Anthem: Ave Maria (Arcadelt)

 

22-Mar

Anthem: Ave verum (Pearsall)

 

29-Mar

Anthem: Hosanna to the son of David (Hutchings)

 

02-Apr

 

7pm AGAPE SERVICE

Maundy Thursday

 

Anthems: Lamentations (Bairstow)

 

 

Verily, verily I say unto you (Tallis)

03-Apr

 

2pm LITURGY

Good Friday

 

Anthems: Lord for thy tender mercy s sake (Farrant)

 

 

Lamentations (Bairstow)

 

 

Miserere mei deus (Purcell)

04-Apr

 

Anthems: Miserere mei deus (Purcell)

Easter Vigil

 

O Sons and Daughters

 

 

Now the green blade riseth

05-Apr

Anthems: O Sons and Daughters

 

Easter Sunday

O Sing joyfully (Batten)

 

12-Apr

10.00am BENEFICE SERVICE

 

19-Apr

Anthem: Jesu, the very thought of thee (Bairstow)

 

26-Apr

Anthem: Brother James s Air (trad arr Bullard)

 

03-May

Anthem:Teach me O Lord (Attwood)

 

10-May

ALL-AGE SERVICE

Responses: Smith

 

 

Canticles: Brewer in E flat

 

 

Anthem: If ye love me (Tallis)

17-May

Anthem: Hail the day that sees him rise (Bullard)

 

Ascension Day

 

 

24-May

Anthem: Come Holy Ghost our souls inspire (plainchant)

 

31-May

10.00am BENEFICE SERVICE

 

07-Jun

Anthem: From the rising of the sun (Ouseley)

 

14-Jun

ALL-AGE SERVICE

Responses: Smith

 

 

Canticles: Wood in D

 

 

Anthem: Oculi Omnium (Wood)

21-Jun

Anthem: The Call (Vaughan Williams)

 

28-Jun

Anthem: Jesu, the very thought of thee (Simon Lole)

 

05-Jul

Anthem: Lead me Lord (Wesley)

 

12-Jul

ALL-AGE SERVICE

Responses: Smith

 

 

Canticles: Stanford in B flat

 

 

Anthem: Ave verum (Pearsall)

19-Jul

Anthem: Hail the day that sees him rise (Bullard)

 

26-Jul

Anthem: Ave verum (Elgar)

 

2-Aug

Anthem: Ave verum corpus (Mozart)

 

9-Aug

ALL-AGE SERVICE

 

16-Aug

Anthem: Ave Maria (Arcadelt)

 

23-Aug

Anthem: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake (Farrant)

 

30-Aug

BENEFICE SERVICE

 

6-Sep

Anthem: Cantate Domino (Pitoni)

 

13-Sep

ALL-AGE SERVICE

Responses: Smith

Canticles: Ireland in F

Anthem: View me, Lord (Lloyd)

20-Sep

Anthem: Brother James' Air (Bullard)

 

27-Sep

Anthem: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake (Farrant)

 

4-Oct

Anthem: For the beauty of the earth (Rutter)

 

11-Oct

ALL-AGE SERVICE

Responses: Smith

Canticles: Wood in D

Anthem: O for a closer walk with God (Stanford)

18-Oct

Anthem: Ave verum (Elgar)

 

25-Oct

Anthem:Ave Maria (Pearsall)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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