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S E R V I C E S & M U S I C

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Welcome

This month sees a number of new beginnings and also some endings:

We have a new Bishop of Bristol! At the end of last month the election of the Very Revd

Vivienne Faull was confirmed and at the start of this month she will be consecrated as a Bishop

in St Paul’s Cathedral. We very much look forward to welcoming her to the Diocese in

October.

We have eleven new deacons and nine new priests! They were ordained by the Bishop of

Swindon and will be a great blessing as they serve in parishes across the Diocese.

We will be saying farewell to a number of choristers, a Lay Clerk and two Choral Scholars.

Their skills have enhanced our worship immeasurably and we are extremely grateful for their

dedication, their commitment and their willingness to serve God in this Cathedral. We will miss

them, but they leave with our prayers and good wishes as they leave here and move on to

new pastures. Many of our highly-trained choristers choose to continue their musical studies in

further education, often followed by a career in music.

In the autumn the Archdeacon of Malmesbury, the Ven Christine Froude, will retire and at the

end of July Christine will preside here at the 10.00am Eucharist. Christine and her husband

David, a Lay Canon, have both been a part of Cathedral life for many years and this will give us

an opportunity to thank them for their generous support. They leave Bristol with our love and

our prayers as they begin this exciting and well-deserved new chapter in their lives.

The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Canon Precentor

Dean of Bristol The Very Revd Dr David Hoyle

Canon Precentor The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley

Master of the Choristers and Organist Mark Lee For more information, please contact the Music Administrator

Tim Popple [email protected]

0117 926 4879


About the Cathedral

The original foundation on this

site was an abbey established in

1148 by Robert Fitzhardinge of

Berkeley Castle. It was built just

outside the original walls of Bristol

on high ground overlooking the

river. The new monastery was

dedicated to St Augustine.

Initially all the abbey buildings

were in Norman style

(characterized by massive pillars

and round arches) but between

the 13th and early 16th centuries

a sequence of rebuilding projects

transformed the church into a

Gothic one, showing the

successive developments of

Gothic style.

The last section due to be rebuilt

was the nave. However, just after

the old nave had been

demolished, and before much

progress had been made with the

rebuilding, Henry VIII dissolved the

country’s monasteries and

confiscated their assets. The new nave was therefore never built, and the work that had

already been done was dismantled to provide stone for other projects in the area.

On 9 December 1539 the last Abbot of Bristol handed over the abbey to the King’s

Commissioners. Unlike many other cities, it was not originally intended that there should be a

diocese of Bristol, and so its abbey was not due to become a cathedral. However, when it was

discovered that St Peter’s Abbey in the nearby rival port of Gloucester was to be made a

cathedral, Bristol’s citizens petitioned for equal treatment and in 1542 the disused abbey

church was designated the Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol.

In 1877 the rebuilding of the nave was finally completed, 350 years after the original, Norman

nave, had been demolished.


Information

Anthems

Selected translations of anthems which are not sung in English are available from page 17.

Bible Translation

The Cathedral uses the NRSV Anglicised Edition translation of the bible for all services except BCP Holy Communion on Sundays.

Reading selections are taken from the Common Worship Lectionary, with Evensong readings taken from the Pillar Lectionary.

Choir

Unless otherwise specified, all choral services are sung by the Cathedral Choir. On Mondays the boy choristers sing with the lay clerks and choral scholars. On Tuesdays the girl choristers sing with the lay clerks. Weekend services alternate between boy choristers and girl choristers.

Communion

If it is your custom to receive communion in your own church, you are welcome to receive here, whatever denomination you are.

Feast Days Key

On each day there is an indication of whether it is a day of significance. The different significances are indicated as follows:

Feria (no commemoration or otherwise) Commemoration Lesser Festival Festival PRINCIPAL FEAST

For Festivals and Principal Feasts, (and the evening service the day before) the altar colours will reflect the occasion, and Festal Responses are said or sung at the close of the evening service.

Hymns

Hymn numbers refer to the New English Hymnal (NEH), with tunes following.

Incense

On some feast days, incense is used during the service. This is indicated by the † symbol.

Photography and Recording

No photography or recording of any kind may take place during services, concerts, or rehearsals without the express permission of the Chapter.


Psalms

The traditional BCP Coverdale translation is used at Evening Prayer and Evensong. Common Worship translation is used at all other services. Congregation sit for the psalms, standing for “Glory be to the Father…” at the end of the last psalm.

Service Length

Said morning prayer lasts approximately 20 minutes.

Said Lunchtime Eucharist lasts approximately 30 minutes.

Evensong lasts around 40 minutes; evening prayer around 20 minutes.

Eucharist on a Sunday lasts around 1hr 15.

On a Sunday, Evensong lasts around one hour, incorporating additional hymns and a sermon.

Quire Services: those unable to stay for the whole service are asked to sit in the Nave.


Sunday 1 July Fifth Sunday after Trinity 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.30am ORDINATION OF PRIESTS QUIRE Preacher The Rt Revd Humphrey Southern SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE

Principal Ripon College Cuddesdon Setting Missa Alme Pater – Millington Motet Beati quorum via – Stanford Voluntary Final (Symphonie 6) – Vierne 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Revd Sarah Evans, Minor Canon Responses Piccolo Psalm 53 Canticles Darke in F Anthem Blessed city, heavenly Salem – Bairstow Hymns 459 Crimond; 480 St Stephen [15]

Voluntary Prelude & Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria – Britten

Monday 2 July Verses | Cantoris

Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm First CHORAL EVENSONG of Thomas the Apostle QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalm 27 Canticles Second Service – Gibbons Hymn 125 O filiii et filiae (vv 1, 4-8)

Anthem When David heard that Absalom was slain – Weelkes

Tuesday 3 July

Thomas the Apostle 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL NAVE Paul Walton – Assistant Organist, Bristol Cathedral 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Piccolo Psalm 130 Canticles Walmisley in d Hymn 173 Regent Square [265]

Anthem O pray for the peace of Jerusalem – Howells


Wednesday 4 July Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm First CHORAL EVENSONG of the Dedication of the Cathedral QUIRE

sung by the Boy Choristers Responses Noon Psalm 24 Canticles John Wood in G Hymn 206 Harewood

Anthem Litany to the Holy Spirit – Hurford

Thursday 5 July DEDICATION OF THE CATHEDRAL 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 132

Friday 6 July

Thomas More, Scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop, Martyrs, 1535 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL

5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Tallis Psalm 31 Canticles Tone i – Lassus | Tone vii – Victoria

Anthem Salve Regina – Cavalli Hymn 241 Te lucis ante terminum A translation of the anthem is available on Page 16

Saturday 7 July Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL

3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalm 36 Canticles Noble in b Hymn 333 Michael

Anthem Evening Hymn – Balfour Gardiner A translation is available on Page 16


Sunday 8 July Sixth Sunday after Trinity 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST with Cathedral Choir Valedictions NAVE Preacher The Dean SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Setting Messe Solennelle – Vierne Psalm 48 Motet O salutaris hostia – Dupré Hymns Processional 448 Westminster Abbey Offertory 373 Coe Fen Communion 295 Picardy

Post-communion When in our music Engelberg

Voluntary Finale (Symphonie 8) – Widor 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Derek Chedzey Responses Rose Psalm 121 Canticles Gloucester Service – Howells Anthem Lobet den Herrn BWV230 – J. S. Bach Hymns 336 Angel Voices; 252 St Clement

Voluntary Fantasia and Fugue in G – Parry

The Cathedral Choir will be on tour in Belgium and the Netherlands from 13-21 July, and will then start their Summer Holiday. They return on Friday 7 September.

Monday 9 July

Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 45, 46

Tuesday 10 July

Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 51, 52


Wednesday 11 July Benedict, Abbot, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 57

Thursday 12 July Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 63, 64

Friday 13 July

Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalm 68.19-35 [omit 21-23]

Saturday 14 July Choir in Residence Today John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866 City of London Chamber Choir 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL

3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Field Psalm 72 Canticles Wood in D Hymn 372 Monks Gate

Anthem O thou, the central orb – Wood


Sunday 15 July Choir in Residence Today Seventh Sunday after Trinity City of London Chamber Choir 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher Revd Sarah Evans, Minor Canon Setting Missa Brevis – Fleming Psalm 24 Motet Ave verum corpus – Byrd Hymns Processional 148 Leoni (omit *)

Offertory 457 Dominus regit me

Communion 282 Pastor pastorum

Post-communion 206 Harewood 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher The Dean Responses Field Psalm 66 Canticles Sarum Service – Howells Anthem Like as the hart – Howells Hymns 431 Hereford; 466 Moscow

Monday 16 July

Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099 8.30am Morning Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalms 80, 81

From today until Friday 27 July, the University of the West of England hold their graduation ceremonies in the Cathedral. General access is restricted to services only, which are held in the Sub Croft Chapel, accessible via the Cloisters Entrance.

Tuesday 17 July

Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalm 88


Wednesday 18 July Elizabeth Ferard, Deaconess , Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883 8.30am Morning Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalms 91, 92

Thursday 19 July Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess, Teachers of the Faith, c.394 & c.379 8.30am Morning Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalm 97

Friday 20 July

Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th century 8.30am Morning Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalm 103

Saturday 21 July Choir in Residence Today Feria Priory Voices 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL

3.30pm First CHORAL EVENSONG of Mary Magdalene QUIRE Responses Smith Psalm 139 Canticles Murrill in E Hymn 222 Diva Servatrix [288]

Anthem Descendi in hortum meum – Croce A translation is available on Page 16


Sunday 22 July Choir in Residence Today Mary Magdalene Priory Voices 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher Canon Martin Gainsborough Setting Mass à 4 – Byrd Psalm 42.1-10 Motet Locus iste – Bruckner Hymns Processional 473 Laudes Domini (omit *) Offertory 174 Mannheim (omit *) [393]

Communion 123 Dun Aluinn Post-communion 368 Cwm Rhondda

Voluntary Hymne au soleil (Pièces de Fantaisie) – Vierne 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Derek Chedzey Responses Smith Psalm 63 Canticles Brewer in D Anthem O thou, the central orb – Wood Hymns 480 St Stephen [15]; 252 St Clement

Voluntary Lied to the Sun (Lied Symphony) – Peeters

Monday 23 July

Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373 8.30am Morning Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalms 112, 113

Tuesday 24 July

Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm First Evening Prayer of James the Apostle SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalm 144


Wednesday 25 July James the Apostle 8.30am Morning Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalm 94

Thursday 26 July Anne and Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary 8.30am Morning Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SUB CROFT CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer SUB CROFT CHAPEL Psalm 119.129-144

Friday 27 July

Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher of the Faith, 1901 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL Psalms 123, 124, 125

Saturday 28 July Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL Psalms 134, 135


Sunday 29 July Choir in Residence Today Ninth Sunday after Trinity The Berkeley Quartet 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher The Dean Setting Wood in the Phrygian Mode Psalm 14 Motet Oculi omnium – Wood Hymns Processional 345 Vulpius (Gelobt sei Gott)

Offertory 296 St Helen

Communion 302 Song 1

Post-communion 362 Abbot’s Leigh [185] 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Responses Reading Psalm 74 Canticles Short Service – Gibbons Anthem Let thy merciful ears, O Lord – Mudd Hymns 468 Marching; 248 Strength and Stay

Monday 30 July Choir in Residence This Week

William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833 Calvary Episcopal Church, Memphis 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Ayleward Psalms 144, 145 Canticles Stanford in C Hymn 452 Carlisle

Anthem Prayer – Clausen

Tuesday 31 July

Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL NAVE Amy Reynolds, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama – piano 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Ayleward Psalm 146 Canticles Noble in b Hymn 305 Anima Christi

Anthem Abendleid – Rheinberger A translation is available on Page 17


Wednesday 1 August Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Ayleward Psalm 6 Canticles First Service – Beer Hymn 439 Gerontius (omit *)

Anthem Easter – Davison

Thursday 2 August Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 12, 13

Friday 3 August

Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL

5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Caracciolo Psalm 18.1-27 Canticles Mt. St Alban Service – Hogan Hymn 377 St Denio

Anthem O lux beatissima – Helvey A translation is available on Page 17

Saturday 4 August Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Curé d’Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL

3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Caracciolo Psalm 22 Canticles Purcell in e Hymn 379 Wychbold

Anthem Greater love – Ireland


Translations of Anthems not in the English Language

Friday 6 July

Salve Regina Francesco Cavalli 1602-76

Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae, Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, Salve! [Hail] our life, our sweetness and our hope! Ad te clamamus, exsules filii [H]evae, To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve, Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes, to thee do we send up our sighs, In hac lacrimarum valle. mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Eja ergo, Advocata nostra, Turn, then, most gracious advocate, Illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte thine eyes of mercy toward us, Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, and after this, our exile, Nobis, post hoc exilium, ostende, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

Votive Antiphon

Saturday 7 July

Evening Hymn Henry Balfour Gardiner 1877-1950

Te lucis ante terminum Before the ending of the day, rerum Creator poscimus Creator of the world, we pray, ut pro tua clementia that with thy wonted favour thou sis praesul et custodia. wouldst be our guard and keeper now.

Procul recedant somnia From all ill dreams defend our eyes, et noctium phantasmata; from nightly fears and fantasies; hostemque nostrum comprime tread under foot our ghostly foe, ne polluantur corpora. that no pollution we may know.

Praesta, Pater piissime, O Father, that we ask be done, Patrique compar unice through Jesus Christ thine only Son, cum Spiritu Paraclito who, with the Holy Ghost and thee, regnans per omne saeculum. Amen. doth live and reign eternally. Amen.

Latin, translated by John Mason Neale 1818-66

Saturday 21 July

Descende in hortum meum Giovanni Croce c.1557-1609

Descendi in hortum meum, I went down into my garden ut viderem poma convallium, to see the fruits of the valley, et inspicerem si floruisset vinea and to see whether the vine flourished et germinassent mala punica. and the pomegranates budded. Revertere, revertere, Sulamitis, Return, return, O Shulamite, ut intueamur te. that we might look upon thee.

Song of Solomon, 6.11,13


Tuesday 31 July

Abendlied Josef Rheinberger 1839-1901

Bleib’ bei uns, denn es will Abend werden; Stay with us, because it is almost evening; und der Tag hat sich geneiget. and the day is nearly over.

Luke 24.29

Friday 3 August

O lux beatissima Howard Helvey b.1968

O lux beatissima, reple cordis intima O Light most blessed, fill the inmost heart tuorum fidelium. Sine tuo numine, of all thy faithful. Without your grace, nihil est in homine, nihil est innoxium. there is nothing in us, nothing that is not harmful.

13th century, from the Latin sequence Veni Sancte Spiritus)

Bristol Cathedral Choir

There has probably been a choir singing in Bristol Cathedral since its days as an Augustinian abbey church, founded in 1140. When, in 1542, it became the cathedral church of the new diocese of Bristol, its new statutes still provided for cathedral life in terms of worship, community and education; of the praises of God sung with perpetual jubilation, of the common table, of the masters of the choristers and of the Cathedral Grammar School. The passing of the centuries has modified but not destroyed the pattern.

The choir consists of 28 choristers (14 boys and 14 girls), all of whom are educated at Bristol Cathedral Choir School - occupying the former Augustinian refectory, and magnificent new buildings. These are supported by incentives endowed by the Bristol Cathedral Choral Foundation. There are also probationary choristers who fulfil a part timetable and attend other schools in the city, 6 Lay Clerks, and 4 Choral Scholars. Together, with the voluntary Consort, Choral Evensong is sung 6 times a week in the Cathedral in term time.

The Choir enjoys a busy and challenging timetable, and highlights have included singing at the Royal Maundy Service in the presence of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, tours to France, Italy, Germany, Poland, and the USA (New York, Connecticut, and Rhode


Island). Recent events have included singing live on BBC One on Christmas Day 2016. The Choir also broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3.

Choral Scholarships

There are places for up to four Choral Scholars in the Bristol Cathedral Choir at any one time. These will generally be two basses, a tenor, and an alto. The alto Choral Scholarship is open to anyone, regardless of gender. They will be expected to sing one weekday service (currently Monday) and at the weekend. They will be of a very high standard, both vocally and in terms of reading, but will not be expected to sing without the support of the professional Lay Clerks. There may be opportunities to deputise for absent Lay Clerks for extra remuneration, but this will only be with the agreement of the Master of the Choristers who will assess their proficiency for such an undertaking.

The current value of a Choral scholarship is incremental on years of service: £2580 p.a. (Year 1), £3100 p.a. (Year 2), and £3621 p.a. (Year 3).

Choir terms are:

Michaelmas: The first weekend after the beginning of the Bristol Cathedral School term in September until Christmas Day

Lent: The weekend of Epiphany until Easter Day Trinity: The beginning of the choir term until the Sunday after the end of the Bristol

Cathedral Choir School term.

The Choral Scholarships can be held in conjunction with a degree course at either Bristol University or UWE, though this is not an essential requirement. It would be our hope that an undergraduate Choral Scholar would be in post for three years, though the Scholarship would be reviewed annually.

Music is an integral part of Bristol Cathedral's life and mission. Evensong is sung on most days at 5.15pm (on Saturday and Sunday at 3.30pm).

The Cathedral Eucharist is sung each Sunday Morning. In addition there are a number of special services throughout the year as well as the important church festivals and feasts.


Cathedral Consort

The Cathedral Consort was launched in 2009. It is a choir which not only enhances the worship of the Cathedral, but also provides an opportunity for young people to develop their singing skills to a professional standard. They also enjoy the social side of being part of such a close knit team.

The Consort is open to membership from across the city from 11 to 19. It rehearses weekly and usually sings Choral Evensong twice a month. It also collaborates with other choirs in the Cathedral, such as Bristol Cathedral Concert Choir, to perform concerts of large scale works with orchestral accompaniment. The experience offered is particularly valuable to those who wish to apply for choral scholarships at universities like Oxford and Cambridge.

The girls of the Consort have been an important part of the Cathedral’s musical life since 1993. In May 2002, as part of Bristol Cathedral Festival, they sang with the internationally renowned soprano Emma Kirkby, at which time she agreed to become Patron of the Choir. The Cathedral Consort has toured most recently to Toulouse, performing in St Sernin, the Temple Du Salin, and previously have been on tour to Belgium included performances at Brussels and Antwerp Cathedrals, Ireland including performances at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.

If you are interested in joining the Cathedral Consort, please contact:

Paul Walton Director of the Cathedral Consort

[email protected]


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