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Choir of St John's Edinburgh
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Great singing and good company. West end of Princes St, Edinburgh. Every Sunday 9.30am Matins, 10.30am Eucharist, 6pm Evensong. We're amateurs: we do it for love.
Join us this Sunday 22 June, when we will buzz with music for Midsummer:

Matins: Responses (Martin), Ireland in F, "Ave verum" (Mozart)
Eucharist: Communion (Kidd), "Sancte Deus" (Tallis), "Tantum ergo" (Duruflé)
Evensong: Responses (Martin), Watson in E, "Welcome, sweet and sacred feast" (Finzi)
June 18, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Join us this Sunday for some stellar music - May the 4th be with you! Beautiful tulips by Veronica.

10.30am Eucharist: Communion (Jackson in G), "Dum transisset" (Taverner), "This joyful Eastertide" (Wood).
6pm Evensong: Responses (Ayleward), Canticles (Dyson in F), "In exitu Israel" (Wesley).
April 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Good to spot a soprano dishing out soup! 👋 Morag
First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social visited St John's, Princes Street, yesterday to see its #WarmWelcomeSpace (part of @warmwelcomeuk.bsky.social).

All welcome on Mondays, 4pm-6pm, for soup, warmth, fellowship and support.

@stjohnschoir.bsky.social @scottishepiscopal.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
There is no choir in St John's Edinburgh this Sunday. However, you will find us not far away singing in two beautiful Borders churches:

🐑 Choral Evensong at Legerwood Kirk (pictured): 5pm Saturday 25 April

🐄 Sung Eucharist jointly with the Choir of St John's Jedburgh: 10am Sunday 26 April
April 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER WITH THE CHOIR OF ST JOHNS

Maundy Thursday:
7pm Eucharist: Byrd Mass for 4 Voices.

Good Friday:
7.30pm Meditation: Byrd, Lotti, Bairstow and Sanders.

Easter Day:
9.30am Matins: Rose, Ireland, Walton, Philips.

10.30am Eucharist: Haydn, Widor, Wesley, Handel.
April 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Join us on Palm Sunday 🌴

Matins: Tomkins Responses, Canticles (Noble in B Minor), "God so loved the world" (Stainer)

Eucharist: Byrd 5 voices, "Hosanna to the Son" (Weelkes), Mark Passion (Lassus)

Evensong: Tomkins Responses, Canticles (Byrd Fauxbourdons), "Lord let me know mine end" (Greene).
April 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
We're warming up for the final singalong of @petroc.bsky.social's Radio 3 Breakfast show. We will miss him greatly as we get up for our day jobs thinking of music.

Our star Petroc moment was when he played Katchachurian's Theme for the Onedin line on @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social's suggestion 😊
April 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Join us this Sunday 6 April for music for Lent 5:

10.30am Eucharist: Communion (Macmillan), "Ne irasceris, Domine" (Byrd), "In pace" (Blitheman).
6pm Evensong: Responses (Ebdon), Canticles (Howells Gloucester service), "Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei" (Purcell).
April 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Join us on 30 March as we celebrate Mothering Sunday with fabulous music at 9.30am, 10.30am and 6pm.

Remember the clocks go forward: don't be late for matins! 🕘

Full details of music here:
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March 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
It's busy behind the scenes! Join us Sunday 23 March:

Matins: Byrd Responses, Benedicite (Jackson in G), Jubilate (Britten), Hide not thou thy face (Farrant)

Eucharist: Salvator mundi (Blow), Remember not, Lord (Purcell)

Evensong: Byrd Responses, Byrd short service, Civitatis sancti tui (Byrd)
March 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Join us this Sunday 16 March for music for the second Sunday in Lent:

Matins: Radcliffe responses, Howells Coll Reg, Verily I say unto you (Tallis)

Eucharist: Geistliches lied (Brahms), Drop, drop slow tears (Gibbons)

Evensong: Radcliffe responses, Noble in B Minor, Christus factus es (Bruckner)
March 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Join us this Sunday 9 March for music for Lent:

Matins: Responses (Ebdon), Te Deum (Tallis), Jubilate (Tomkins 5th), "When David heard" (Tomkins).

Eucharist: "Drop, drop slow tears" (Walton), "Nolo mortem" (Morley).

Evensong: Responses (Ebdon), Purcell in G min, "Hear my prayer" (Purcell).
March 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Last night our Shrove Tuesday party went with a swing! But tonight we're back in St John's with a very different vibe.

Join us at 7.30pm for our Ash Wednesday service to mark the beginning of Lent, with music including Allegri "Miserere" and Lotti "Crucifixus".
March 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Join us this Sunday 2 March - and between the music look at the wonderful display of snowdrops in our garden 🤍

10.30am Eucharist: Communion (Kidd), "O radiant dawn" (Macmillan), "Ave verum corpus" (Byrd).
6pm Evensong: Responses (Rose), Canticles (Dyson in D), "Evening hymn" (Balfour Gardener).
February 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Join us this Sunday 23 February:

Matins: Responses (Martin), (Ireland in F), "We wait for thy loving kindness O God" (McKie).

Eucharist: de Jongh, "O sacrum convivium" (Messian), "If ye love me" (Tallis).

Evensong: Responses (Martin), Mathias Jesus College service, "Lift up your heads" (Mathias).
February 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A feast of English anthems for Sunday 16 February:

Matins: Byrd Responses, Stanford in B flat, "O for a closer walk with God" (Stanford).

Eucharist: "Almighty and everlasting God" (Gibbons), "Ave verum corpus" (Elgar).

Evensong: Byrd Responses, Aston in F, "Save us O Lord" (Bairstow).
February 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Struggling to find space in the pub after #SCOvIRE? While the crowds clear, head to St John's at the West End for choral Evensong at 6pm. We have music for all your joys and sorrows #SCOIRE 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #sixnations #asone @sixnations-rugby.bsky.social
February 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Join us this Sunday for a feast of music old and new:

Matins: Tomkins, Noble in B Minor, "Ave maris stella" Grieg.
Eucharist: Kidd, "Let all mortal flesh keep silent" (Bairstow), "O nata lux" (Tallis).
Evensong: Tomkins, Howells Collegium Regale, "Like as the hart" (Howells).
February 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Join us this Sunday 2 February at 6pm as we celebrate Candlemas. From now on the length of daylight really starts to accelerate🕯🌤🌥🌤🌞

Music:
"When to the temple Mary went" (Eccard), "Nunc dimittis" (Holst), "Senex puerum portabat" (Byrd), "A hymn to the virgin" (Britten), "Illuminare Jerusalem"
January 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Be brightened up this Sunday 26 Jan:

Matins: Responses (Sumsion), Canticles (Darke in F), "Thou knowest Lord" (Purcell).

Eucharist: Communion (de Jongh), "Sicut Cervus" (Palestrina), "Ubi Caritas" (Durufle).

Evensong: Responses (Sumsion), Canticles (Sumsion in A), "Illuminare, Jerusalem" (Weir).
January 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Happy new year! We're back at work but we're not yet out of festive mode. Join us today at 6pm for beautiful music from many centuries for Epiphany Carols. Journey with the three wise men, and give a proper welcome to our new musical director Giles Longstaff who started on Christmas Eve.
January 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Christmas Eve carols 🎅Join us at 6.30pm today to hear the Christmas story and sing all your favourite carols. We'll back you with harmony and descants!
December 24, 2024 at 9:26 AM
A fantastic Nine Lessons & Carols last night and a splendid farewell to our director David.

But Christmas is just beginning! Help us sing in our new director Giles Longstaff with loads more carols, descants, stories, and all the big organ stops:
Christmas eve 6.30pm & 10.45pm
Christmas day 10.30am
December 23, 2024 at 1:35 PM
FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS

Sunday 22 December 6pm
St John's Princes Street
Carols old and new sung by the Choir of St John's.

Our church is cozy, our tree is up, our voices are warm, our candles are ready - we can't wait to see you for our most magical night of the year.
December 18, 2024 at 7:36 AM
We have loads of Christmas music coming up, starting on 22 December. More soon, or preview the full schedule here: www.facebook.com/share/p/15fk...
December 13, 2024 at 12:18 PM