A Processional Service with readings and music to mark the start of Advent
Matin Responsory | Palestrina
Canite Tuba | Guerrero
How beautiful upon the mountains | Stainer
Angelus ad virginem | arr. Carter
O thou, the central orb | Wood
E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come | Manz
Toccata on ‘Veni, veni Emmanuel’ | Carter
Leeds Conservatoire Woodwind and Brass Ensembles
Free entry (no ticket required)
Otley Brass Band
Rock Choir
Unity: The After Cure Choir
£10 (free for under 12s) | Book online
Anthony Gray (St Wilfrid’s Harrogate and Bradford Cathedral)
Free admission with retiring collection
Sandwiches, snacks and hot drinks are available from 12.30pm
A service of readings and contemporary carols led by the Joy Choir
Free entry with retiring collection
Common Worship
Rev’d Prof. Jane de Gay
Preacher: Rev’d Andrew Earwaker
Missa Brevis | Lotti
Psalm 85: 8 – end
A tender shoot | Goldschmidt
Allegretto from Sonata IV | Mendelssohn
Readings and Carols at St John’s Church on New Briggate, led by the clergy and choir of Leeds Minster. Please bring extra clothing to keep warm!
The truth from above | Vaughan Williams
A great and mighty wonder | harm. Praetorius
The Three Kings | Cornelius
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly | Trad.
In the stillness | Beamish
Hosted by Matt Jameson
£12 | Book online
Doors open at 6.15pm
Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
Rothwell Temperance Band
£6.50 | £3.50
Tickets available from Leeds International Concert Season
Common Worship
Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury
Preacher: Rev’d Prof. Jane de Gay
Communion Service in A minor | Lotti
Psalm 126
This is the record of John | Gibbons
Wachet Auf, rüft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) | Bach
A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
Adam lay y-bounden | Horsey
People look east | arr. Ferguson
A Tender Shoot | Goldschmidt
I saw a fair maiden | Pettmann
Puer Natus | Hoddinott
The Shepherds Farewell | Berlioz
The Three Kings | Cornelius
Carol for Emmaus | Trepte
Ding, Dong | Wilberg
Final (Symphonie I) | Vierne
Common Worship
Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury
Preacher: Rev’d Jo Jones
Voluntary: Fuga sopra il Magnificat ‘Meine Seele erhebt den Herren’ (BWV 733) | Bach
First Communion of Christmas
Common Worship
Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury
Preacher: Rev’d Andrew Earwaker
Mass of the Quiet Hour | Oldroyd
All my heart this night rejoices | Trad.
In the stillness | Beamish
Silent Night | Houlder
Toccata in F | Widor
Common Worship
Rev’d Canon Paul Maybury
Preacher: Ven. Paul Ayers, Archdeacon of Leeds
Mass in G | Schubert
Psalm 96
I saw three ships | arr. Lindley
We wish you a merry Christmas | arr. Warrell
Toccata-Noel | Tambling
Common Worship
Sung by members of St Peter’s Singers
Setting: Mass for Four Voices | William Byrd
Gradual: The Three Kings | Cornelius
Anthem: Bethlehem Down | Warlock
Voluntary: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (BuxWV 223) | Dieterich Buxtehude
Admission: £25-45
Organised by Fever
Admission: £25-45
Organised by Fever
Common Worship
Sung by a quartet from the Choir of Leeds Minster
Gloria: from the Trinity Mass | David Thorne
Psalm: 139: 1-9
Setting: Sanctus and Agnus Dei from Messa a Quattro Voci | Giovanni Grossi
Anthem: Lead me, Lord | S. S. Wesley
Voluntary: Prelude in D (BWV 532i) | J. S. Bach
Book of Common Prayer
Sung by a Quartet from the Minster Choir
Responses: Plainsong
Psalm: 96
Canticles: Short Service | Thomas Weelkes
Anthem: In the bleak midwinter | Harold Darke
Voluntary:
Alexander Woodrow (Leeds Minster) – Organ
Admission: Free, with retiring collection
Organised by Leeds Minster
