What's on - Music

  • Fri 19th Dec

    8.30pm - 9.45pm

    Christmas by Candlelight

    Admission: From £10: Book here

    Organised by Kinda Dusty
    Doors 7.45pm. Bar available.

  • Sun 21st Dec

    10.30am - 11.45am

    The Eucharist

    Common Worship
    With Family Church for all ages.

    Setting: Mass of the Quiet Hour | Oldroyd
    Anthem: I sing of a maiden | Berkeley
    Voluntary: Fuga sopra il Magnificat BWV 733 | J. S. Bach

  • Sun 21st Dec

    5.30pm - 6.30pm

    Carols and Readings

    At St John’s, Briggate.
    A traditional service led by the clergy and choir of Leeds Minster in  the oldest church in Leeds.
    Please wrap up for the cold in the building.

    Love came down at Christmas | Edgar Pettman.
    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree | Elizabeth Poston
    A Spotless Rose | Herbert Howells
    In the bleak midwinter | Harold Darke
    Sussex Carol | arr. Willcocks

  • Wed 24th Dec

    11.00pm - 12.30am

    Midnight Mass

    The First Communion of Christmas with refreshments available from 10.30pm.

    Setting: Messe de Minuit | Charpentier
    Gradual Anthem: Silent Night | David Houlder
    Anthem at Communion: My Lord has come | Will Todd
    Voluntary: In dulci jubilo BWV 729 | J. S. Bach

  • Thu 25th Dec

    10.30am - 11.30am

    The Eucharist for Christmas Day

    Common Worship
    We welcome the Bishop of Kirkstall as president and preacher

    Setting: Communion Service in E | Darke
    Anthem: I saw three ships | arr. Willcocks
    Anthem: Ding Dong
    Voluntary: Toccata | Widor

  • Sun 11th Jan

    10.30am - 11.45am

    The Eucharist

    Common Worship
    With Family Church for all ages.

    This service is sung by a chamber ensemble drawn from the Minster Choir.
    Gloria: Thorne (Trinity Mass, congregational)
    S&B, AD: Messa da cappella a quattro voci
    | Monteverdi
    Anthem: A New Year Carol | Britten
    Voluntary: Bergamasca (Fiori Musicali) | Frescobaldi

  • Sun 11th Jan

    5.30pm - 6.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer

    This service is sung by a chamber ensemble drawn from the Minster Choir.
    Responses: Tallis
    Psalm: 46
    Canticles: Dorian Service | Tallis
    Anthem: Omnes de Saba | Handl
    Voluntary: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam (alio modo) | J. S. Bach

  • Sat 17th Jan

    7.30pm - 9.45pm

    Motown The Candlelight Concert

  • Sun 18th Jan

    10.30am - 11.45am

    The Eucharist

    Common Worship
    With Family Church for all ages.

    Setting: Communion Service in C | Ireland
    Anthem: Ubi Caritas | Duruflé
    Voluntary: Tuba tune | C. S. Lang

  • Sun 18th Jan

    5.30pm - 6.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Responses: Clucas
    Psalm: 96
    Canticles: Collegium Regale | Howells
    Anthem: Beati quorum via | Stanford
    Voluntary: Prelude on a theme of Palestrina | Milner

  • Thu 22nd Jan

    7.00pm - 7.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Responses: Clucas
    Psalm: 116
    Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C | Stanford
    Anthem: Expectans Expectavi | Wood
    Voluntary: Adagio (Symphony in Cm) | Guilmant

  • Fri 23rd Jan

    1.00pm - 2.00pm

    Lunchtime Organ Music

    Teddy Cheung (Julliard School, New York)
    Admission: Free, with retiring collection

    Organised by Leeds Minster

  • Sun 25th Jan

    10.30am - 11.45am

    The Eucharist

    Common Worship
    With Family Church for all ages.

    Setting: Communion Service in B flat and F | Stanford
    Anthem: O for a closer walk with God | Stanford
    Voluntary: Postlude on a theme of Orlando Gibbons | Stanford

  • Sun 25th Jan

    5.30pm - 6.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Responses: Clucas
    Psalm: 33 (1-12)
    Canticles: Second Service | Byrd
    Anthem: Sing Joyfully | Byrd
    Voluntary: Andante (Trio Sonata III in D minor, 1st movement) BWV 527 | Bach

  • Thu 29th Jan

    7.00pm - 7.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Responses: Sasha Johnson Manning
    Psalm: 24
    Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis | Coleridge
    Anthem: Rejoice in God, o ye tongues | Coleridge
    Voluntary: Scherzo | Ritchie

  • Fri 30th Jan

    1.00pm - 2.00pm

    Lunchtime Organ Music

    Alexander Woodrow (Leeds Minster)
    Admission: Free, with retiring collection

    Organised by Leeds Minster

  • Sun 1st Feb

    10.30am - 11.45am

    The Eucharist

    Common Worship
    With Family Church for all ages.


    This service is sung by the Minster Choir and the Minster Children’s Choir
    Introit: O Trinity of Blessed Light
    | Plainsong (combined choirs)
    Setting: Little Organ Mass | Haydn (Minster Choir)
    Anthem: When to the Temple Mary Went | Eccard (Minster Choir)
    Canticle: Nunc Dimittis in D | Wood (combined choirs)
    Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in G | J. S. Bach

  • Sun 1st Feb

    5.30pm - 6.30pm

    Candlemas Procession

    A special service held by candlelight

    Anthem: Hail Gladdening Light | Stainer
    Anthem: O Magnum Mysterium | Lauridsen
    Anthem: O nata lux | Tallis
    Anthem: When to the temple Mary went | Eccard
    Canticle: Nunc Dimittis | Amy Beach
    Voluntary: Fiat Lux | Dubois

  • Thu 5th Feb

    7.00pm - 7.30pm

    Choral Evensong

    Book of Common Prayer
    Responses: Sasha Johnson Manning
    Psalm: 18
    Canticles: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F | Wise
    Anthem: O God, thou art my God | Purcell
    Voluntary: Voluntary in G | Purcell

  • Fri 6th Feb

    1.00pm - 2.00pm

    Lunchtime Organ Music

    Adam Heron (Coventry Cathedral)
    Admission: Free, with retiring collection

    Organised by Leeds Minster