St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh

St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh The Mother Church of the Diocese of Edinburgh and the only Cathedral in Scotland to maintain the tradition of daily Choral worship.
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On Wednesday 1st April, the Cathedral Choir and St Mary's Music School are joining for a very special concert: not only ...
17/03/2026

On Wednesday 1st April, the Cathedral Choir and St Mary's Music School are joining for a very special concert: not only the stunning Durufle Requiem, but also the UK premiere of a re-discovered piece by Saint-Saens! 'Super flumina Babylonis' ('By the waters of Babylon') is also the oldest exisiting piece written for saxophone quartet. Do come along to this fascinating and moving concert.

www.cathedral.net/event-details-registration/durufle-requiem-with-st-marys-music-school

All our Holy Week and Easter services are now up online; do have a look. Including concerts by Max Carsley and the Cathe...
16/03/2026

All our Holy Week and Easter services are now up online; do have a look. Including concerts by Max Carsley and the Cathedral Choir, and the very special services of Compline on Monday and Tuesday of Holy Week.

www.cathedral.net/services/holy-week-easter-2026

All are very welcome to our services tomorrow, with beautiful music by Poulenc, Howells and Gareth Wilson sung by the Ca...
14/03/2026

All are very welcome to our services tomorrow, with beautiful music by Poulenc, Howells and Gareth Wilson sung by the Cathedral Choir. This is also a public service announcement (for anyone that needs reminding!) that tomorrow is also Mothering Sunday...

We're looking for a Bass Lay Clerk! If you are a professional-standard bass singer, looking for a paid role in one of Sc...
10/03/2026

We're looking for a Bass Lay Clerk! If you are a professional-standard bass singer, looking for a paid role in one of Scotland's finest choirs, with a superb (and very friendly!) set of colleagues, do apply for this position. Planned start in April 2026, though start date is negotiable:

www.cathedral.net/music/vacancy-bass-lay-clerk

Join us during Holy Week this year - from Palm Sunday on 29th March to Easter Sunday on 5th March. It is a most importa...
09/03/2026

Join us during Holy Week this year - from Palm Sunday on 29th March to Easter Sunday on 5th March. It is a most important week of the Christian year, when we relive the events of Christ's ultimate sacrifice for the sins of the world.

www.cathedral.net/services/holy-week-easter-2026

All are very welcome to our services tomorrow, for the third Sunday in Lent. With music from the Cathedral Choir, includ...
07/03/2026

All are very welcome to our services tomorrow, for the third Sunday in Lent. With music from the Cathedral Choir, including Wesley's Wash me Throughly and Weelkes When David Heard, which sets to music King David's lament for his son killed in war: 'Oh God, would that I had died for thee!'

www.cathedral.net/whats-on

06/03/2026

On , our Assistant Director of Music Imogen Morgan is learning Cecile Chaminade's Prelude. Not a well-known piece now, though in her day she was a highly respected composer, and this piece was played at Queen Victoria's funeral.

Each August, the Cathedral hosts a very popular series of free lunchtime recitals, primarily for young/early career musi...
03/03/2026

Each August, the Cathedral hosts a very popular series of free lunchtime recitals, primarily for young/early career musicians and skilled amateurs. If you would like to play or sing a 50 minute recital in one of Edinburgh's most beautiful acoustics, please fill in this form by 1st April:

https://publicity1625.wixforms.com/f/7433189574316131349

All welcome tomorrow to our services. The One World Stall is open after the morning service; and we're welcoming the Sco...
28/02/2026

All welcome tomorrow to our services. The One World Stall is open after the morning service; and we're welcoming the Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society - SABS to join us at Evensong, as we pray for each other and our communities during Lent and Ramadan.

And the Cathedral choir are singing Parry's majestic 'Lord, Let Me Know Mine End' at Evensong. If you only know Parry as the composer of Jerusalem and 'I was glad', come along and hear completely different side to his music.

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Palmerston Place
Edinburgh
EH125AW

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 5pm
Sunday 8am - 5pm

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+441312256293

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