Music at St Mary's, Wimbledon

09/09/2026

13 September 2026 – Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity:

10am Holy Communion
• Almighty and everlasting God – Gibbons
• Prelude in G major, BWV 541/1 – Bach

6pm Choral Evensong (Eve of Holy Cross Day)
• Preces and Responses – Smith
• Psalms 110, 150 – Hopkins
• Evening Service in B minor – Noble
• Purge me, O Lord – Tallis

Artwork: Cantus part of ‘Purge me, O Lord’ from the Hamond Partbooks (c. 1560–1590) – British Library, Add MS 30480

02/09/2026

As the choir's summer break draws to a close, weekly choral services at St Mary's Wimbledon resume this Sunday at our new service times: Holy Communion at 10am and Choral Evensong at 6pm. All welcome!

Sunday Service Times at St Mary's are changing from the 9th August 2026:

Following extensive consultation and the experimental period in May and June we are changing the times of some of our Sunday services. There will be three services each Sunday:
8am BCP Holy Communion,
10am Holy Communion
6pm Choral Evensong.
There will also be a quarterly healing service in the evening usually on the 5th Sunday of the month. We hope to see you soon!

02/09/2026

6 September 2026 – Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity:

10am Holy Communion
• The Lord is my shepherd – Goodall
• Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 555 – attr. Bach

6pm Choral Evensong
• Preces and Responses – Smith
• Psalm 119: 17–32 – Stainer
• Evening Service in G – Sumsion
• Teach me, O Lord – Byrd
• Allegretto from Organ Sonata No. 4 – Mendelssohn

Artwork: Water-Lily Pond and Weeping Willow (1916–1919) – Claude Monet

01/08/2026

The Choir of St Mary's Wimbledon were featured in yesterday's edition of the local newspaper, the Allgäuer Zeitung.

We look forward to singing this weekend in the idyllic landscape of southern Bavaria:

Saturday 1 August – St Mang's Church, Füssen
• 6pm: Mass (Byrd, Mass for Four Voices)
• 7pm: Short concert

Sunday 2 August – St Nicholas's Church, Pfronten
• 10:30am: Mass (Mozart, Spatzenmesse)
• 7pm: Concert

28/07/2026

The Choir of St Mary's Wimbledon embark on our annual summer tour this week, from Thursday 30 July to Monday 3 August. This year, we are headed to the picturesque landscape of southern Bavaria, where we will be singing in Füssen and Pfronten, nestled in the Alpine countryside near the iconic Schloss Neuschwanstein.

Saturday 1 August – St Mang's Church, Füssen
• 6pm: Mass (Byrd, Mass for Four Voices)
• 7pm: Short concert

Sunday 2 August – St Nicholas's Church, Pfronten
• 10:30am: Mass (Mozart, Spatzenmesse)
• 7pm: Concert

23/07/2026

26 July 2026 – Eighth Sunday after Trinity:

9:30am Sung Eucharist
• Lead, kindly Light – Murray
• Prelude (Holberg Suite) – Grieg

6:30pm Choral Evensong
• Preces and Responses – Ayleward
• Psalm 77 – Smith
• Short Service – Gibbons
• Rise up, my love, my fair one – Willan
• Allegro from Organ Sonata No. 1, BWV 525 – Bach

Artwork: The Bride's Report, from Canticum Canticorum (c.1465) – Netherlands

21/07/2026

This Saturday (25 July) at 7:30pm, the Choir of St Mary's Wimbledon present a charity concert in support of our choral and organ scholarships, with works by Palestrina, Ireland, Byrd, Whitacre and other composers. Tickets may be reserved at https://tinyurl.com/boxofficeSMC and are also available on the door.

Director: Adam Wills Begley
Organist: Andrew Lenon

21/07/2026

Last weekend at Downside Abbey, the Choir of St Mary's Wimbledon performed a concert of sacred classics and sang at Pontifical Mass, with works by composers from Palestrina to Whitacre. It was a wonderful opportunity to make music in a historic venue with a great acoustic, despite the slightly temperamental organ! Thank you to Nigel Kerry and the Downside Abbey Festival for hosting us – we look forward to taking part again next year.

17/07/2026

This Sunday (19 July) at 10am, as part of the Downside Abbey Festival, the Rt Revd Dom Nicholas Wetz, Abbot of Downside, will preside at Pontifical Sung Mass, accompanied by the Choir of St Mary's Church, Wimbledon.

• Mass for Four Voices – Byrd
• Sicut cervus – Palestrina
• Cantique de Jean Racine – Fauré