An overview of what’s happening at the Cathedral during the next few weeks.
8:00
Holy Communion - The Twenty Second Sunday after Trinity
9:00
Morning Prayer - The Twenty Second Sunday after Trinity
10:00
Choral Eucharist - All Saints Day/The Fourth Sunday before Advent
St Nicholas Harpenden
Let all mortal flesh keep silence - Edward Bairstow
Holy is the True Light - William Harris
Communion service in C and F - Charles Villiers Stanford
Chorale Fantasia on The Old Hundredth - Charles H.H. Parry
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
16:00
Choral Evensong - The Twenty Second Sunday after Trinity
St Nicholas Harpenden
Evening service in D minor - Thomas Attwood Walmisley
Responses: Rose
Psalms 148, 150
Allegro molto e ritmico from Sonata Britannica - Charles Villiers Stanford
Te Deum in B-flat - Charles Villiers Stanford
8:15
Morning Prayer - All Souls' Day
8:35
Eucharist - All Souls' Day
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
12:30
Prayers for wholeness and healing
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:00
Evening Prayer - All Souls' Day
17:30
Solemn Eucharist - All Souls' Day
Boys and Adults
Missa III – Hans Leo Hassler
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Special Service - Contemplative Prayer Group
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Girls and Adults
William Harris in A
Responses: Thomas Morley
Psalm 18
And I saw a new heaven – Edgar Bainton
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
13:15
Eucharist
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Boys and Adults
The Short Service – James MacMillan
Responses: Anthony Piccolo
Psalms 27-29
Through the day thy love has spared us – Philip Moore
19:30
Special Event - Voices of Valjean by Candlelight
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
14:15
Guided Tour - Roof Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Lay Vicars and Choral Scholars
John Amner in the Dorian mode
Responses: Thomas Tallis
Psalms 32-34
In manus tuas – John Sheppard
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Special Service - Dedication of the Field of Remembrance
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
St Peter's Singers
T. Tertius Noble in B minor
Responses: Radcliffe
Psalm 37
O, pray for the peace of Jerusalem - Herbert Howells
8:00
Holy Communion - The Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity
9:00
Morning Prayer - The Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity
10:00
Choral Eucharist - The Third Sunday before Advent
Boys and Adults
Justorum animae – Charles Villiers Stanford
Introit: For the fallen – Douglas Guest
Collegium Regale – Herbert Howells
Elegy - C.H.H. Parry
Cantabile in F - Enrico Pasini
11:30
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
15:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
16:00
Choral Evensong - The Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity; Remembrance Day Service
Boys and Adults
Greater Love – John Ireland
Agnus Dei (One ever hangs) – Benjamin Britten
For the fallen – Douglas Guest
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
12:30
Prayers for wholeness and healing
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Lay Vicars and Choral Scholars
The Short Service – Jack Oades
Responses: Philip Moore
Psalms 47-49
In pace – Grayston Ives
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
10:30
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
11:15
Guided Tour - Roof Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Girls and Adults
Thomas Tertius Noble in A minor
Responses: Philip Moore
Psalms 53-55
The souls of the righteous – Geraint Lewis
18:45
Setup - Doors Open for Concert: G4
19:30
Performance - Concert: G4 Christmas
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:45
Special Service - Armistice Commemoration
11:15
Guided Tour - Roof Tour
13:15
Eucharist
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Onwards and Upwards
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
14:15
Guided Tour - Roof Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong - with installation of Chapter Canons
Boys and Adults
Collegium Regale – Herbert Howells
Responses: Anthony Piccolo
Psalms 65-67
Ave Maria – Igor Stravinksy
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Lay Vicars and Choral Scholars
Charles Wood in G
Responses: William Harris
Psalms 69, 70
God so loved the world – Henry Ley
19:30
Setup - Doors Open for Devon Philharmonic Performance
20:00
Performance - Devon Philharmonic Orchestra
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
14:15
Guided Tour - Roof Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:00
Holy Communion - The Twenty Fourth Sunday after Trinity
9:00
Morning Prayer - The Twenty Fourth Sunday after Trinity
10:00
Choral Eucharist - The Second Sunday before Advent
Girls and Adults
Listen, sweet dove – Grayston Ives
Introit: God be in my head – John Rutter
Collegium Regale – Harold Darke
Choral phrygien - Jehan Alain
11:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 17.00
11:30
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
16:00
Choral Evensong - The Twenty Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Girls and Adults
The Merton College Service – Ēriks Ešenvalds
Responses: Matthew Martin
Psalm 89 (20-36)
Kyrie (Orgelmesse) - Joseph Ahrens
Ave virgo sanctissima – Francesco Guerrero
16:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
19:00
Sundays @ 6.30
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
11:15
Guided Tour - Roof Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
12:30
Prayers for wholeness and healing
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Lay Vicars and Choral Scholars
Magnificat primi toni – Francesco Soriano
Responses: Timothy Parsons ‘Tudor’
Psalms 82-85
Let my complaint – Thomas Morley
Nunc dimittis - Plainsong
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
13:00
Special Event - Library & Archives In Focus: What’s in an archive? (Free DROP IN)
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Girls and Adults
Ernest Moeran in D
Responses: Matthew Martin
Psalm 89
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks – Herbert Howells
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
13:15
Eucharist
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:20
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Onwards and Upwards
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
14:15
Guided Tour - Roof Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Boys and Adults
The Second Service – Orlando Gibbons
Responses: Anthony Piccolo
Psalms 98-101
O Lord, in thy wrath – Orlando GIbbons
20:00
Performance - Concert: Teachers Rock (Night One)
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
11:15
Guided Tour - Roof Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Lay Vicars and Choral Scholars
Magnificat sexti toni – Thomas Luis da Victoria
Responses: Timothy Parsons ‘Tudor’
Psalm 104
Honestum fecit – Jacob Handl
Nunc dimittis - Plainsong
20:00
Performance - Concert: Teachers Rock (Night Two)
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
13:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
14:15
Guided Tour - Roof Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:30
Choral Evensong
Boys and Adults
The Jesus College Service – William Mathias
Responses: Richard Ayleward
Psalm 106
Lift up your heads, O ye gates – William Mathias
8:00
Holy Communion - The Twenty Fifth Sunday after Trinity
9:00
Morning Prayer - The Twenty Fifth Sunday after Trinity
10:00
Choral Eucharist - Christ the King
Boys and Adults
Dextera Domini – Orlando di Lasso
Introit: Am Himmelfahrtstage – Felix Mendelssohn
Krönungsmesse K. 317 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro assai vivace from Sonata no 1 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Adagio from Sonata no 1 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
11:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 17.00
11:30
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
16:00
Choral Evensong - The Twenty Fifth Sunday after Trinity
Boys and Adults
The Westminster Service – Herbert Howells
Responses: Richard Ayleward
Psalm 93
A Hymn for St Cecilia – Herbert Howells
16:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
19:00
Sundays @ 6.30
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
12:30
Prayers for wholeness and healing
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Lay Vicars and Choral Scholars
The First Service – Philip Moore
Responses: Stephen Cleobury
Psalms 114, 115
Seek him that maketh the seven stars – Edward Elgar
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
11:15
Guided Tour - Roof Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Lay Vicars and Choral Scholars
The Verse Service – George Marson
Responses: Stephen Cleobury
Psalm 119 (1-32)
The Lord is King – William Boyce
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 19.00
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
13:15
Eucharist
14:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
14:15
Guided Tour - Roof Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Boys and Adults
Alan Gray in F minor
Responses: Richard Ayleward
Psalm 119 (145-end)
Jehovah, quam multi sunt hostes mei – Henry Purcell
19:00
Performance - Performance
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Morning Prayer - Zoom Morning Prayer: Meeting ID: 99638985011, Passcode: 1F0puR
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
11:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Floor Tour
12:00
Special Service - Mothers' Union Prayers
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Choral Evensong
Girls and Adults
Harold Darke in A minor
Responses: Richard Ayleward
Psalms 126-131
Ave virgo sanctissima – Francesco Guerrero
8:15
Morning Prayer
8:35
Eucharist
9:00
Cathedral opens for sightseeing
10:00
Christmas Market Open - Until 21.00
10:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
12:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
15:00
Guided Tour - Treasures Exhibition Tour
16:00
Special Service - Christingle service
Boys and Girls
17:00
Cathedral closes for sightseeing
17:30
Evening Prayer
Featured events
Full details of other special events, including school holiday activities, concerts and exhibitions, is published in advanced.