St Botolph’s Advent and Christmas services
Said and Choral Masses during Advent will follow our Advent theme of ‘Peace and Reconciliation’
WEDNESDAY 30 NOVEMBER, 1.10 pm
Week of the 1st Sunday of Advent
CHORAL MASS
Mass in A minor Cannicciari
Rorate caeli desuper Guerrero
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661 Bach
THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER, 1.10 pm
(please note change from normal day)
A SERVICE OF LESSONS AND CAROLS IN ADVENT
Choral music for Advent by Stanford, Stainer, Handel, Morales and Bach
WEDNESDAY 7 DECEMBER, 1.10 pm
Week of the 2nd Sunday of Advent
CHORAL MASS
Missa in honorem Beatae Mariae Immaculatae Mawet
O lovely peace Handel
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland Buxtehude
WEDNESDAY 14 DECEMBER, 1.10 pm
Week of the 3rd Sunday of Advent
CHORAL MASS
Missa brevis ‘Rorate caeli desuper’ Haydn
Fuit homo missus a Deo Palestrina
Toccata on ‘Conditor alme siderum’ Yon
WEDNESDAY 21 DECEMBER, 1.10 pm
Week of the 4th Sunday of Advent
CHORAL MASS
Pastoralmesse Peinl
I sing of a maiden Hadley
Veni Emmanuel Peeters
In addition to the Wednesday Choral Masses, there are Said Masses each Tuesday at 8.10 am and 12.10 pm, and Thursday at 12.10 pm
(please note some exceptions: there will be no 12.10 Mass on Thursday 1 December, Tuesday 13 December or Thursday 15 December).
All these services will also be livestreamed
All are warmly invited to join us for our traditional Christmas celebrations
THURSDAY 15 DECEMBER, 1.10 pm
PARISH CAROL SERVICE
This year St Botolph’s Choir and the Choir of The Coopers’ Company and Coborn School will be joining forces to make joyful music for our popular traditional carol service. Everyone is welcome to attend the service and to stay for traditional refreshments afterwards, so bring your colleagues and friends—and come early to make sure of a seat!
THURSDAY 22 DECEMBER, 5.30 pm
CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT with St Botolph’s Choir
An early evening service of spectacular choral carols from across the centuries and traditional carols for all to sing, followed by refreshments
FRIDAY 23 DECEMBER, 11.00 am
FAMILY MASS OF CHRISTMAS AND BLESSING OF THE CRIB
with St Botolph’s Choir
Spatzenmesse Mozart
In the bleak midwinter Darke
In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 Bach
and traditional carols for all to sing, followed by refreshments
Following this service the church will close for the Christmas break, re-opening on Tuesday 3 January.
Our first service of the New Year will be the Said Mass
on Tuesday 3 January 2023 at 12.10 pm
(please note there will be no 8.10 am Mass that day).
WEDNESDAY 4 JANUARY, 1.10 pm
Choral MASS of the Epiphany with St Botolph’s Choir
Missa ‘O magnum mysterium’ Victoria
Magi venient ab oriente Clemens
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern Pachelbel
Carol Services & Choral Concerts
We also welcome local firms, City institutions, national charities and choirs for their annual carol services and concerts.
The collections at some of these services are also for the support of St Botolph’s Advent charities. Members of the extended St Botolph’s ‘family’ are warmly invited to attend any of these events (please note some of them are ticketed). Some of these services will also be livestreamed.
Tuesday 29 November at 6.00 pm
Hill Dickinson Carols by Candlelight
Wednesday 30 November at 6.15 pm
Standard Chartered Bank Carol Service
Thursday 1 December at 6.30 pm
The Order of Knights Templar Family Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
Friday 2 December at 6.30 pm
Worshipful Company of Leathersellers Carol Service
with St Botolph’s Choir
Saturday 3 December at 6.30 pm
Noel! – festive carols and readings with Pegasus Choir
Pegasus Choir, directed by Matthew Altham, return to St Botolph’s for their Christmas concert, a warm evening of carols and readings old and new from nations around the world, celebrating the story of Christmas and our shared experience of it; there will be favourite carols for the audience to join in as well.
More information and tickets at
Monday 5 December at 6.30 pm
Worshipful Company of Bowyers Carol Service
with St Botolph’s Choir
Tuesday 6 December at 6.30 pm
Veterans Aid Carol Service
with St Botolph’s Choir
At St Botolph’s we are proud of our new partnership with Veterans Aid, the charity which works with veterans in crisis, especially as they celebrate their 90th anniversary this year – please support this excellent cause by attending their second annual carol service at St Botolph’s.
More information and tickets at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/veterans-aid-90th-anniversary-carol-service-tickets-411849732637
Wednesday 7 December at 7.00 pm
Haemophilia Society Carol Service
with St Botolph’s Choir
St Botolph’s holds the national memorial for those who have died as a result of the contaminated blood tragedy, and the Society holds an annual service of remembrance here. A few years ago they decided to hold their first carol service in the church which means so much to them, and it was such a success they keep repeating it…
More information and tickets at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-carol-service-december-2022-tickets-439551078107
Wednesday 7 December at 6.30 pm
City Property Agents Club Carol Service
with St Botolph’s Choir
Please note this service is taking place at our sister church
All Hallows on the Wall (83 London Wall EC2M 5ND)
Thursday 8 December at 7.00 pm
Age UK: Love Christmas
featuring St Botolph’s Choir
St Botolph’s welcomes the national charity Age UK for its annual carol service. Magical performances, timeless carols and beautiful readings will make for a heart-warming night while raising vital funds to support older people who need our help this Christmas and throughout the year.
More information and tickets at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-christmas-2022-tickets-416606409987
Saturday 10 December at 7.30 pm
Christmas Carols with the Godwine Choir
The Godwine Choir, directed by Edward Hughes and Alex Davan Wetton, return for their annual carol concert at St Botolph’s. The choir will sing Christmas music including pieces by Gardner, Britten, Rutter, Howells and Vaughan Williams, and there will be festive favourites for the audience to join in as well.
More information and tickets at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-carols-with-the-godwine-choir-tickets-467178562657
Monday 12 December at 6.00 pm
Aon Family Service of Nine Lessons and Carols
Tuesday 13 December at 1.15 pm
Travelers Carol Service
with St Botolph’s Choir
Wednesday 14 December at 12.00 noon
Beazley Group Carol Service
with St Botolph’s Choir
Wednesday 14 December at 6.15 pm
Stephenson Harwood Carol Service
Wednesday 14 December at 7.30 pm
London Concord Singers Concert: ‘Sing Joy the Day’
We welcome back the London Concord Singers and their conductor Jessica Norton for a programme including Britten’s suite ‘Christ’s Nativity’, carols by Richard Rodney Bennett, Julian Merson and Thomas Hewitt-Jones, and secular music to reflect the Winter season.
More information and tickets at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sing-joy-the-day-tickets-427830892717
Thursday 15 December at 7.00 pm
The Eve Appeal Festival of Carols
with St Botolph’s Choir
We are delighted once again to be hosting this grand fundraising event for the Eve Appeal (Gynaecology Cancer Research Fund). There will be a candlelight procession, celebrity readers, plenty of favourite carols for the congregation, and spectacular seasonal music from across the centuries sung by St Botolph’s Choir.
More information and tickets at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/festival-of-carols-tickets-367364847147
Friday 16 December at 12.00 noon
Bishopsgate Ward Club Carol Service
with St Botolph’s Choir
Saturday 17 December at 7.30 pm
A Cantus Christmas
The dynamic chamber choir The Cantus Ensemble and their director Dominic Brennan make a welcome return to St Botolph’s for a concert of popular and traditional Christmas choral music including wonderful choral classics as well as congregational carols for everyone to join in.
More information and tickets at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-cantus-christmas-2022-tickets-442708592317
Monday 19 December at 6.30 pm
Peel Hunt Carol Service
Tuesday 20 December at 6.30 pm
Reed Smith Carol Service