Adult Choir

Choir Special Services 2026

 Date

 Time

Service at St Mary’s unless indicated

1st February

10am

ABC, Junior Choir

 

6pm

Candlemas, Senior Choir

18th February

7.30pm

Ash Wednesday, Senior Choir

1st March

10am

Junior Choir

 

6pm

Senior Choir

29th March

10.30am

Palm Sunday (procession from All Saints’ to St Mary’s)

30th March

 

Said Communion

31st March

9pm

Compline

1st April

 

Taize

2nd April

 

Maundy Thursday

3rd April

 

Good Friday

5th April

 

Easter Day

19th April

6pm

Stations of Resurrection

3rd May

10am

 Junior and Senior Choirs

7th June

10am

All Age, Senior Choir going to Corpus Christi

12th July

6pm

Hymns & Pimms

6th September

10am

Patronal Festival

4th October

10am

Harvest, Junior Choir

 

6pm

Senior Choir

1st November

10am

All Saints, Junior Choir

 

6pm

All Souls, Senior Choir

8th November

10.55am

Remembrance Sunday, with Putney High School

6th December

10am

Christingle, Junior and Senior Choirs

13th December

 

Carols

20th December

 

Carols

24th December

 

Midnight

 

Spring 2026 Schedule of Service Anthems

Date      10am (unless otherwise stated below)

Sunday 26 April 10am – Be thou my vision (Chilcott)
Sunday 3 May 10 am – Awake us Lord (Bach – from Cantata BWV 22) with strings
Sunday 10 May 10 am – He that is down need fear no fall (Tambling) & Draw nigh and take (Gibbons)
Sunday 17 May 10 am – Spirit of holiness (Dakers) & Thou who at thy Eucharist (Gibbons)
Sunday 24 May 10 am – Veni Sancte Spiritus (Mozart) with strings
Sunday 31 May – no choir
Sunday 7 June 6pm – Ave verum corpus (Elgar)
Sunday 14 June 10am – O esca viatorum (Quesnel)
Sunday 21 June 10am – Verleih uns frieden (Mendelssohn) with strings
Sunday 28 June – at All Saints’ Church
Sunday 5 July – The Lord is my shepherd (Todd)
Sunday 12 July – The heavens are telling (Haydn) with strings
Sunday 19 July – For the beauty of the world (Rutter)

St Mary’s Choir at Salisbury Cathedral.  Warmest congratulations and many thanks to Richard, Callum and our amazing choir who took Salisbury Cathedral by storm, singing at their Evensong on 19th November. 

To apply please email Richard.Quesnel@parishofputney.co.uk 

MUSIC AT ST MARY’S

Kawai Grand Piano – regularly maintained and used for professional recitals

2-manual Marcussen organ ideal for baroque and classical repertoire

Flourishing Junior Choir linked to St Mary’s School (singing at St Paul’s Cathedral in October)

Strong Adult choir tradition (Bach cantatas 2024, Coronation Anthems 2025, Evensong at Salisbury Cathedral November 2025) singing regular morning Eucharist and evening meditations with music.

CHOIR AUDITIONS

St Mary’s, Putney is a very musical church – we are home to a Junior Choir and an Adult Choir both of which rehearse weekly. We are proud of our wonderful Marcussen organ – this is used to accompany our choirs in repertoire spanning five centuries, from Byrd, Purcell Bach and Handel through to anthems by Britten, Mathias and our own Director of Music.
The church building is frequently used by various professional and amateur ensembles for rehearsals and concerts and is appreciated for its welcoming space and warm acoustic.
Our Adult Choir is an SATB ensemble comprised of musicians of different levels of ability and experience but all have an ability to read music and are united in their love of choral singing. Many sing in local choral societies and take part in regular ‘come and sing’ events. The choir does not wear robes and we sing in different configurations and from different places in the church depending on the repertoire and the occasion.
The choir sings at the Sunday 10am Eucharist, for a monthly evening service and for occasional special services (Compline, Good Friday, Ascension etc.).
Rehearsals take place on Tuesdays in church from 8pm until 9.15pm. Recent projects include Bach “Christ lag in Todesbanden” with strings and we are currently preparing for our trip to Salisbury Cathedral.
For more information about how to join please talk to Richard Quesnel or Callum Anderson after a Sunday service, or contact either by email:
richard.quesnel@parishofputney.co.uk or Callum.Anderson@parishofputney.co.uk 

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