Events at Guildford Cathedral
See also Art Exhibitions
Please note that events are subject to change, especially those advertised more than a month in advance.
Sunday 1st December 2019
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
High Altar
Hymns: 87, 24, Christ be our Light, 32
Missa simplex - Katherine Dienes-Williams
Adam lay ybounden - Philip Ledger
Preacher: The Revd Canon Dr Paul Simith
President: The Dean
Organ: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 645) - Johann Sebastian Bach - 11.30am
- Choral Eucharist (Traditional Rite)
Nave Altar
Hymns: Advent Prose, 26, 39, 607
Mass a 3 - Byrd
O quam suavis - Byrd
Preacher: The Dean
Organ: Fantasia in G minor - J S Bach - 6.00pm
- Advent Carol Service (Advent Procession)
Nave Altar
Hymns: 87, 29,37,34,32,27,36,31
Organ: Fugue (Phantasie uber den Choral "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme") Op 52. No.2 - Max RegerThe Cathedral Nave will be open from 5:30pm. The choir are rehearsing between 3.45pm and 5:30pm. All those arriving earlier than 5.30pm are encouraged to visit Seasons Cafe where hot drinks and snacks are available, alternatively you can wait in the Narthex or North Garth until the doors open.
Monday 2nd December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Lady Chapel
Tuesday 3rd December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 11.00am
- Mothers' Union Pilgrimage of Prayer
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Wednesday 4th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 6.00pm
- University of Surrey Carol Service
Thursday 5th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Friday 6th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (Girls' Voices)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Woodside
Father Julius Evening Service - Katherine Dienes-Williams
Nicholai presulis - Anonymous - 7.30pm
- St Catherine's School Carol Service
Saturday 7th December 2019
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Healing Eucharist
Lady Chapel - 10.00am
- Etsy Fair
Tickets not required - free entry - 5.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Sunday 8th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
Nave Altar
Hymns: Advent Prose, 34, 277
The Truro Eucharist - David Briggs
Psalm 72. 1-7
This is the truth from above - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Preacher: The Reverend Canon Mavis Wilson
President: The Venerable Stuart Beake
Organ: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 661) - Johann Sebastian Bach - 6.00pm
- Evensong
Nave Altar
Hymns: 15,26,396
Evening Service in G - Herbert Sumsion
Psalm 11
I sing of a maiden - Patrick Hadley
Preacher: The Dean
Organ: Fuga sopra il Magnificat (BWV 733) - Johann Sebastian Bach
Monday 9th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Quire & Nave
Responses: Harris
Magnificat Quinti toni - Cristobal de Morales
Deus tu convertens - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - 7.30pm
- Guildford High School Carol Service
Tuesday 10th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 2.30pm
- Reeds School Carol Service
- 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: William Byrd
Short Evening Service - Orlando Gibbons
Zion, at thy shining gates - Moravian traditional, arr. George Guest
Wednesday 11th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 7.30pm
- Royal Grammar School Carol Service
Thursday 12th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 3.00pm
- Lanesborough School Carol Service
- 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: William Byrd
Evening Service in B minor - Herbert Howells
The Cherry Tree Carol - traditional, arranged by Stephen Cleobury
Friday 13th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 2.00pm
- George Abbot School Carol Service
- 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Evening service Sancti Ioannis Cantabrigiense - Philip Moore
E'en so, Lord Jesus - Paul Manz
Saturday 14th December 2019
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 7.30pm
- Christmas Crackers concert
Tickets £15, £5 (U18's) from Guildford Cathedral Box Office 01483 547870 or Guildford Cathedral Online Box Office
Sunday 15th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist (sung by the Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Nave Altar
Hymns: Advent Prose, 591, 31
Missa Simile est regnum - Tomas Luis de Vittoria
Magnificat in C - Charles Villiers Stanford
Dixit Maria - Hans Leo Hassler
Preacher: The Revd Canon Dr Paul Simith
President: The Dean
Organ: Toccata in B flat minor - Louis Vierne - 11.30am
- Mattins (said with hymns)
Lady Chapel
Hymns: 36, 37
Psalm 68. 1 - 19
Organ: Fugue in G minor BWV 542 - Johann Sebastian Bach - 6.00pm
- Evensong
Nave Altar
Responses: Smith
Hymns: 34, 30 (6ii), 38 (om.*)
Evening Service in C - Charles Villiers Stanford
Psalm 12
How beautiful upon the mountains - John Stainer
Preacher: The Reverend Canon Steve Summers
Organ: Toccata on Veni Emmanuel - Andrew Carter
Monday 16th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 2.30pm
- Guildford County School Carol Service
- 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Tuesday 17th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 12.00pm
- Guildford Diocese Carol Service
- 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 7.30pm
- Farnborough Sixth Form College Carol Service
Wednesday 18th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Thursday 19th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 11.00am
- Age UK Surrey Carol Service
Tickets Free Admission - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Responses: William Byrd
The Truro Evening service - Gabriel Jackson
Psalm 57
A New Song - James Macmillan
Friday 20th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong
Quire & Nave
Second Evening service - Thomas Tomkins
Psalm 4
O Key of David - Francis Pott
Saturday 21st December 2019
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Sunday 22nd December 2019
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist
Nave Altar
Hymns: Advent Prose, 242, 362
Messe Solonelle - Jean Langlais
Psalms 80, 1-8
A tender shoot - Otto Goldschmidt
Preacher: The Venerable Stuart Beake
President: The Revd Canon Dr Paul Smith
Organ: Prelude in B minor (BWV 544) - Johann Sebastian Bach - 11.30am
- Mattins
Nave Altar
Hymns: 40, 27
A Song of Baruch - Katherine Dienes-Williams
Psalm 144
Domine praestolamur - William Byrd
Organ: Toccata, Fugue et Humne sur "Ave Maris Stella" - Flor Peeters - 6.00pm
- A Service of Lessons and Carols
Nave Altar
Hymns: 66, 56, 57, The First Nowell, 62, 53
Vigilate - James Long
Advent Calendar - Simon Beattie
Corpus Christi Carol - Benjamin Britten
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming - Jan Sandstrom
Ding dong merrily on high - arranged Mack Wilberg
The Shepherd's Carol - Bob Chilcott
The carol of the Magi - John Rutter
All this time - William Walton
In dulci jubilo (BWV 729)
Organ: Toccata - Joseph Jongen
Monday 23rd December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evensong (Men’s Voices)
Quire & Nave
Fauxbourdons Evening service - Katherine Dienes-Williams
Psalms 89, 1 - 37
Ave Maria - Franz Biebl
Tuesday 24th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 4.00pm
- Journey to Bethlehem (family service, with the Stag Hill Philharmonic Orchestra)
The Nave
Hymns: see order of service
Shepherd's Pipe Carol - John Rutter
Rocking - traditional, arranged David Hill - 11.00pm
- The First Eucharist of Christmas
Quire & Nave
Wednesday 25th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (said)
Lady Chapel - 10.00am
- The Cathedral Christmas Day Eucharist
Cathedral Nave - 4.00pm
- A Service of Lessons and Carols
Cathedral Nave
Thursday 26th December 2019
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Friday 27th December 2019
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer
Quire & Nave
Saturday 28th December 2019
- 8.40am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 9.00am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 4.00pm
- Evening Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel
Sunday 29th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Holy Communion (BCP)
Lady Chapel - 9.45am
- The Cathedral Eucharist (sung by the Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Nave Altar - 11.30am
- Mattins (sung by the Guildford Cathedral Singers)
Nave Altar - 6.00pm
- Evening Prayer (BCP) said with hymns
Lady Chapel
Monday 30th December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel
Tuesday 31st December 2019
- 8.00am
- Morning Prayer (said)
Lady Chapel - 8.30am
- Holy Communion
Lady Chapel - 5.30pm
- Evening Prayer
Lady Chapel