THIS WEEK
SUNDAY 22nd March
The Fifth Sunday of Lent
(Passion Sunday)
11am Sung Eucharist
Preacher:
The Revd Stephen Coleman
William Byrd Mass for Four Voices
Thomas Tallis Sancte Deus
TUESDAY 24th March
9am Morning Prayer
12.30pm The Eucharist
1.10pm Mayfair Organ Concert
at St George’s
Alex Trigg (St John’s College, Cambridge)
THURSDAY 26th March
9am Morning Prayer
FRIDAY 27th March
8.45am Morning Prayer
SUNDAY 29th March
Palm Sunday
10.45am Blessing of Palms, Procession & Sung Eucharist
beginning in Mount Street Gardens
Preacher:
The Revd Stephen Coleman
Thomas Weelkes
Hosanna to the son of David
Jacob Handl Missa Undique Flammatis
T.L.de Victoria St Matthew Passion
Anton Bruckner Christus factus est
CHAPEL OPENING TIMES
The Chapel is normally open to visitors Monday - Friday 8am to 2.30pm. The Chapel is also open on
Saturdays for Occasional Offices and on Sundays for the 11am Sung Eucharist. Exceptons to weekday opening times are public holidays, private bookings, and staff annual leave.
ACCESSIBILITY
Step-free access to the Chapel is via a ramp through the main entrance. Please arrange in advance by contacting the Chapel office.
Audability: The Chapel's soundsystem is suitably fitted with
a loop system for pews directly
beneath the south gallery
ORGAN SCHOLARSHIP
Applications are invited for the Champniss Organ Scholarship from September 2026. Please see the music pages for further details.
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC: Richard Hobson
Richard Hobson was born in Yorkshire. He was a chorister at Lichfield Cathedral and read music at Wadham College, Oxford where he was College Organist. After a post-graduate year at St John's College, Cambridge, he joined the staff of Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith in 1976, becoming Director of Music in 1982. In 1996 he became Director of Music at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, a post from which he retired in 2012. He retains his connection with the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors' as Organist at the Livery Hall in the City of London.
Richard has been Organist and Director of Music of the Grosvenor Chapel since 1981. As well as directing the professional choir, he arranges the weekly Mayfair Organ Concerts. He has also recorded two CDs on the Chapel's highly acclaimed organ, completed in 1991, which he designed in collaboration with the organ builder William Drake.
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