August 2026
SUNDAY 16th August
The Blessed Virgin Mary
11am Sung Eucharist
Juan Esquivel - Missa Ave
virgo sanctissima
Francisco Guerrero -
Ave virgo sanctissima
J.S.Bach - Fugue in G minor BWV 542 (ii)
Tuesday 18th August
1.10pm Mayfair Organ Concert
at the Chapel
Richard Hobson (Grosvenor Chapel)
SUNDAY 23rd August
The Twelfth Sunday
after Trinity
11am Sung Eucharist
Gabriel Fauré - Messe Basse
Francis Poulenc - Ave verum
Felix Mendelssohn -
The War March of the Priests
Tuesday 25th August
1.10pm Mayfair Organ Concert
at St George's
Makoto James
(Holy Trinity Sloane Square)
SUNDAY 30th August
11am Sung Eucharist
W.A.Mozart - Missa Brevis
in D minor
John Stainer - God so loved the world
L.N Clérambault - Caprice sur
les grands jeux
Mid-week worship will resume
in September.
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info@grosvenorchapel.org.uk
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. Exceptions to 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.
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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