Festival of Music within the Liturgy
Next year’s Festival will take place from
Saturday June 10 to Sunday June 18, 2023
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The First Festival was held from:
Saturday June 18 to Sunday June 26, 2022
Our complete schedule of events is shown below.
All events take place in The Cathedral Church of the Redeemer
Corner of 7th Ave SE and 1st Street SE, Calgary.
C-Train: Centre Street or City Hall
Saturday June 18, 2022
4.30pm Choral Evensong—Diocesan Choirs' Festival
Canticles: Stanford in B flat
Anthem: Stanford—O for a closer walk with God
Service Sheet
Sunday June 19, 2022
10.30am Festival Choral Eucharist—Sung by the Cathedral Choir
Celebrant and Preacher: The Archbishop of Calgary
This service will be live-streamed.
Mass setting: Louis Vierne—Messe solennelle (G, S, A)
Anthem: C.M. Widor—Tantum Ergo
Service Sheet
12-2pm Ministry Fair and Extended Coffee Hour
6pm “The Beauty of Holiness: A Celebration of Hymns Old and New”
A Hymn Festival led by the Cathedral Choir
With guest musician Chellan Hoffman and the Choir of Knox United Church
Service Sheet
Monday June 20, 2022
11.30am-1.30pm Open Cathedral
12.10pm Noon Prayer with meditative music
Led by Deacon Marcus Herrel
Featuring Donovan Seidle (Violin), Elizabeth Fast (Soprano), and Neil Cockburn (harpsichord and organ)
Service Sheet
Tuesday June 21, 2022—National Indigenous Day of Prayer
11.30am-1.30pm Open Cathedral
12.10pm Noon Eucharist with meditative music
This service will be live-streamed
Celebrant: Rev’d Helen Belcher
Music led by Neil Cockburn, with Andrea Hill (Mezzo Soprano)
Service Sheet
Wednesday June 22, 2022
9.30pm Sung Compline
Please note: this service takes place in the late evening.
This service will be live-streamed.
Service Sheet
Thursday June 23, 2022
11.30am-1.30pm Open Cathedral
12.10pm Noon Eucharist with meditative music
Neil Cockburn, Organ
Celebrant: Rev’d Helen Belcher
Service Sheet
6.30pm Choral Evensong—Sung by the Festival Schola
Service Sheet
Friday June 24, 2022—The Birth of St. John the Baptist
11.30am-1.30pm Open Cathedral
12.10pm Noon Prayer with meditative music from the Taize Community
Led by Deacon Carol Tubman
Music Led by Chellan Hoffman, with musicians from Knox United Church, Calgary
Service Sheet
6.30pm-8pm Vespers Café
Come and go from 6.30pm; Main presentation at 7pm
"Café Church is an opportunity to know and be known. It can be a time to share your story and hear someone else’s. Come and meet new people, or get to know others in a new way."
Leader: The Rev’d Canon Dr Neil Mancor, Diocese of Montreal
Featuring Chenelle Roberts (Voice), and Jim Brenan (Saxophone)
There was no service sheet for this service
Saturday June 25, 2022
11.30am-1.30pm Open Cathedral
4.30pm Choral Evensong—With Alumni from the Cathedral Choir
This service will be live-streamed.
Service Sheet
Sunday June 26, 2022
8am Said Eucharist (BCP)
9.30am Sung Mattins—Sung by the Festival Schola
Service Sheet
10.30am Festival Choral Eucharist—With the Cathedral Choir
Celebrant and Preacher: The Rev’d Canon Dr Neil Mancor, Diocese of Montreal
This service will be live-streamed.
Service Sheet
12noon-2pm Open Cathedral
“Every heart needs a home:
every soul needs a song.
The warmth and music of the Cathedral beckons you to discover yours.
Come join us for our Festival.”
Helen Belcher, Interim Priest-in-Charge
“The motto of the Cathedral has long been ‘A Place for the Soul in the Heart of the City’ and we aim to bring that to life this summer with daily worship, live music, and open doors.
We hope that visitors and residents of the downtown area will hear our music as they walk by, come in for a warm welcome, and stay for a time of peace and reflection.”
Neil Cockburn, Director of Music