Welcome to the live stream of our service of Morning Worship for the Fifth Sunday of Easter. The anthem is a mainstay of Eastertide: 'Blessed be the God and Father' by Samuel Sebastian Wesley.

Our service of Holy Communion this morning is rich in the music of Vaughan Williams - his introit 'O taste and see' is followed by the Kyrie and Gloria from his Mass setting in G minor for double choir. The live stream is about to begin.

Our music for the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

St Giles' Cathedral is looking forward to hosting the Scottish Hustings for Young People, organised by The John Smith Centre and the Scottish Youth Parliament, on Tuesday 28th of April, at 6pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-h...

Welcome to Morning Worship for the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Our introit today is 'Christ the Lord is risen today' by Foster, and the anthem is 'Easter' by Armstrong Gibbs.

The live stream of our service of Holy Communion for the Fourth Sunday of Easter is about to begin. The mass setting is the Missa Bel' Amfitrit' altera by Lassus, making full use of the richness of double choir sonorities.

Our music for the Fourth Sunday of Easter.

Welcome to the live stream of Morning Worship for the Third Sunday of Easter. The Preces will be cantored by their composer, Andrew Carvel, who will also conduct the Mathias anthem 'Make a joyful noise' as the organ is played by our Assistant Organist, Jordan English.

The live stream of our service of Holy Communion for the Third Sunday of Easter is about to begin. The introit is by Stuart Murray Mitchell 'I will praise the name of God' and the Mass setting is the Missa O quam gloriosum by Victoria.

Our music for the Third Sunday of Easter.

Welcome to the live stream of the service from St Giles' Cathedral celebrating the Edinburgh Science Festival. The introit is 'We wait for thy loving kindness' by Sir William McKie and and anthem is 'Sing Joyfully' by William Byrd.

The live stream of our service of Holy Communion for the Second Sunday of Easter is about to begin, with an introit by George Thalben Ball 'O Worship the Lord'. The Mass setting is Jonathan Dove's Missa Brevis.

On the Second Sunday of Easter we also celebrate the Edinburgh Science Festival.

Welcome to Morning Worship for Easter Day. The choir is joined by a brass quintet; for which we are grateful to the Friends of the Music of St Giles'. Our anthem is Dupré's Laudate Dominum, and our closing hymn is to the tune 'Maccabeus', arranged for organ and brass by Peter Backhouse.

A very happy Easter from everyone at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh! As the congregation takes Communion, the choir sings Hallelujahs in quite a well-known setting by G.F. Handel. Join in if you know the words ...

Happy Easter!

Our service of Morning Worship will begin (weather permitting!) outside the Cathedral, as the congregation processes with palm fronds. For our anthem, the choir will sing 'Hosanna to the Son of David' by Orlando Gibbons.

The live stream of our service of Holy Communion for Palm Sunday is about to begin. The Mass setting is new to the choir's repertoire: the Mass in the Dorian mode by Howells. As the Communion elements are brought to the Sanctuary, the choir sings Anerio 'Christus factus est'.

Our music for Palm Sunday.

Welcome to the live stream of our service of Morning Worship for the Fifth Sunday in Lent. Our anthem is the last of Poulenc's Quatre Motets pour un temps de pénitence: "Tristis est anima mea" - 'Sad is my soul'.

The live stream of our service of Holy Communion for the Fifth Sunday of Lent is about to begin. The Mass setting for the Kyrie and Agnus Dei is Byrd's Mass for Four Voices. and as the Communion elements are brought in, the choir sings Elgar's setting of 'Ave Verum'.

Our music for the Fifth Sunday of Lent.

Welcome to the live stream of our service of Morning Worship for the Fourth Sunday in Lent. Mothering Sunday is marked by our introit 'Ave Maris Stella' by Grieg, and the anthem is one of Poulenc's four Penitential motets, 'Vinea Mea Electa'.

Welcome to Holy Communion, the live stream of which is about to begin on the link below. It is Mothering Sunday, and we step away from our Lenten practice to include the Gloria from today's Mass setting by Rheinberger. Settings of the Ave Maria by Stravinsky and Rachmaninov begin and end the service

Our music for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, which is Mothering Sunday.

Welcome to our service of Morning Worship for the Third Sunday in Lent. The introit is the fragment by Purcell 'Hear my prayer, O Lord', a penitential prayer of longing which is reflected in the anthem 'Like as the hart' by Howells.

Our service of Holy Communion for the Third Sunday in Lent is about to begin, and the live streaming link is below. The Mass setting for the Kyris and Agnus Dei is the Missa Brevis by Palestrina and as the elements are brought to the sanctuary, the choir will sing Poulenc 'Timor et Tremor'.

Our music for the Third Sunday in Lent.

Welcome to the live stream of our service of Morning Worship for the Second Sunday in Lent. The introit is 'Call to Remembrance' by Stuart Murray Mitchell, and the anthem is Casals' 'O vos omnes'.

Our service of Holy Communion for the Second Sunday in Lent is about to begin. The choir sings the Kyrie and Agnus Dei from William Byrd's Mass for Five Voices; and as the communion elements are brought to the sanctuary, 'Listen sweet dove' by Ives

Our music for the Second Sunday of Lent.

Welcome to the live stream of our service of Morning Worship for the First Sunday of Lent. The anthem this morning is Johannes Brahms' 'Geistliches Lied'

The live stream of our service of Holy Communion for the First Sunday in Lent is about to begin. The introit is by Ian Sutherland, 'Ego Tuam', and the Mass setting is the Communion Service in D by Leighton.

During Lent, rather than singing 'Gloria in excelsis Deo' during Communion, the choir sings a penitential motet. Here is our music for the first Sunday in Lent.

Welcome to the live stream of our service of Morning Worship for the Feast of the Transfiguration. Our introit is 'Hail, gladdening Light' by Wood and the anthem is 'Lo! God is here' by Moore.

Our service of Holy Communion for the Feast of the Transfiguration is about to begin. The Mass setting is the Messe Solenelle by Langlais.

Our music for the Feast of the Transfiguration.

Welcome to the live stream of our service of Morning Worship, where we are joined by a parade of RAF Air Cadets, celebrating 85 years since the founding of the Air Training Corps. The anthem is by Bairstow: 'Blessed city, heavenly Salem'.

Our service of Holy Communion for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany is about to begin, with a short introit by Piccolo, 'Holy God'. The Mass setting is David Briggs' Truro Eucharist.

Our music for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany.

Our service of Morning Worship for Candlemas begins with Tallis' motet 'O Nata Lux'. The anthem depicts the presentation of the Christ child to Simeon in the words of the Nunc Dimittis: "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation"

The live stream of our service of Holy Communion for Candlemas is about to begin, with Thalben-Ball's introit 'O send out thy light'. The Mass setting is Howells' Collegium Regale, and the communion motet is the setting of 'O Nata Lux' by the Master of the Music, Jack Oades.

Our music for Candlemas.

We are delighted to welcome concert organist Iain Quinn to St Giles’ at Six this week, where he will perform a programme featuring Bach, Reger, and transcriptions of works by Shostakovich and Kodály. Free entry, with an optional donation. Tickets available at buff.ly/PLf3NyK

Welcome to our service of Morning Worship for the Third Sunday of Epiphany. Our introit is by Chris Hutchings, 'Come, my Way' and the anthem is Paul Edwards' beautiful setting of words by Paul Wigmore, 'No Small Wonder'.

The live stream of our service of Holy Communion for the Third Sunday of Epiphany is about to begin. The Mass setting is is the Missa Brevis by Grayston Ives, and during Communion, the choir sings Byrd's motet 'Praise the Lord all ye gentiles'.

Our music for the Third Sunday of Epiphany.

Welcome to our livestreamed service of Morning Worship for the Second Sunday of Epiphany. We are especially happy to welcome to the pulpit our new Assistant Minister, David Rodriguez. The choir's anthem is Oliver Tarney's carol 'The Wise Men and the Star'.