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SUMMARY:St Bride’s Matronal Festival: Choral Eucharist with Orchestra
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DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to join us as we come together to celebrate ou
 r matron saint\, St Bride – otherwise known as Brigid of Kildare – as 
 she takes centre stage in this annual festival service on Sunday st Februa
 ry at 11am.\n\nWe are delighted that the St Bride’s Orchestra will be jo
 ining our choir in a performance of Joseph Haydn’s "Missa in honorem Bea
 tissimae Virginis Mariae" or "Great Organ Mass".\n\nThe setting is one of 
 Haydn’s finest and includes a large-scale\, virtuoso organ part which he
  himself played at its premier. It was written in the late 1760s for Nikol
 aus I\, Prince Esterházy.\n\nThe Esterházy family were immensely wealthy
  and Haydn worked at their court for some 30 years. He had a considerable 
 workload as Kapellmeister including running the full-time orchestra\, comp
 osing\, playing and mounting operatic productions. Despite the weight of h
 is duties\, his musical style developed and flourished during this period 
 under the patronage of a succession of musically cultivated princes.\n\nBr
 igid of Kildare – our Matron Saint\n\nBride or Brigid was born in the fi
 fth century near Kildare in Ireland\, the daughter of a rich man who went 
 on to embrace the religious life\, found a number of abbeys and is the pat
 roness of Ireland.\n\nSt Bride features in the art and imagery of our chur
 ch as reminders of her inspirational life: her compassion for the poor and
  needy\; her generous hospitality and ministry of welcome\; her love and r
 espect for the natural world\; and her determination to keep the light of 
 Christ permanently afire.\n\nWhat better inspiration could we have to remi
 nd us of our own priorities as a worshipping community than the Irish woma
 n who gave her name to the amazing holy place that is St Bride’s Church\
 , Fleet Street.
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LOCATION:St Bride's Church\, Fleet Street
URL:https://www.stbrides.com/events/st-bride-matronal-service/
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