Shows at St Mary's Cathedral

Cathedral Choir Concert: Music for Royal Occasions

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
18th Aug 2023

The internationally renowned Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral sings music from coronations and royal occasions past and present.

Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
18th Aug 2023

Strafed by Splendour: Under Paolozzi’s Window.

Sacred Arts Festival Church Service at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
13th Aug 2023

Gilbert Scott’s dramatic architectural landmark, with its three spires prominent in Edinburgh’s distinctive skyline, provides a magnificent setting for the Opening Service of t…

Cathedral Talk and Music: John Stainer – A Life in Music

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
11th Aug 2023

Professor Jeremy Dibble (Durham University), authority on British music from the 19th century, reflects on the life of Sir John Stainer and his most famous work, The Crucifixion.

Cathedral Song School Tours

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
7th - 25th Aug 2023

The Cathedral Song School is decorated with murals by Phoebe Traquair, painted between 1888 and 1892.

Cathedral Coffee Concerts

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
7th - 8th Aug 2023

John Bryden returns to St Mary’s to give two piano recitals on the superb Cathedral Steinway.

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
6th - 20th Aug 2023

Popular organ music on the mighty Father Willis organ of St Mary’s Cathedral, played by Duncan Ferguson, David Goode and Imogen Morgan.

Cathedral Lunchtime Recital Series

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
1st - 29th Aug 2023

Free lunchtime recitals every day from 2nd to 31st August, except Sundays and 16th.

Cathedral Concert: Maximiliano Martin

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
26th Aug 2022

Principal Clarinettist of the SCO and international soloist Maximiliano Martin accompanied by Scott Mitchell comes to St Mary’s Cathedral to perform works by Poulenc, Saint-Saens, …

Cathedral Concert: Music for Royal Occasions with the Choir of St Mary's Cathedral

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
19th Aug 2022

Music from across the ages marking important royal events from deaths and funerals to weddings and coronations, sung by ‘one of Scotland’s (indeed the UK’s) musical jewels’…

Cathedral Coffee Concerts

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
15th - 16th Aug 2022

John Bryden returns to St Mary’s to give two piano recitals on the Cathedral Steinway, with coffee available.

Cathedral Concert: Calum Huggan

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
12th Aug 2022

Award-winning Scottish marimbist and percussionist Calum Huggan performs a captivating and eclectic programme in St Mary’s Cathedral, including works by French composers Séjourné…

Cathedral Exhibition and Workshops: Outside In

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
8th - 13th Aug 2022

The longest journey is the journey within.

Cathedral Eucharists

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
7th - 21st Aug 2022

Glorious choral settings of the Mass sung in their liturgical setting, with the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral. Music by Schubert, Byrd and Kodaly.

Cathedral Evensong

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
7th - 21st Aug 2022

Choral Evensong sung by the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral, the only cathedral in Scotland to continue the tradition of daily worship.

Cathedral Celebrity Organ Recitals

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
7th - 21st Aug 2022

Duncan Ferguson (St Mary’s Cathedral), Joseph Beech (Durham Cathedral) and Imogen Morgan (St Mary’s Cathedral) perform popular organ music on the Cathedral’s magnificent and recent…

Cathedral Lunchtime Recital Series

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
1st - 29th Aug 2022

Join us at St Mary’s Cathedral for free lunchtime recitals every day except Sundays and August 17th.

Song School Tours

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
1st - 29th Aug 2022

The Song School was built for chorister practice and is still used by the choristers at St Mary’s Cathedral for this purpose today.

Cathedral Exhibitions

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
St Mary’s Cathedral
1st - 29th Aug 2022

Silvy Weatherall’s The Last Supper returns to St Mary’s Cathedral this August. Gardner and Gardner will be making their peace loom in the Resurrection Chapel.