This short free concert offers a foretaste of Advent and Christmas to mark the opening of the Cathedral Christmas Market.

The cathedral’s professional choir of boys, girls and lower voices will present a concert A Foretaste of Christmas be conducted by David Hardie and accompanied on the organ by Ashley Wagner.

The music will lead us from Advent through to the threshold of Christmas, a mix of familiar and less familiar choral gems, getting us in the mood for Christmas but leaving us wanting more.

Admission is by donation on the door in aid of the Cathedral Music Fund.

This concert will combine beautiful sacred Christmas music with secular pieces expressing the joy of the season. Benjamin’s Britten’s Ceremony of Carols for upper voices and harp is an annual favourite, this year being sung before Christmas instead of after.

The first half of the concert compromises sacred and secular pieces for choir and organ, combining the joy of the Christmas story with the excitement of the season.

The cathedral’s professional choir of boys, girls and lower voices will be conducted by David Hardie and accompanied on the organ by Ashley Wagner and on the harp by Rita Schindler.

Admission Fee and booking:

Adults: £14
Concessions: £12
Children aged 5-17: £7
Children under 5s: Free
*Children must be accompanied by a paying grow-up.

Online booking is advised to secure admission but card-only payment on the door will be accepted if seats are available.

https://birminghamcathedral.com/event/cathedral-choir-concert-a-ceremony-of-carols/