On Advent Sunday, we look forward to Christmas with readings & choral music celebrating the promise of Christ as a light shining in the darkness. All are welcome to this atmospheric candlelit service.

Canite Tuba - Guerrero
Matin Responsory - Palestrina
When all is dark - Charlston
Adam lay y bounden - Davis
The Apple Tree Carol - Poston
Bogoroditsye Dyevo - Rachmaninov
Drop down ye heavens - Lloyd
O Radiant Dawn - Macmillan
People, look east English - Trad.arr Davis
Magnificat (Collegium Regale) - Howells
Vesper Responsory - Palestrina

Hymns:
Come Thou Redeemer of the earth
A great and mighty wonder
How brightly shines the morning star
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
O come, O come Emmanuel
Lo. He comes with clouds descending

As Christmas approaches, we hold an evening of festive music with Christmas chart toppers, celebrity readings and congregational carols. Festive music will be performed by the Ridgeway Chorale, John Knowles, Rachel Edmunds and Madalina Turan. Readings will include Bible passages, together with modern yuletide messages evoking thoughtfulness and laughter. Our guest readers will include comedian and broadcaster Robin Ince; TV food and drink host Nigel Barden; Sue Jordan, Mayor of Berkhamsted; Paul Ryan, local business owner; and the Head Boy of Berkhamsted School.

Tickets £10 - available from https://tickets.mp/christmas
Ticket price include interval mulled wine and a mince pie! All proceeds go to a local charity, the Swan Youth Project.

Please note the event starts at 7.30pm and doors open at 7.00pm
Organised by Berkhamsted & District Chamber of Commerce

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Berkhamsted Choral Society and English Philharmonia Brass perform Cecilia McDowall’s A Winter’s Night - a contemporary take on five well-loved Christmas carols - along with Christmas favourites and carols for choir and audience.
Tickets £20, under-18s free.

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As we prepare for the joy of Christmas, we welcome the whole community to this service of congregational carol singing. We are joined by the choir of Bridgewater School, Berkhamsted.

An evening service of contemplative plainchant for the season of Advent, sung by our choir

A family-friendly re-telling of the Christmas story, with hot chocolate and cookies! Bring a cushion and blanket, your favourite cuddly toy, and wrapped up in your dressing-gown for some candlelit Christmas storytelling.

The Chiltern Chamber Choir & orchestra perform Bach's Magnificat and Haydn's Missa in tempore belli in a festive spectacular
Tickets £20 in advance, £22 on the door, under 18s and full-time students free
available from choir members or from Brown & Merry Estate Agents, or online as below

We celebrate the holy night of Christ's birth with readings, prayer and choral music. Join us for choir carols at 11pm, and the full service begins at 11:30pm.

Everyone is welcome to join us in joyful celebration of the of Christ's incarnation on this holy Christmas Day.

"Yea Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning!"