Ex Cathedra return with their magical Christmas Music by Candlelight concerts this December
Ex Cathedra’s Christmas Music by Candlelight is a traditional highlight of many people’s festive season, with performances across the Midlands this December.
Hushed anticipation and spellbinding seasonal music fill the air, and the choir is enveloped in the soft glow of candlelight…
Ex Cathedra bring their popular Christmas Music by Candlelight concerts to venues across the Midlands and this December, in what is a traditional highlight of many people’s festive season.
Considered one of the UK's greatest choirs, Ex Cathedra’s singers will perform a spellbinding sequence of seasonal favourites, little-known gems, and inspirational new music.
Add a selection of readings that capture the mystery - and humour - of Christmas, and you won’t want to miss these popular, atmospheric concerts.
Some pieces are well-known and much loved, an essential part of Christmas tradition - Once in royal David’s city, Away in a manger, Auld lang syne, Silent Night and Ding! dong! merrily on high.
Some pieces have been written specially for Ex Cathedra, including a first performance of Roderick Williams’ O Radix Jesse, commissioned back in 1998 as part of the Milenium celebrations. Why the wait? In that year there was a Christmas postal strike and the manuscript arrived the day before the first concert, too late to perform this tricky piece which splits into 16 parts. It receives its debut now, some 27 years later.
The tour begins on 4 December at St John’s Church, Hagley, before visiting Hereford Cathedral, St Chad’s Church Shrewsbury, St James the Greater in Leicester, Lichfield Cathedral, Coventry Cathedral, St Mary’s Church, Moseley, St Peter’s Wolverhampton and St Paul’s Church in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.
Full details of the season can be found at excathedra.co.uk, with tickets available from £8 - £48.
