Derby Cathedral Choir and Sinfonia Viva perform Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols' followed by festive favourites.
Derby Cathedral Choir are performing Carols by Candlelight at Derby Cathedral on Saturday 5 December, with Sinfonia Viva joining them. It's a ticketed concert, and it's billed as the start of the cathedral's lead into Christmas.
The evening is split into two distinct halves. The first is built around Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols, sung by the choristers of the Cathedral Choir with harp accompaniment. It's a work the cathedral describes as one that takes the listener into a different world and draws them closer to the heart of Christmas. If you've never heard it, it's a cycle of carols for treble voices and harp, so the first half keeps the focus on the choir's younger voices.
The second half shifts gear into more familiar territory. You'll hear well-known festive favourites like 'Santa Claus is coming to town' and 'Frosty the Snowman' alongside popular carols, with Sinfonia Viva bringing in the orchestral sound. It's a fair change of pace from the first half, moving from the more focused Britten cycle into the kind of songs most of us associate with the season.
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The concert starts at 7pm and runs for an hour, so it's a relatively short evening. Tickets are sold through ticketsource.com/derbycathedralmusic, and the venue is Derby Cathedral, 18-19 Iron Gate, Derby, DE1 3GP.
