Annual Christmas carol concert with the Hertfordshire Chorus and Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School, followed by mince pies.
The Willow Carol Concert returns to St Albans Cathedral on Wednesday 2 December, the cathedral's annual festive gathering. This year the music comes from the Hertfordshire Chorus and Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School, who'll be filling the nave with seasonal music and traditional carols. It's a fundraising concert, so the evening goes to a cause as well as the music.
There's something about the venue that fits a night like this. St Albans Cathedral is the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in the country, and it holds the shrine to Britain's first saint. It's a working abbey church at the heart of the city, and it balances its religious life with concerts, talks, exhibitions, tours and major cultural events throughout the year. The carol concert is one of those regulars that marks the start of the Christmas season here.
The music runs for 75 minutes without an interval, so it's a single stretch of singing from start to finish. Doors open half an hour before the first note, which gives you plenty of time to find a seat and settle in before things get underway. Once the singing is over, there are mince pies from Simmons Bakers to follow.
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Tickets are £24.50, £22, £20 and £19, with children under 18 at £10 and companions free. The concert runs from 7:30pm to 8:45pm on Wednesday 2 December at St Albans Cathedral, Sumpter Yard, AL1 1BY.
