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Chester Cathedral Choir wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Listen to choral evensong which broadcast on Weds 22nd December, available on iPlayer

Come to the Christmas services; 9 Lessons and Carols on 23rd Dec @6:30pm or 24th Dec @3:30pm, Midnight mass sung by the Nave Choir at 11:15pm on 24th Dec or Christmas Eucharist on 25th December at 10am

The Cathedral Choir celebrated Palm Sunday in the usual way with Weelkes’  rousing “Hosanna to the Son of David” sung under the Norman arch followed by a plainsong procession through the city centre, past the town hall and into the cathedral through the main west doors.

Services during Holy Week at which the choir sang included:

2nd April – Good Friday Liturgy (Sanders Reproaches, Allegri Miserere)
3rd April –  Easter Vigil and confirmation (Dove Missa Brevis)
4th April –  Easter Day Eucharist (Haydn Little Organ Mass, Now the Green Blade Riseth)

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On 4th April, the Chester Cathedral Choir performed a concert of works by composers including:

DURUFLÉ

FAURÉ

SAINT-SAËNS

ROGER-DUCASSE

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