Happy Christmas from Chester Cathedral Choir

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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

Holy Week and Easter 2010

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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)

French Concert – 4th April 2009

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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