Christmas in the Chapel 2025

Our always popular Christmas concert

will be held in the Chapel at Christ's Hospital on Saturday 20th December at 7.30 p.m. The choir will be conducted by our stand-in Director of Music, Jonathan Lee, who is Organist at Christ's Hospital school.

The choir will be singing a selection of Christmas music. Some will be well known to you, some perhaps less so, but all beautiful Festive music, some traditional, some just plain fun! The music will be interspersed with two or three Christmas readings.

If you enjoy singing carols you'll be in your element here as we attract a large audience (400 or so people last year) who make a fabulous sound together with the choir. The full programme is shown below.

Centrepiece of this concert will be Gerald Finzi's 'In Terra Pax' a delightful Christmas cantata, and a moving meditation on the birth of Christ as seen through the eyes of a contemplative wanderer.

Our organist for the evening will be Peter Dutton, formerly organist at Christ's Hospital.

This concert is always popular so book your tickets early.

This year we are able to offer festive refreshments after the concert - a glass of mulled or still wine or a soft drink with a mince pie. The venue is Christ's Hospital Dining Hall so this is a rare opportunity to visit this spectacular setting known for its 86-foot-long painting by Antonio Verrio, depicting the founding of the Royal Mathematical School in 1673. The walls are also covered in historic artwork and portraits of past school leaders

Tickets bought in advance are £17.50 including refreshments

(£10.00 under 16s including refreshments)

or £5 (under 16s)
(or £12.50 (£5.00 under 16s) without refreshments)

Tickets will be available on the door on the evening of the concert :

£20.00 for adults including refreshments (£10 under 16s)
£15.00 without refreshments (£5.00 under 16s)