Join us for this service as we welcome our new Honorary Canons and Lay Canons of the cathedral who will be collated by the Right Reverend Dr Michael Volland, Bishop of Birmingham and installed by the Very Reverend Matt Thompson, Dean of Birmingham during the service.

This service will be live-streamed.

Birmingham Cathedral and the family of Bishop Mark Santer warmly invite you to this special memorial evensong to commemorate the life and work of Bishop Mark the seventh Bishop of Birmingham. Amidst prayer and music partly selected by Bishop Mark himself, we will be blessing a new memorial stone in the cathedral and praying for all who remember him. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

This concert will combine beautiful sacred Christmas music with secular pieces expressing the joy of the season. Benjamin’s Britten’s Ceremony of Carols for upper voices and harp is an annual favourite, this year being sung before Christmas instead of after.

The first half of the concert compromises sacred and secular pieces for choir and organ, combining the joy of the Christmas story with the excitement of the season.

The cathedral’s professional choir of boys, girls and lower voices will be conducted by David Hardie and accompanied on the organ by Ashley Wagner and on the harp by Rita Schindler.

Admission Fee and booking:

Adults: £14
Concessions: £12
Children aged 5-17: £7
Children under 5s: Free
*Children must be accompanied by a paying grow-up.

Online booking is advised to secure admission but card-only payment on the door will be accepted if seats are available.

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