Music

Music has been central to the life of the Cathedral for centuries. Join us this New Year for a magnificent programme of concerts and recitals.

New Year’s Day Concert

Saturday 1 January, 7pm St Albans Symphony Orchestra Welcome the New Year with favourite classics in the glorious Cathedral surroundings. Tickets from £8, available from our website and the Cathedral Box Office.

Organ Recital | James Orford

Wednesday 12 January, 12.30pm Admission free. Retiring collection in aid of Cathedral music funds.

IOF Organ Recital | David Titterington

Saturday 22 January, 5.30pm Admission free. Retiring collection in aid of St Albans International Organ Festival.

Be a Chorister for a day | Cathedral Girls Choir

Saturday 29 January, 1pm A chance for girls ages 7 - 9 to sing alongside girl choristers, and to learn about the work of the Cathedral’s Choirs. Advance registration required. A similar event for boys will take place later in the year.

Organ Recital | Christopher Muhley

Wednesday 2 February, 12.30pm Admission free. Retiring collection in aid of Cathedral music funds.

Handel Coronation Anthems

Saturday 12 February, 7.30pm The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra One of Handel’s first tasks as a naturalised British Citizen was to write the music for the Coronation of the new monarch, King George II. The result was four majestic anthems, perfectly capturing the pomp and grandeur of the occasion, and a celebration of baroque at its grandest, its most opulent and its most glorious. Tickets from £12, available from our website and the Cathedral Box Office.

IOF Organ Recital | Kumi Choi

Saturday 19 February, 5.30pm Admission free. Retiring collection in aid of St Albans International Organ Festival.

Elgar The Black Knight & Parry De Profundis

Saturday 26 February, 7.30pm Hertfordshire Chorus Enjoy this unique opportunity when Hertfordshire Chorus bring to life two rarely-performed works by two of our greatest romantic English composers: Elgar The Black Knight & Parry De Profundis. The concert will also include other much-loved pieces by these composers. Soloist | Sarah Fox

Conductor | David Temple

Orchestra | Hertfordshire Chorus, London Orchestra da Camera Tickets from £12, available from our website and the Cathedral Box Office.

St Albans Chamber Choir Concert

Saturday 5 March, 7.30pm St Albans Chamber Choir A concert of a cappella choral music for Lent. Cellist | Michael Wigram Conductor | John Gibbons Tickets from £15, available from our website and the Cathedral Box Office.

Organ Recital | Marnus Greyling

Wednesday 9 March, 12.30pm Admission free. Retiring collection in aid of Cathedral music funds.

Lea Singers 60th Anniversary Concert

Saturday 12 March, 7.30pm

The jewel in the crown of Russian Orthodox sacred choral music, Rachmaninov’s Vespers stands as one of the greatest works ever written for unaccompanied voices. The Lea Singers add evocative poetry appropriate to the times of day at which the Vespers movements would have been sung. Conductor | Quintin Beer Tickets prices TBC, available from our website and the Cathedral Box Office.

Joint Schools’ Choral Society

Join St Albans School and St Albans High School for Girls for a performance of Haydn’s Lamentation Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem and Brahm’s Geistliches Lied. Ticket prices TBC, available from our website and the Cathedral Box Office.

St Albans Bach Choir Concert

Saturday 2 April, 7.30pm A performance of Bach’s St John’s Passion by St Albans Bach Choir, sung in German.

Soloists | Katherine Crompton, Kathryn Rudge, Thomas Elwin, Ed Lyon, Edward Grint, Darren Jeffrey

Conductor | Andrew Lucas

Orchestra | Sinfonia Verdi Ticket from £13, available from our website and the Cathedral Box Office.

Organ Recital | James McVinnie

Sunday 10 April, 3pm Admission free. Retiring collection in aid of Cathedral music funds.

Organ Recital | Tom Winpenny

Wednesday 13 April, 12.30pm Admission free. Retiring collection in aid of Cathedral music funds.

St Albans Choral Society Concert

Saturday 23 April, 7.30pm Ticket prices TBC, available from our website and the Cathedral Box Office.