Wells Cathedral: 3-4 April 2027

We will visit Wells Cathedral 3-4 April 2027 to sing all the weekend services. The choir previously visited Wells in 1984 for a week, and 2017 for a weekend.

Wells has been inspiring pilgrims for nearly 850 years, it’s the earliest English Cathedral to be built in the Gothic style.

The organ at Wells is under repair; a temporary digital instrument will be available.

Accommodation

Choir members will be responsible for booking their own accommodation for the weekend.

More details of the visit will be available in due course.

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Southwell Minster: 16-22 August 2027

Visited by the choir for a week in 1995 and a weekend in 2014.

The late thirteenth century Chapter House of Southwell Minster is the architectural glory of the building, and the fluid carvings of plants, animals and green men known collectively as The Leaves of Southwell – are of quite exceptional quality and regarded as the finest example of naturalistic carving in the United Kingdom.

The organ is described in detail on the Southwell Minster website.

Accommodation

We will be staying at the Brackenhurst Campus of Nottingham Trent University which is just outside the town.

Enquiries

If you want to find out more about taking part in our visits, contact us at admin@ccchoir.org.uk.

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August 2026 – Norwich Cathedral

We sang at Norwich Cathedral 17-23 August 2026

Our promotional leaflet included details of our visit to Norwich Cathedral.

The choir poses on the balcony outside the Song School at the end of Saturday’s Evensong.

• Music programme with links
• Daily Schedule
• (N.B. because Norwich has its own voluntary choir called ”Norwich Cathedral Chamber Choir‘, we were referred to there temporarily as ‘The English Cathedrals Chamber Choir’ to avoid local confusion)

Our choir has a bursary fund and a scholarship scheme for young singers. During the week at Norwich we hosted Benji Grønlie as our first ‘William Wingate Scholar’ to assist with the development and presentation of the music.

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Benji Grønlie and Choir Director Chris Pilgrim rehearsing the Choir in Noble’s Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in Bb.

We stayed at the UEA’s Broadview Hotel in Norwich. Regular bus services 25 and 26A were used to make the trip to Norwich Centre.

There was a good range of musical styles for our visit to Norwich. Chris Pilgrim and Alex Berry shared the duties of playing the organ and directing the choir between them during the week along with William Wingate Scholar Benji Grønlie.

MONDAY 17 AUGUST
1730 CHORAL EVENSONG
Responses: Clucas
Canticles: Brewer in D
Anthem: God be with us on this thy day – Cecilia McDowell
Psalms 86, 87, 88

TUESDAY 18 AUGUST
1730 CHORAL EVENSONG
Responses: Clucas
Canticles: Gloucester Service Kerensa Briggs
Anthem: The Deer’s Cry – Arvo Pȁrt
Psalms 90, 91, 92

WEDNESDAY 19 AUGUST (Recording available at ‘Hear the Choir‘)
1730 CHORAL EVENSONG
Responses: Clucas
Canticles: Noble in A minor
Anthem: The spirit of the Lord, Elgar
Psalm 95, 96, 97

THURSDAY 20 AUGUST
DUMB DAY

FRIDAY 21 AUGUST
1730 CHORAL EVENSONG
Responses: Clucas
Canticles: Service on Plainsong Tones – Andrew Lumsden
Anthem: Sing Joyfully – Byrd
Psalm 105

SATURDAY 22 AUGUST
1530 CHORAL EVENSONG
Responses: Clucas
Canticles: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor in F
Anthem: My soul, there is a country – Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Psalm 107

SUNDAY 23 AUGUST (Recording available at ‘Hear the Choir‘)
1030 SUNG EUCHARIST
Communion Service: Messe Solennelle Langlais
Motet: O sacrum convivium Messiaen
Responsorial Psalm

1530 CHORAL EVENSONG (Recording available at ‘Hear the Choir‘)
Responses: Clucas
Canticles: Stanford in C
Anthem: A new song, James MacMillan
Psalm 97

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