Name: Britten | St Nicolas
Start: 2026-01-24T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-24T20:45:00+00:00
Location: Canterbury Cathedral

To mark the 50th anniversary of Benjamin Britten's death, Canterbury Choral Society and Youth Choir will perform his popular cantata, St Nicolas. This inventive work features dramatic storms and shipwrecks alongside touching scenes from the saint's life, with audience participation in two hymns.
Joining the choir are the world-renowned London Mozart Players, who will also perform two of the finest English works for string orchestra by Elgar and Vaughan Williams.
Together with Holst's moving Psalm 86, this promises to be an evening of rich enchantment and powerful storytelling.
Benjamin Britten – St Nicolas
Gustav Holst – Psalm 86
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Canterbury Choral Society
CCS Youth Choir
London Mozart Players
Richard Cooke – conductor
Robert Murray – tenor