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St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, formally the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St George, is the Mother Church of the Archdiocese of Southwark, which covers the London boroughs south of the Thames, the county of Kent and the Medway Unitary Authority.
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St George's Cathedral has a well-established musical tradition, with a diversity of styles represented at the different Masses, ranging from congregational hymns and Mass settings at the 10am Family Mass sung by the Cathedral Consort youth choir, through plainsong and polyphony at the 12pm Solemn Mass sung by the Cathedral Choir of choristers and lay clerks. There is also a Junior Choir for younger children and the Cathedral runs the Southwark Singing Programme.
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Purcell Singers: A Spotless Rose

Award-winning chamber choir The Purcell Singers will be giving a Christmas Concert in the Cathedral on Saturday 17 December at 7.30pm, conducted by Jonathan Schranz, the cathedral Director of Music.

Get in the mood for Christmas with an evening of beautiful festive music from Herbert Howells, Jonathan Dove, Cecilia McDowall, Anne Willis, Eric Whitacre and more.

Programme

Peter Wishart Alleluya, a new work is come on hand
Benjamin Britten A Hymn to the Virgin
Cecilia McDowall Annunciation
Alison Willis There is No Rose
Herbert Howells Three Carol Anthems (Here is the little door, A spotless rose, Sing lullaby)
Amy Summers Ave Maria
Eric Whitacre Lux Aurumque
Elizabeth Poston Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
Jonathan Dove The Three Kings
Francis Poulenc Quatre motets pour un temps de Noel
Morten Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium
Peter Warlock Bethlehem Down
Will Todd My Lord has come