Choirs of Leeds Cathedral

Name: Choirs of Leeds Cathedral — Music by Britten plus favourite festive music and audience carols
Start: 2026-12-14T13:15:00+00:00
Location: Leeds Cathedral

Music by Britten plus favourite festive music and audience carols

Leeds Lunchtime Organ Music

Mon 14 Dec 1.15PM

Leeds Cathedral

Free admission

Mon 14 Dec

1.15PM

Free admission

Programme

Benjamin Britten Ceremony of Carols
Plus favourite festive music and audience carols

Tom Leech - conductor
Benjamin Newlove - organ

Join the acclaimed Choirs of Leeds Cathedral (Senior Boys Choir, Senior Girls Choir, Schools Scholars, and Choral Scholars) for their annual performance of Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols. The concert also features favourite festive music and audience carols, with wonderful young soloists from the choir, harp, and Leeds Cathedral’s magnificent organ.

About the series

Our recital series in 2026/27 will be the final full season to take place at St Anne’s Cathedral before our return to Leeds Town Hall, and we are immensely grateful to the Dean and all the staff here for their hospitality and support over the last five years.

This season we welcome organists from the cathedrals of St Paul, Winchester, Wakefield, Ripon, and Lincoln as well as many eminent concert organists. For the first time in the series, we celebrate the link with one of Leeds’ twin cities, Dortmund, and we also have the Leeds Lunchtime Organ series premiere of one of the organ pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach newly discovered (or rather newly attributed) last year.

We’re very grateful to you, our audience, for your support and enthusiasm – please continue to give as generously as you can to enable the series to continue and grow as we return to Leeds Town Hall.

Darius Battiwalla
Leeds City Organist

Free admission, no booking required. Simply turn up and enjoy the music!

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