Festival Concert - Wesley, Parry & Brahms

Chichester Cathedral Choir and the combined girl choristers and lay clerks of Salisbury Cathedral and Winchester Cathedral perform this special concert of sacred music, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the death of Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876), Organist of Winchester Cathedral, and a significant figure in the renaissance of English cathedral music during the nineteenth century.

Featuring as part of the 2026 Southern Cathedrals Festival.
www.southerncathedralsfestival.org.uk  

Festival Patrons have priority booking from 7 April
Public booking opens 7am on Tuesday 5 May

Programme

Brahms
Warum ist das Licht gegeben

SS Wesley
Cast me not away from thy presence
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Blessed be the God and Father

CHH Parry
Selection from Songs of Farewell:
- My soul, there is a country
- Never weather-beaten sail
- There is an old belief
- Lord, let me know mine end