St Albans Choral Society is celebrating its 80th anniversary singing in the city of St Albans, and this year we made some exciting changes to our 2024 Christmas Concert, ‘Ding Dong Merrily’. The concert took place in the beautifully renovated St Peter’s Church, with the choir joined by our new accompanist, organist Edward Kemp-Luck.

The programme featured carols with opportunities to join in, popular Christmas favourites, and a selection of specially chosen seasonal readings. For many, this concert signals the start of their Christmas celebrations – so it was great to see so many supporters joining us, enjoying the music, and staying for wine and mince pies afterwards.

The Choir programme included Morten Lauridsen's beautiful O Magnum Mysterium, Gustav Holst's classic, Christmas Day, and Chanticleer, an award winning composition by our recently retired accompanist, Richard James Harvey.