Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols

Sunday 14th December 2025 at 4pm

A Renaissance Christmas

As a departure from our usual framework, this year our Christmas events will feature principally music from the Renaissance, with pieces by Palestrina, Victoria, Morales, Guerrero and plainsong.

As well as these works we will include in our Advent service and Our Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols some music from more recent times by Boris Ord, Frances Matthews and Edgar Petit, as well as familiar Christmas hymns for the congregation to join in.

We hope you will join us in our celebrations.

Advent in St Mary’s Long Preston   –  Sunday November 30^th at 3.30pm

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols  Settle Parish Church   –  Sunday December 14^th at 4.00pm

 The Annunciation by Fra Angelico (1438-45)

                                                 

Cantores salicium is a chamber choir based in the Yorkshire Dales. From its modest start in 2007 when a group of people sang unaccompanied choral works around the kitchen table, the choir has developed into an established group of twenty members.
Further details available soon.

Based in Long Preston, but drawing on singers from the surrounding area, we give at least two concerts each year in the Craven area of the Yorkshire Dales, a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols each Christmas, and a special service of music and readings for Lent in the beautiful Priory Church at Bolton Abbey.

Registered Charity No. 1194200