A programme for inner peace, combining music by Hildegard, Arvo Pärt, Will Todd and Anna Clyne.

In an age of resurgent conflict and frenetic demands on our attention, our 2025 Choral Pilgrimage: Angel of Peace offers a slice of tranquillity in many forms courtesy of luminous, purifying music traversing six centuries. From the enraptured songs of medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen and the mesmeric soundworld of Arvo Pärt, to the magical realm of a brand new work for choir and solo violin by composer Anna Clyne, nine pieces of music from across the centuries speak of peace and acceptance and the ecstatic joy their reassurance can bring.

This year’s tour takes its title from words by Cardinal Newman, set to music by Will Todd – ‘Let me be an angel of peace’. Newman’s meditation on the challenge of existence suggests life’s deepest valleys only help its highest mountains feel more wonderful. Perhaps, when we see that joy co-exists with sadness, we’ve been visited by our own Angel of Peace.

PROGRAMME

  • Hildegard of Bingen

    Ave, generosa

  • Arvo Pärt

    Tribute to Caesar

  • Will Todd

    I shall be an angel of peace*

  • John Taverner

    Gaude plurimum

  • Hildegard of Bingen

    Ave, generosa

  • Arvo Pärt

    Da pacem Domine

  • Anna Clyne

    Orbits (New commission, world premiere)*

  • Arvo Pärt

    Magnificat

  • John Taverner

    O splendor gloriae

*with solo violin

On Sale Dates

19 November, 12pm – Sixteen Patrons
26 November 12pm – General Public

Tour Dates and Locations

17 March 7.30pm, Croydon Minster
4 April 7.30pm, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
5 April 9.30am, Blackburn Choral Workshop
5 April 3pm, Blackburn Cathedral
9 April 7.30pm, Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich
26 April time to be confirmed, Rochester Choral Workshop
26 April time to be confirmed, Rochester Cathedral
3 May 7.30pm, Trinity College, Cambridge
17 May 11.30am, Oxford Choral Workshop
17 May 7.30pm, St John the Evangelist, Oxford
20 June 7pm, Derby Cathedral
21 June 11.30am, Peterborough Choral Workshop
21 June time to be confirmed, Peterborough Cathedral
27 June 7.30pm, Parish Church of St George’s, Belfast
7 July 7.30pm, York Minster
5 September 7.30pm, St Martin in the Fields, London
12 September 7.30pm, Wells Cathedral
13 September 9.30am, Tewkesbury Choral Workshop
13 September 3pm, Tewkesbury Abbey
18 September 7.30pm, Hereford Cathedral
19 September 7.30pm, Truro Cathedral
20 September time to be confirmed, Exeter Choral Workshop
20 September 7.30pm, Exeter Cathedral
25 September 7.30pm, Southwell Minster
26 September time to be confirmed, Hexham Abbey
27 September 9.30am, Edinburgh Choral Workshop
27 September 3pm, Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
4 October 11.30am, Chichester Choral Workshop
4 October 7.30pm, Chichester Cathedral

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