# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Britten | St Nicolas
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 08:45 pm
- **Event Description**: To mark the 50th anniversary of Benjamin Britten's death, Canterbury Choral Society and Youth Choir will perform his popular cantata, St Nicolas. This inventive work features dramatic storms and shipwrecks alongside touching scenes from the saint's life, with audience participation in two hymns.

Joining the choir are the world-renowned London Mozart Players, who will also perform two of the finest English works for string orchestra by Elgar and Vaughan Williams.

Together with Holst's moving Psalm 86, this promises to be an evening of rich enchantment and powerful storytelling.

Benjamin Britten – St Nicolas
Gustav Holst – Psalm 86
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Canterbury Choral Society
CCS Youth Choir
London Mozart Players
Richard Cooke – conductor
Robert Murray – tenor
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canterbury/britten-|-st-nicolas/200029198894248
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://canterburyfestival.co.uk/whats-on/canterbury-choral-society-presents-britten-st-nicolas/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=canterbury-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Canterbury
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Canterbury Cathedral
- **lat**: 51.279260585038
- **long**: 1.0815845080145
- **full address**: Canterbury Cathedral, 33 Burgate, Canterbury, CT1 2, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Canterbury Choral Society (https://allevents.in/org/canterbury-choral-society/27082705)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Canterbury Cathedral, 33 Burgate, Canterbury, CT1 2, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Canterbury Choral Society
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Britten | St Nicolas ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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