Gabriel Fauré's much loved Requiem forms the centrepiece to this concert of varied choral music performed by Ely Consort, all chosen to suit the sublime acoustics of Ely Cathedral. Two exciting young soloists will join the choir in what promises to be a very special evening.

Ronald Corp’s Missa San Marco was written for a visit by Highgate Choral Society to St Mark’s Basilica in Venice in 2003, bearing in mind the acoustics of that wonderful building. It is a simple, modern setting of the mass well suited to the Presbytery in the cathedral.

Tippett’s Five Spirituals were originally written for the oratorio Child of our Time and the composer arranged this unaccompanied version himself. The setting quickly established itself as a firm favourite in the choral repertoire.