Music at Candlemas

Please note: This event takes place at St John the Baptist Church, Winchester

Index Cantorum presents a winter concert inspired by Candlemas – the Christian festival that marks the end of the Christmas season. Once celebrated with the blessing of candles, Candlemas today evokes renewal and the slow awakening of the world to spring after winter’s darkness.

Reflecting this mood, Index Cantorum offers a programme of expressive sacred and secular choral music from the Renaissance to the contemporary, including masterpieces by Tallis, Byrd, Rachmaninov and Holst.

A perfect reflection for midwinter.

Index Cantorum is a well-established chamber choir that delights in combining its Early Music specialism with a wide range of familiar and newly commissioned works, creating imaginative performances built around distinctive and original themes.