The latest CD of Llandaff Cathedral Choir, the first since 2012, has recently been released. Entitled Nadolig yn Llandaf it is a disc of music for Advent and Christmas, including many old favourites and some contemporary works which may be lesser known.

Director of Music Stephen Moore says, “The new CD is a great achievement for the Cathedral Choir here in Llandaff. It will help to promote our music making to a wider audience and to showcase the hard work that is going on. It will make the perfect Christmas gift for the musician in your life, so get yours as soon as you can!”

The CDs are priced at £10 per copy and can be bought via the Cathedral Shop at the back of the Nave, or by emailing stephenmoore@llandaffcathedral.org.uk. Orders requiring posting will be subject to a small extra charge.

Tracks on the disc include

Zion, at thy shining gates arr. Guest; We wait for thy loving kindness, O God McKie; Ave maris stella Grieg; O nata lux Lauridsen; A babe is born Mathias; Tua Bethlem dref Evans arr. Webber; O leave your sheep Leighton and We three kings Stopford.

 

 

The service of Nine Lessons and Carols tells the story of Christmas through a series of readings from the Bible. It begins with the Fall of Humanity and then the earliest promises of Redemption through Jesus the Messiah. It continues highlighting the hopes of the Old Testament prophets until the birth of Christ, as told in the Gospels. As the name of the service implies, the narrative is reinforced through the singing of carols and hymns.

Music during the service:

Hymn: Once in Royal David’s city
Mathias – A babe is born
Vaughan Williams – The truth from above
Manz – E’en so, Lord Jesus
Hymn: Long ago, Prophets knew
Rutti – Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Hymn: O dawel ddinas Bethlehem
Stopford – There is no rose
Davies – Tua Bethlem dref
Hymn: While shepherds watched
Leighton – O leave your sheep
Hymn: O come, all ye faithful
Hymn: Hark! the herald angels sing

All are welcome to attend.

PLEASE NOTE this service is extremely popular. Doors will open at 2.00pm and it is highly recommended that you arrive early to guarantee entry to the Cathedral.

Sunday 2 December

The First Sunday of Advent

7.30am Matins (said)

8.00am Holy Eucharist

9.00am Parish Eucharist

11.00am Choral Eucharist

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

4.30pm The Advent Procession

 

Tuesday 4 December 

7.00pm NSPCC Concert

Tickets from 029 2010 8133

 

Sunday 9 December

The Second Sunday of Advent

8.10am LIVE BBC Radio 4 Morning Worship

Members of the Congregation must be in attendance from 7.00am

11.00am Choral Eucharist

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

3.30pm Evening Prayer with Hymns

 

Wednesday 12 December

7.30pm Welsh Hearts presents We Three Tenors

Tickets from 029 2240 2670

 

Saturday 15 December

7.30pm Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society Christmas Concert

 

Sunday 16 December

The Third Sunday of Advent

7.30am Matins (said)

8.00am Holy Eucharist

9.00am Parish Eucharist

11.00am Choral Eucharist

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

3.30pm Choral Evensong

5.00pm Children’s Service of Light

 

Wednesday 19 December

O Root of Jesse

6.30pm La Nativité du Seigneur

 

Thursday 20 December

O Key of David

5.30pm Choral Evensong (Cathedral Choir ATB)

 

Friday 21 December

O Dayspring

5.30pm Choral Evensong (Cathedral Choir)

 

Sunday 23 December

The Fourth Sunday of Advent

7.30am Matins (said)

8.00am Holy Eucharist

9.00am Parish Eucharist

11.00am Choral Eucharist

12.30pm Holy Eucharist

3.30pm Choral Evensong

 

Monday 24 December

Christmas Eve

3.30pm A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols

Doors for this extremely popular service open at 2.00pm and seating will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

It is strongly recommended that you arrive as early as possible. 

9.30pm The First Eucharist of Christmas

 

Tuesday 25 December

The Nativity of Our Lord

8.00am Holy Eucharist

9.00am Parish Eucharist

11.00am Choral Eucharist

 

A poster outlining all of these details is available here: Advent and Christmas Poster 2018

Welsh Hearts are delighted to bring you We 3 Tenors, our Christmas Concert, with an amazing concert featuring 3 of the finest tenors from Wales.  A feast of sumptuous popular operatic delights for this special gala Christmas concert.   

We 3 Tenors will take to the stage and raise the roof at Llandaff Cathedral in aid of Welsh Hearts, Wales’ leading heart charity on Wednesday 12th December at 7.30pm.  Our 3 Tenors are Sam Furness, Rhodri Prys Jones, and Huw Ynyr Evans. The tenors will perform heart-warming renditions of your favourite arias and duets, including a helping of Christmas classics to get you in the mood for the festive season. 

“Since the charity was set up in 2013, we have dedicated our time to improving the health of communities in Wales. To date, we have supplied over 1500 public access defibrillators in Wales, trained over 46,000 people in defibrillator and CPR training and screened over 2,000 young hearts to detect heart abnormalities”. 

Our events are pivotal to help fund the lifesaving work that we do. We ask that you will, once again, give your time and a little of your heart to help us continue our lifesaving work. We hope to see you on Wednesday 12th December for an evening of beautiful heart-warming music. 

Join Welsh Hearts for this concert to remember whilst enjoying the stunning ambiance and haunting acoustics of Llandaff Cathedral.  All proceeds from this event will go towards Welsh Hearts’ ‘Keep Wales Ticking appeal’. The primary aim of this appeal is to provide even more defibrillators into schools & communities across Wales. 

Tickets for this event can be purchased through the Welsh Hearts website at £20 (standard) or £15 (concessions).  www.welshhearts.org/events.  Alternatively, please contact the fundraising office on 02922 402670.

The Season of Advent begins on Sunday 2nd December when the Cathedral will hold its annual Advent Procession at 4.30pm.

The Advent Procession involves bringing light to the darkness, but the service also captures an idea that is central to our keeping of Advent: the recognition that the beautiful world in which we live is marred by our human wilfulness, greed and violence.

The light that shines in the darkness of the Church represents the light of Jesus Christ shining in our dark world. That light dispels the darkness, but not without showing up the dark places of our world, and of our lives. The light of Christ sees us as we are; it judges all, but it is also the illumination and the warmth, the guiding light, which leads us from darkness into light.

The Advent Procession is punctuated by sung phrases, drawn from scripture, known as the Advent Antiphons. With one exception, all refer specifically to Jesus, who is regarded – by Christians at least – as the fulfilment of Jewish expectation and Old Testament prophecy. These ‘O’ Antiphons are addressed to God, calling him to come as teacher and deliverer.

During the Service the Cathedral Choir will sing the following music:

after Palestrina – Matin Responsory
Macmillan – O Radiant Dawn
Beamish – In the Stillness
Goldschmidt – A tender shoot
McKie – We wait for thy loving kindness
Praetorius/Vulpius – Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Joubert – There is no rose
Lauridsen – O nata lux
after Palestrina – Vesper Responsory

The following hymns will be sung by all:

Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
On Jordan’s bank
Hark the glad sound
Come, thou long-expected Jesus
O come, O come, Emmanuel
Lo! He comes with clouds descending

All are welcome to attend this wonderfully atmospheric service.