Ely Cathedral - Events

Today	Thursday 24 May 2018
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07:30	Morning Prayer
08:00	Holy Communion
12:10	Holy Communion
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17:30	Evening Prayer

Lunchtime Concert - Neil Colledge (piano)

24 May 2018 1:10pm

Admission by Cathedral ticket or pass Retiring collection For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE on 01353 660349 (Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm) or email: box.office@elycathedral.org
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Lady Chapel Lunchtime Concert - University of London Chamber Choir

28 May 2018 1:10pm

'One of London's most exciting young chamber choirs!' (BBC Radio 3's The Choir) www.ulchamberchoir.co.uk POSTER For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE on 01353 660349 (Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm) or email: box.office@elycathedral.org
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Lady Chapel Lunchtime Concert - Platte River Singers

29 May 2018 1:10pm

Beautiful Music in Glorious Spaces Performance and Heritage Tour of England Dr. David Bauer & Clayton Moyer, Directors Ann Bauer, Accompanist Platte River Singers, Kearney First United Methodist Church and the University of Nebraska Kearney Choirs Programme Processional Ave...
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Pop-up Science Festival 2018: Shape and Colour

30 May 2018 10am

After the success of the ﬁrst Ely Cathedral Science Festival we are proud to host a Pop-up Science Festival: Shape and Colour 10am - 1pm | Interactive activities for all the family...
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Solemn Eucharist, Procession and Benediction for the Feast of Corpus Christi

31 May 2018 7:30pm

The Feast of Corpus Christi (Day of Thanksgiving for the Institution of Holy Communion) is the day on which the Church gives thanks for Our Lord's institution of the Eucharist. It is...
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Lady Chapel Lunchtime Concert - The Derwent Singers

01 June 2018 1:10pm

This award-winning Derby-based chamber choir has earned itself a distinguished reputation for performance of all musical genres, from the Renaissance to the present-day. Around twenty-five strong, they perform several concerts each...
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Etheldreda Craft and Food Fair

02 June 2018 10am - 6pm

Supporting traditional English music with a traditional English fair The annual Etheldreda Craft and Food Fair takes place on Palace Green, surrounded by the splendour of Ely Cathedral and The Old Palace...
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Lunchtime Concert - Iowa City West High School International Choir

10 June 2018 1:10pm

The Iowa City West High School International Choir is a non-auditioned ensemble consisting of 9-12 grade students that are interested in performing in some of the world's most acoustically rewarding venues....
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Italian Baroque at Ely Cathedral

13 June 2018 7:30pm

Part of Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble Le Concert Spirituel Hervé Niquet conductor Programme: Benevolo Mass: Si Deus pro nobis, interspersed with plainchant, and choral and instrumental music by Monteverdi, Frescobaldi and Palestrina The Aldeburgh Festival returns to Ely...
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Organ Recital - Four Hands & Four Feet

14 June 2018 7:30pm - 8:45pm

Edmund Aldhouse & Aaron Shilson present a programme of organ duets. Admission Free
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Lady Chapel Lunchtime Concert - Stockholm Boys' Choir

17 June 2018 2pm

The Stockholm Boys' Choir, founded in 1938, is on UK-Tour and presents a programme of classical choral music. It includes a first UK-performance by Karl Jenkins' O Salutaris Hostia as well...
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Ely Cathedral Flower Festival 2018 Preview Evening

20 June 2018 6:30pm

The Flower Festival will be officially opened by special guest, Garden Designer Diarmuid Gavin at the preview evening which also includes a champagne reception in the Bishops Garden. Ely Cathedral's eagerly awaited...
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Ely Cathedral Flower Festival 2018

21 Jun 2018 - 24 Jun 2018

Ely Cathedral's eagerly awaited Flower Festival returns in 2018 and promises to be one of the most spectacular events in East Anglia. Attractions include eye-catching displays, musical recitals, floral demonstrations and a...
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Military Wives Choir Concert and Private View of The Flower Festival

22 June 2018 7pm - 9:30pm

As part of our Flower Festival why not join us for a special evening which includes a concert given in the Lady Chapel by The Military Wives Choir followed by a...
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Lunchtime Concert - The Ladies of First UMC Chancel Choir, Alabama, USA

29 June 2018 1:10pm

Admission by Cathedral ticket or pass Retiring collection For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE on 01353 660349 (Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm) or email: box.office@elycathedral.org
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A Celebration of Peace

04 July 2018 7:30pm

Featuring a chorus of 300 voices from across the United States with East Anglia Chamber Orchestra. Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem | Old Hundreth Psalm | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas...
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Isle of Ely Arts Festival Fundraising Concert - Clare Hammond - Pianist

06 July 2018 7:30pm

This colourful and inspired musical journey in celebration of the Isle of Ely Arts Festival includes works from Schubert, Mendelssohn and Rimsky-Korsakov. Acclaimed as a pianist of "amazing power and panache" (The...
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Cambridge Philharmonic - Mahler 8

07 July 2018 7:30pm

Conductor: Timothy Redmond Soloist: Judith Howarth, Katherine Broderick, Paula Sides (Soprano) Heather Shipp, Madeleine Shaw (Mezzo Soprano) Daniel Norman (Tenor) Michael Druiett (Baritone) Richard Wiegold (Bass) Cambridge & Norwich Philharmonic Choruses Irish Doctors Choir Guests from Local Choirs St Catharine's...
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Lady Chapel Lunchtime Concert - The City Choir of Washington

08 July 2018 1:10pm

Free admission Retiring collection For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE on 01353 660349 (Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm) or email: box.office@elycathedral.org
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Antic Disposition presents 'Much Ado About Nothing' by William Shakespeare

09 Jul 2018 - 10 Jul 2018

Following their sold-out performances of Henry V and Richard III in 2017, award-winning theatre company Antic Disposition return to Ely Cathedral with a new production of one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies....
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Lunchtime Concert - Chicago Master Singers

10 July 2018 1:10pm

Admission by Cathedral ticket or pass Retiring collection For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE on 01353 660349 (Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm) or email: box.office@elycathedral.org
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Lunchtime Concert - St Thomas's Episcopal Church Choir, Columbus, GA

12 July 2018 1:10pm

Admission by Cathedral ticket or pass Retiring collection For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE on 01353 660349 (Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm) or email: box.office@elycathedral.org
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Exhibition of works by Helaine Blumenfeld OBE

13 Jul 2018 - 28 Oct 2018

An enlightening and unmissable exhibition at Ely Cathedral showing major new works by nationally acclaimed artist and contemporary sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld. This is to be one of her largest exhibitions in...
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Lady Chapel Afternoon Concert - London Concord Singers

14 July 2018 2:30pm

London Concord Singers is an award-winning chamber choir of about 30 mixed voices, based in central London, with a broad-ranging repertoire. The choir was founded in 1966 by the conductor, Malcolm...
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Summer Organ Recital Series - Henk Galenkamp

15 July 2018 5:15pm - 6:15pm

The Cathedral's popular series of summer organ recitals opens with a programme given by Henk Galenkamp, organist of Zwickau Cathedral in Germany. Admission Free
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The Central Band of The Royal British Legion Anniversary Concert

21 July 2018 7:30pm

A unique opportunity to see The Central Band of the Royal British Legion in concert to commemorate the anniversary of the end of the WW1 and the founding of the RAF. Music...
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Summer Organ Recital - Hilary Punnett

22 July 2018 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Hilary Punnett, Assistant Organist of Lincoln Cathedral, gives the second in the Cathedral's summer recital series. Admission Free
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Gabrieli Roar - An English Coronation

23 July 2018 7:30pm

The massed forces of Gabrieli Roar convene once more for a residential training weekend culminating in a large-scale performance here at Ely Cathedral. The four coronations of the twentieth century were...
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Summer Organ Recital - Stephen Farr

29 July 2018 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Distinguished British organist Stephen Farr gives the third of this summer's organ recitals. Admission Free
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Lunchtime Concert - The choir of The Church of The Epiphany, Washington, DC

31 July 2018 1:10pm

The Epiphany Choir, the church's primary 20-voice choral ensemble consisting of professional section leaders and volunteers, sings at the Rite II Eucharist at 11am. Hymns and service music are drawn principally...
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Octagon Studios - 'Dance Divine'

03 August 2018 1:10pm

Ballet, contemporary dance and jazz lunch-time performance in Ely Cathedral. Admission by Cathedral ticket or pass Retiring collection For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE on 01353 660349...
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Summer Organ Recital - Paul Trepte

05 August 2018 5:15pm - 6:15pm

The Cathedral's Director of Music gives the fourth of the summer organ recital series. Admission Free
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Lady Chapel Lunchtime Concert - Hexachordia

09 August 2018 1:10pm

Admission by Cathedral ticket or pass Retiring collection For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE on 01353 660349 (Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm) or email: box.office@elycathedral.org
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Summer Organ Recital - Edmund Aldhouse

12 August 2018 5:15pm - 6:15pm

The Cathedral Assistant Organist continues the summer series. Admission Free
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Lunchtime Concert - Stephen Armstrong and Friends

16 August 2018 1:10pm

A Hand of Bridge Samuel Barber Adagio Samuel Barber Mystery on the Docks Edward Barnes Admission by Cathedral ticket or pass Retiring collection For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE...
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Lunchtime Performance - Lantern Dance 'Spiritus'

17 August 2018 1:10pm

Admission by Cathedral ticket or pass Retiring collection For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE on 01353 660349 (Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm) or email: box.office@elycathedral.org
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Summer Organ Recital - Alessandro Bianchi

19 August 2018 5:15pm - 6:15pm

The distinguished Italian organist visits Ely for the sixth concert in the summer organ series. Admission Free
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Lunchtime Concert - Erina Ishiyama (piano)

23 August 2018 1:10pm

Admission by Cathedral ticket or pass Retiring collection For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE on 01353 660349 (Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm) or email: box.office@elycathedral.org
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Leonard Bernstein at 100 with Mahler's Resurrection Symphony

24 August 2018 7:30pm

On the eve of Leonard Bernstein's 100th Birthday, experience this legendary concert film with a cinematic screening in remastered DTS surround sound in the place where it was recorded 45 years...
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Summer Organ Recital - Sarah MacDonald

26 August 2018 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Sarah MacDonald, Director of the Cathedral Girls Choir and Director of Chapel Music at Selwyn College Cambridge continues the summer series. Admission Free
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Summer Supper

31 August 2018 6pm

Enjoy a delightful supper within the gardens of the monastic buildings of Ely Cathedral. Tickets £15 per person to include two courses with puddings to be auctioned. POSTER For more details email: Laura.barbrook@gmail.com My...
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Summer Organ Recital - Aaron Shilson

02 September 2018 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Aaron Shilson, Assistant Organist of Ely Cathedral Girls Choir, continues the summer series. Admission Free
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Summer Organ Recital - Roger Judd

09 September 2018 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Roger Judd (Assistant Organist at Ely between 1968 - and 1972) celebrates his fifty-year association with the Cathedral in the last of the summer series. Admission Free
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Lunchtime Concert - Minori Nakaune (violin)

20 September 2018 1:10pm

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Organ Recital - David Dunnett

20 September 2018 7:30pm - 8:45pm

The distinguished organist of Norwich Cathedral presents a programme on the theme of nature, including Flor Peeters' Lied Symphony. Admission Free
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Animal Service

30 September 2018 2pm

A service of thanksgiving and blessing for pets and working animals. You are welcome to bring your pet. Please be aware that being together with lots of other animals may prove stressful for...
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Organ Recital - Movie Night: The Phantom of the Opera

18 October 2018 7:30pm - 8:45pm

Edmund Aldhouse improvises a live soundtrack to the 1925 classic starring Lon Chaney. More details will appear here in due course.
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Lady Chapel Lunchtime Concert - Lucy Cavendish Singers

21 October 2018 1:10pm

Free Admission, Retiring collection For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE on 01353 660349 (Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm) or email: box.office@elycathedral.org
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Lunchtime Concert - Roman Rudnytsky (piano)

01 November 2018 1:10pm

Admission by Cathedral ticket or pass Retiring collection For details about this or any other event please contact: ELY CATHEDRAL BOX OFFICE on 01353 660349 (Mon-Sat 9.30am-4pm) or email: box.office@elycathedral.org
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Lady Chapel Lunchtime Concert - The Fairhaven Singers

11 November 2018 1:10pm

We are delighted to welcome our friends, Cambridge's Fairhaven Singers, under the direction of Ralph Woodward, to our awe-inspiring Lady Chapel for what promises to be a spine-tingling performance of...
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Service of Remembrance

11 November 2018 10:30am

The Service of Remembrance which takes place in the Cathedral each year is always attended by many members of the public and serving members of the armed forces and local veterans. "They...
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Christmas Gift & Food Fair 2018

15 Nov 2018 - 17 Nov 2018

Now in its seventh year, this popular event is widely acknowledged as one of East Anglia's exceptional Christmas shopping experiences. Over 120 bespoke trade stalls are located in the Cathedral's magnificent...
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G4 Christmas By Candlelight Tour 2018

20 November 2018 7:30pm

Experience sumptuous harmonies in an idyllic, festive setting... Due to overwhelming public demand, original X-Factor stars and operatic multi-platinum selling vocal quartet G4 are back, with their atmospheric "G4 Christmas" tour across...
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