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A choir in dark clothes singing in the Nave, seen from behind the conductor, tall arched windows behind them.

The Hollin Quartet and Wensum Voices

The Nave by candlelight

When
Saturday 12 December
Times
Doors 18:45 · starts 19:30 · ends 21:30
Where
The Nave, classical
Tickets
£22, concessions below
Few left: book now

The Nave lit by six hundred candles: Purcell, Tavener and Pärt.

Our candlelit concert, in the Nave with the electric lights off. It sells out every year; the returns list opens on the night.

Tickets

Book online, by phone or at the box office. No booking fee; we never sell above face value.

Box office 01632 960418

Ticket prices for The Nave by candlelight
Full price£22
Under 26 and students£11
Friends of the Hallwith your Friends card£19
Companion of a disabled visitorbook by phone or at the box officeFree

Fewer than 40 seats left.

When do the doors open?

At 18:45, for the foyer, the bar and The Nave. Seats are unreserved unless it says otherwise.

How long is it?

It starts at 19:30 and ends at about 21:30.

Is there a bar?

The Yard bar opens with the doors and through every interval: local beer and cider, wine, soft drinks and coffee. You can take drinks into the Nave in our glasses.

Can I bring children?

Yes, to anything without an age on its page. Under-fives come free to the Sunday at Four concerts and the family mornings, sitting on a lap.

What if I arrive late?

We let latecomers in at a suitable break, to the back of the hall or the gallery. For theatre that is the interval.

Where you’ll sit

The Nave

A room built for voices, now for every kind of music. The stage sits low under the east arch, the gallery runs round three sides, and nobody is more than nineteen rows from the front.

  • 380 seated rows
  • 600 standing
  • 180 long tables
  • 140 cabaret
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Stalls, unreservedRow J: six wheelchair spaces, a companion seat beside each

Also this week

Close on a string quartet playing: bows, hands and the scroll of a cello in warm stage light, the players turned away.

Sunday 29 November, 16:00

Cello and piano

Iris Mardell and Tom Akers. The Nave, £14