Advent Carol Service
Advent is a season of expectation and preparation, looking ahead to the celebration of Christ’s coming (adventus) at Christmas. The Advent Carol Service is a sequence of music and readings sung by the College Choir, by candlelight, in the beautiful setting of Magdalen College Chapel. The service will feature music from the fifteenth to the twenty-first centuries. The service will last approximately one hour. These services are open to members of the College and members of the public, but, since the atmosphere will be quietly reflective, they are not suitable events for babies or small children under the age of 5 years old.
It is free to attend, but ticketed; a retiring collection will be taken to support the work of the chapel and choir as well as this year's chosen charities.
Depending on your connection to the College, you may be allocated a seat in the Inner Chapel or Antechapel. Please note that all seats in the Antechapel have a limited view of the Choir, and some have no direct view at all - however, TV screens will show a view of the interior. Seating in the Inner Chapel is reserved.
Seating allocations will be circulated by Monday 23rd November with your tickets.
Doors open 5.30pm.
A first-aider will be present throughout the service at the Porters’ Lodge.
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Advent is a season of expectation and preparation, looking ahead to the celebration of Christ’s coming (adventus) at Christmas. The Advent Carol Service is a sequence of music and readings sung by the College Choir, by candlelight, in the beautiful setting of Magdalen College Chapel. The service will feature music from the fifteenth to the twenty-first centuries. The service will last approximately one hour. These services are open to members of the College and members of the public, but, since the atmosphere will be quietly reflective, they are not suitable events for babies or small children under the age of 5 years old.
It is free to attend, but ticketed; a retiring collection will be taken to support the work of the chapel and choir as well as this year's chosen charities.
Depending on your connection to the College, you may be allocated a seat in the Inner Chapel or Antechapel. Please note that all seats in the Antechapel have a limited view of the Choir, and some have no direct view at all - however, TV screens will show a view of the interior. Seating in the Inner Chapel is reserved.
Seating allocations will be circulated by Monday 23rd November with your tickets.
Doors open 5.30pm.
A first-aider will be present throughout the service at the Porters’ Lodge.
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