Our 2025 Choral Pilgrimage offers a welcome slice of calm and tranquility, combining the exquisite beauty of Hildegard of Bingen with Taverner's joyous large-scale works. We also explore the unique and mesmeric soundworld of Avro Pärt, who celebrates his 90th Birthday this year, and the magical realm of new commission by Anna Clyne for solo violin and choir.

This year’s tour takes its title from words by Cardinal Newman, set to music by Will Todd – ‘Let me be an angel of peace’. Newman’s meditation on the challenge of existence suggests life’s deepest valleys only help its highest mountains feel more wonderful. Perhaps, when we see that joy co-exists with sadness, we’ve been visited by our own Angel of Peace