What's On At Winchester Cathedral

Inspired By Our Cathedral

“Inspired by our Cathedral” is an exhibition of work produced by the GCSE students of Kings’ School.

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Atonement: How do we make sense of the crucifixion?

The Nave

Prof Alister McGrath, Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion, University of Oxford

The death of Christ is central to the Christian faith, and is the major focus of our Good Friday celebrations. So what does it mean? And how does it illuminate the Christian life? This lecture explores the various ways in which Christians have understood the meaning of the crucifixion, and what each of these brings to our understanding of Christ and ourselves.

Tickets: £5 available from the Cathedral Box Office 01962 857275.

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The Waynflete Singers – Mendelssohn’s Elijah

Winchester Cathedral welcomes a choir from it's north-eastern partner, Newcastle-upon-tyne. The Newcastle Bach Choir will join with the Waynflete Singers to perform Mendelssohn's great oratorio, Elijah. Orchestral fire and brimstone will be in ample supply from the London Mozart Players. Find out more >>

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Mothering Sunday Carvery

Paul Woodhouse Suite

Enjoy a delicious Sunday Carvery including a small gift for mum.

Tickets: £17.95pp for two courses, £8.95 for children 12 and under. Pre-booking and deposit required.

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Conserving the Bible: A Journey of Discovery

Wessex Learning Centre

Andrew Honey, Lead Conservator, Winchester Bible Project

This talk will describe the recently completed work to conserve the Winchester Bible, begun in 2014 by Dr Christopher Clarkson and continued at the Bodleian Library since 2016. It will describe the process of conservation and the rebinding of the Bible, and share some of the discoveries that have been made during the process.

Tickets: £5 available from the Cathedral Box Office 01962 857275.

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Stronger Together

Celebrating Shared Journeys

A service reflecting on pathways through homelessness in Winchester.

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Calligraphy Workshop – Uncial Hand

Learn the art of Calligraphy under the expert tuition of the Cathedral Scribes. The day will focus on studying The Uncial Hand. Equipment will be provided, but if students prefer they can bring their own.

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Tour and Tea – Stained Glass

Stained Glass - a relatively unexplored Cathedral treasure. Bring binoculars for best viewing. Winchester Cathedral offers the opportunity to study glass from the workshops of medieval masters of the 14th, 15th and early 16th century and to follow the enthusiastic Victorian revival and the Arts and Crafts movement to the present day.

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Easter Family Activities

Pick up a free Easter trail from the Entrance Desk and follow it around the Cathedral. End the trail at the craft table to make an Easter basket. Suitable for children aged 4 to 11years.

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Cathedral Stillness – Lent Holy Trinity Silent Light

Take time out to join the Cathedral Stillness group in 20 minutes of silence for Lent.

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Seder Meal

Seder Meal, shared between Jews and Christians, for all ages.

A Seder is an ancient commemorative meal that Jews hold during Passover. It is multi-layered, happy and sad, containing the story of the Exodus from slavery, together with special foods and rituals, many of which are for children. The Seder will be led by members of the local Jewish community.

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Cathedral Stillness – Lent Holy Trinity Silent Light

Take time out to join the Cathedral Stillness group in 20 minutes of silence for Lent.

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Bank Holiday Organ Recital – Peter Stevens

Join us for our first Bank Holiday Organ Recital of 2019, performed by Peter Stevens, Assistant Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral.

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Chairman of Hampshire County Council’s Concert

Hampshire County Youth Orchestra - Conducted by Carl Clausen Basingstoke Area Youth Orchestra -Conducted by John Fuller. Come and join Hampshire Council Council Chairman, Cllr Elaine Still for a spring concert celebrating the best and most talented of Hampshire's young musicians.

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – ‘Contemplations’

Alexandru Tomescu - Violin
Conductor - Christopher Petrie
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This unique concert features history in the marking; the World Premiere of the 'Hampshire Symphony' by Calin Huma. The programme also includes Saint-Saens' impressionistic Violin Concerto No. 3 and 'Balada', a musical gem of sheer Romantic indulgence by little-known Romanian composer Ciprian Porumbescu.

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Tour and Tea – From Vision to Reality

Learn about the architecture of this great cathedral and how it was built Winchester Cathedral contains fine examples of all the main styles of ecclesiastical architecture which will all be seen and explained in some detail.

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Bank Holiday Organ Recital – David Newsholme

Join us for our second Bank Holiday Organ Recital of the year, performed by David Newsholme, Assistant Organist at Canterbury Cathedral.

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Winchester and County Music Festival – 98th Concert

The Winchester and Country Music Festival is made up of 7 locally based choirs: Compton & Shawford Festival Choir, Itchen Valley Choral Society, Sarisbury Choral Society, Botley Choral Society, Overton Choral Society, Twyford Singers and Winchester City Festival Choir.

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Tour and Tea – This Royal House of Saxon Kings and Saints

The Anglo Saxon Minster and its role in the birth of the English nation, the personalities who inhabited it and the traces which are still visible today.

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Bank Holiday Organ Recital – Phillip Scriven

Join us for our second May Bank Holiday Organ Recital featuring Phillip Scriven, the organist at Cranleigh School.

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Half Term Family Activities

Pick up a trail from the Entrance Desk and discover all the weird and wonderful animals that can be found around the Cathedral, followed by clay animal craft activity.

Free on entry to the Cathedral. Admission is free for under 16s. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 

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Tour and Tea – Walking on History

The famous tile pavements of Winchester Cathedral enable us to track the stories behind the Cathedrals history and the tales of the people who influenced its development.

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Clarendon Way Walk – Winchester to Salisbury

Back for 2019, this popular charity walk raises vital funds for Naomi House & Jacksplace.

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PERFORM INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL GALA CONCERT

One of the finest choral educators of our time, Dr. Pearl Shangkuan, and ensembles from across the US, the UK and Germany will gather in historic Winchester, England to perform LUX: The Dawn From On High, Dr. Dan Forrest’s third major work for chorus and orchestra. As Guest Composer, Dr. Forrest will take part in the 5-day festival experience providing personal insights into his compositions and supporting Artistic Director Dr. Pearl Shangkuan in their interpretation, as well as performing at the gala concert with the choirs. Collaborating with an English Choir-in-Residence, this concert will challenge and engage the hearts and minds of every participant and will make for a memorable evening.

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Open Chapter

Wessex Centre

An informal opportunity for members of the community roll to meet and talk with Chapter members.

Open Chapter dates 2019

Thursday 21 February
Wednesday 12 June
Wednesday 23 October
Wednesday 4 December

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Tour and Tea – Pestilence, Penitence & Putrefaction

For nearly 1400 years, those associated with the Cathedrals in Winchester have played an important part in the care of the sick and management of disease. This tour recounts the history of medicine in relation to the structure of the present Cathedral and the people commemorated within it.

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Rotary The Tour of Legends

A true spectacle with between 80 and 100 iconic classic cars, travelling to five towns of interest in the Hampshire and Wiltshire area. There will also be Static displays at Winchester and Salisbury Cathedral.

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Tavener Festival Concert

More information coming soon.

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Southampton Philharmonic – Verdi’s Requiem

Southampton Philharmonic Choir with Southampton University Philharmonic Choir performs Verdi's Requiem, a work unashamedly theatrical in style, in which moments of great tenderness and simplicity are juxtaposed with passages of the most powerful and thrilling intensity. Performing with them under the baton of David Gibson are the New London Sinfonia.

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Return of the Peregrine

Keith Betton, Chairman and County Recorder of the Hampshire Ornithological Society, is a birdwatcher, writer and broadcaster.  He has studied Peregrines for almost ten years and leads a team of enthusiasts who have helped them to return to Winchester and the rest of Hampshire. In a beautifully illustrated talk, he will explain how the world's fastest bird lives and thrives alongside us, and how for many years their very existence in the UK was on a knife-edge. Afterwards, he and a team of volunteers will look for where the Peregrines are perched and will use high-powered optical equipment to show them to attendees.

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Tour and Tea – Wood Glorious Wood

This tour explores the exceptional riches of the Cathedral's woodwork, ancient and modern. It considers the indispensable role of wood in the construction and preservation of the building and we discover wood furnishings and decoration as far back as the 12th century. The highlight of the tour is a look in some detail at one of the Cathedral's greatest treasures, the 14th century choirstalls, described as "the most beautiful in Northern Europe".

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Tour and Tea – The Victorian Story: Vision, Virtue & Infamy

The Cathedral was cold, dismal and colourless when Queen Victoria came to the throne. This tour traces its transformation and introduces colourful Victorian personalities associated with the Cathedral including Soapy Sam; the Bishop of Borneo; the anti muckabite Dean Garnier and the inspiration for one of Trollope’s characters.

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Tour and Tea – Tudor Intrigue in Turbulent Times

The religious upheavals of the Reformation, the cultural revolution of the Renaissance and the powerful personalities of the Tudor monarchs have all left their mark on Winchester Cathedral. Come and see this fascinating period of history brought to life.

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Bank Holiday Organ Recital – Steven Grahl

Join us for our final Bank Holiday Organ Recital of 2019, featuring Steven Grahl, Organist at Christ Church, Oxford.

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Tour and Tea – Face the Music

Face the music includes background musical history and examines aspects of music with in the Cathedral. There are three types of visual clues: firstly, images in stone, wood, glass and embroidery reflecting 'heavenly harmony'; secondly memorials and graffiti referring to specific musical personalities; and thirdly, places and objects with musical functions such as organ or the Treasure.

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The Sixteen: Choral Pilgrimage 2019

The Sixteen return to Winchester Cathedral as part of their 2019 Choral Pilgrimage. The Pilgrimage brings together music past and present, highlighting The Sixteen's Choral journey over the last 40 years. Their close relationship with Sir James MacMillan continues with a new commission O virgo prudentissima, contrasted with music by Fayrfax performed on their very first recording, alongside music by Wylkynson and Sheppard. These fine examples of English polyphony are juxtaposed with stunning music by Tavener and Eric Whitacre in the Sixteen's 40th anniversary year.

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Tour and Tea – Ins and Outs of Europe

Co-operation and conflict between Britain and Europe as reflected in Winchester Cathedral During this tour we will review how England and Britain’s fluctuating relationships with Europe during the last 1000 years has brought benefits to art and architecture in Winchester Cathedral and is reflected in the lives of Saints, Bishops, Royalty and citizens connected with the Cathedral.

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Tour and Tea – Our Royal Heritage

An insight into the Cathedrals many royal connections from the Norman conquest to the present day.

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Voices for Hospices Choir Massed Come and Sing ‘Elijah’

Voices for Hospices Choir are passionate about enabling singers to join together and raise their voices to help those with end of life and life limiting illnesses. Join them for a concert at Winchester Cathedral in 2019!

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Open Chapter

Wessex Centre

An informal opportunity for members of the community roll to meet and talk with Chapter members.

Open Chapter dates 2019

Thursday 21 February
Wednesday 12 June
Wednesday 23 October
Wednesday 4 December

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Winchester Cathedral Ice Rink 2019

Winchester Cathedral Ice Rink is spectacularly situated in the centre of the Cathedral's historic Inner Close and until 22 December it is surrounded by the Christmas Market. The clear roof guarantees a rain-free skate whatever the weather and fun skate aids make it an ideal rink for adults and children alike.  Our giant Christmas tree brings festive cheer to all our skaters.

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Winchester Cathedral Christmas Market 2019

Winchester Cathedral’s Christmas Market is recognised as one of the best Christmas Markets in Europe because of its unique location, high-quality exhibitors and bustling atmosphere. Wonderful Christmas gifts, decorations and festive foods can be found in abundance, with a delightful Food Court, British Crafts Village, and over 100 chalets to explore.

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Open Chapter

Wessex Centre

An informal opportunity for members of the community roll to meet and talk with Chapter members.

Open Chapter dates 2019

Thursday 21 February
Wednesday 12 June
Wednesday 23 October
Wednesday 4 December

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