Haydn's St Nicholas Mass provides an appropriately festive setting, sung by the Cathedral Choir. They are joined by the congregation in singing favourite carols to celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Music includes popular traditional carols including O Come, All Ye Faithful and Haydn's St Nicholas Mass.

A lover of church music, Nicholas set Haydn the task of composing a new setting of the mass every year. In 1804, Haydn retired from Esterháza ... Did you know? The choirmaster at St Stephen's ...

Sooke Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus will play Franz Joseph Haydn’s St. Cecilia Mass and the Coronation Mass by W.A.