Tickets

Please read the information provided on the Red Events concert ticket page at the link above.

If you have any ticket queries please contact [email protected]

Accessible seating/carer tickets can be purchased via the ticket page and/or arranged through the above contact.

Venue Information

Parking at Guildford Cathedral is available but limited. Overflow parking is available at the University of Surrey. Parking attendants will be on hand to guide, but our general advice to attendees is to arrive in good time before the start of the performance to allow for ample time the walk from the overflow parking (around 10 minutes). We do not reserve parking spaces, but there are plenty of disabled bays on site. We advise anyone with difficulty walking to arrive early.

Cathedral doors open from 6:30pm but the on-site Seasons Cafe/ bar will be open from 5:45pm until the start of the performance at 7:30pm.

Messiah by George Frideric Handel | Wednesday 16 December

Experience Handel’s Messiah, one of the most beloved oratorios of all time, performed on period instruments by the Brandenburg Baroque Soloists, a professional chamber choir and an outstanding quartet of soloists, conducted by Ralph Allwood MBE DMus. From the tender «Comfort ye» to the triumphant «Hallelujah» chorus, this timeless masterpiece brings the story of the Nativity, Passion and Redemption to life in a magnificent musical celebration of the Christmas season.

In December 2026 Red Events presents George Frideric Handel’s Messiah — the most beloved oratorio ever written — in four magnificent venues across England, performed on period instruments by the Brandenburg Baroque Soloists with a hand-picked professional chamber choir and an outstanding quartet of soloists, conducted by Ralph Allwood MBE DMus.

Composed in just twenty-four days in 1741 and premiered in Dublin the following spring, Messiah has never left the stage since. From the tenderness of «Comfort ye» to the blaze of the «Hallelujah» chorus and the serene certainty of «I know that my Redeemer liveth», Handel’s masterpiece traces the story of the Nativity, Passion and Redemption in music of irresistible drama and joy — the sound of the festive season itself.

Ralph Allwood MBE DMus is one of Britain’s most distinguished choral conductors: for twenty-six years Director of Music at Eton College, founder of the Rodolfus Choir and of the Eton Choral Courses that have shaped generations of British singers. Under his direction, a hand-picked professional chamber choir joins the period instruments of the Brandenburg Baroque Soloists — the London ensemble whose players are drawn from the same pool as the Academy of Ancient Music and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment — under the musical supervision of Brandenburg Artistic Director Bob Porter.

The solo quartet features soprano Josephine Shaw, countertenor Gleb Zakharov, tenor Gareth Davies and baritone Alex Jones.

Experience Messiah as Handel’s own audiences did — vivid, intimate and alive — in the festive grandeur of England’s great halls and churches this Christmas.