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Choral Midnight Mass
24 December 2025 @ 11:30 pm – 25 December 2025 @ 12:45 am
You are warmly invited to our service of Choral Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, Wednesday 24th December at 11.30pm in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. The setting is Charpentier’s ‘Messe de minuit pour Noel’, which will be accompanied by instrumental ensemble. Other music in the service includes Will Todd’s lovely carol ‘My Lord is come’ and Morten Lauridsen’s exquisite setting of ‘O magnum mysterium’. This service is free to attend and all are very welcome. More information at www.musicatstpetersdorchester.org.
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