Christmas Carol Concert 2026

The Gascoyne Way Multi Storey Car Park, Hertford SG14 1AB

There will be volunteers by the entrance to the car park to show you the way to the underpass which is a short walk to the church.

Please note parking is chargeable until 8.00pm:

• 1 hour – £1.25
• 2 hours – £2.50
• 3 hours – £3.70
• Payment with cash or card

See map below for car parking options.

We are delighted that George Robarts is directing the music again for the 2026 Carol Concert and to welcome back Edward Picton-Turbervill who will be playing the organ and piano.

George Robarts is the winner of the 2025 Lotte Lenya Competition in the USA, earning praise for his “phenomenal acting” and “impeccable delivery”. He debuts with English Touring Opera in 2026. He has given recitals with Graham Johnson at Oxford Lieder and Leeds Lieder, and has performed cabaret alongside Dame Felicity Lott.

Edward Picton-Turbervill is a prize-winning pianist and composer, who specialises in working with singers. He can frequently be heard on Radio 3, and has two albums due for release in 2026. He studied at St John’s College Cambridge, the University of Heidelberg and Guildhall.

Olivia Carrell’s 2026 season includes appearances with the Arcangelo ensemble, a recording as soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra, and the role of Polly in Johnson Preserv’d for Retrospect Opera. She will perform Evie The Impresario at Wilton’s Music Hall, Ida Die Fledermaus for Opera Holland Park, and Messiah with the LA Philharmonic.

Theano Papadaki’s recent highlights include a soloist appearance in Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple at the 2025 Edinburgh International Festival, the title role in Monteverdi’s Poppea with Hampstead Garden Opera, and recitals at St Martin-in-the-Fields and Oxford Lieder with Sholto Kynoch. She is a Guildhall graduate, a Britten Pears Artist and a City Music Foundation Artist.

Freya North is a British writer, active since 1996, and one of the precursors of chick lit. Her novels, which have been critical and commercial successes, centre on strong female characters and their raunchy exploits.

Freya is the author of 16 bestselling novels including her debut Sally (1996), Pillow Talk (2008 – winner of the RNA award), The Turning Point (2016), Richard & Judy Bookclub selection Little Wing (2022) and The Unfinished Business of Eadie Browne (2024).

Since 2009 Freya has lived on a small farm in East Hertfordshire with her family.

The Christmas Stall will be selling seasonal goods which have all been donated.

This will include a selection of Christmas Wreaths, Christmas decorations, mince pies, Christmas cakes, plants and more.

We are very grateful to the following team of supporters who have put this stall together and to everyone who generously contributed.

Lizzy Barclay, Helen Buckworth, Kate Corbisiero, Victoria Dunlop, Ally Hamilton, Suzy Richardson, Dawn Thompson, Sara Yarrow

We are very grateful for all the hard work from our wonderful Supporters whose help spreading the word, organising the Silent Auction and Christmas Stall, serving the Drinks and Canapes and so much more has been critical to the event. We could not have done it without them.

Rachel Bailey, Lizzy Barclay, Georgie Brackenbury, Helen Buckworth, Henny Buxton, Tish Clements, Kate Corbisiero, Anne Marie Dell, Victoria Dunlop, Kate Green, Ally Hamilton, Suzy Harvey, Kate Holland-Hibbert, James Hopkins, Fi Lambert, Louise Landman, Tory McKenna, Fergus and Kate McMullen, Tracy Mitchell, Suzy Richardson, Debbie Taverner, Dawn Thompson