An annual Christmas tradition is set to be an "unforgettable experience" this year.

Handel’s Messiah will be performed at Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday, December 7.

The oratorio will feature the combined voices of the Salisbury Cathedral Choir and the City of London Sinfonia, conducted by David Halls, the cathedral's director of music.

Four soloists will join the choir, including former Salisbury Cathedral chorister Camilla Harris.

Mr Halls said: "We are really looking forward to the annual performance of Handel’s great Messiah, bringing together the cathedral choir, orchestra and four outstanding soloists - including welcoming back Camilla Harris."

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The Cathedral Choir, accompanied by the City of London Sinfonia (Image: Finnbarr Webster) Ms Harris, who joined the Salisbury Cathedral Choir in 2002, is now a trustee of the Salisbury Cathedral Girl Choristers Fund.

She was a semi-finalist in the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Awards in 2020 and a finalist in the Royal Academy of Music’s Bicentenary Prize.

She has performed on many concert platforms and with the Glyndebourne Festival and Tour, Opera North and Garsington Opera.

Also joining the performance is Tim Morgan, a former finalist of the 2019 Kathleen Ferrier Awards.

Mr Morgan works regularly with English Touring Opera and Les Arts Florissants and was honoured to sing at the coronation of King Charles III with the Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Welsh tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas, a former English National Opera Harewood artist and a former Scottish Opera Emerging Artist, will bring his talent to the event.

He has performed with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra Comique, Opera Holland Park and with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Božidar Smiljanić, a graduate from the Royal Academy of Music in 2016 and a member of Oper Frankfurt since 2018/19, will also perform.

He made a name for himself in the title role of Le nozze di Figaro at English National Opera in 2020 and Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in 2023.

All profits from the concert will go towards supporting the Cathedral’s Choral Foundation.

Tickets for this performance are on sale now.

For more information, visit salisburycathedral.org.uk.

For those wishing to eat before the concert, the Refectory is offering a special one or two-course concert supper ahead of the performance.

Diners can enjoy the view of the Cathedral spire while they eat.

There will also be mulled wine and tea or coffee available.

The concert is expected to be a festive highlight, providing an evening of musical brilliance and emotional depth for all who attend.