BARNARD Castle School's chapel and chamber choir were thrilled when they were invited to take evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral.

The forty--eight strong choir including staff and students as young as eight led the regular evening worship in the cathedral for over five hundred people.

In addition to the set psalms and responses, the choir sang a setting of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Herbert Brewer and an anthem by Joseph Haydn.

Director of music, Mr Mark Mawhinney said “I am delighted for the members of our Choir to have had that opportunity – it is something to treasure for the rest of your life.”

The performance at the iconic London cathedral came shortly after an evening's concert at the Gala Theatre in Durham where there were performances by seventy pupils from the prep school and sixty from the senior school and music from the wind band, string band, brass band and of course singing from the choir.

Headmaster, Mr Alan Stevens said “Barnard Castle School has long had a fine tradition of choral music, but the Durham and St Paul's events have taken the school to a new level of excellence.”