100 young singers from across the USA will perform a concert at Ely Cathedral in celebration of Independence Day and to raise money for the East Anglian Air Ambulance charity.

Craig Jessop, former director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, will lead a massed choir and Prime Brass in a glorious celebration of US/UK concord, on Tuesday July 4 from 7.30pm.

In 2018, a massed choir of singers from across the United States filled Ely Cathedral on American Independence Day to perform a Celebration of Peace, an extraordinarily moving experience that commemorated 100 years since the end of World War One.

Now they return with another massive Independence Day concert, this time celebrating transatlantic concord.

Singers from no fewer than seven choirs will be joined by East Anglia’s own Prime Brass to perform a mixture of cathedral classics and American and British folk songs, conducted once again by Craig Jessop, former director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, with Stan Engebretson, artistic director of America’s National Philharmonic Chorale and a well-known figure in US music.

The extensive programme will include old favourites such as Parry’s I was Glad, Handel’s much-loved Zadok the Priest (heard at the coronation of King Charles III) and Vaughan Williams’ O Clap your Hands from the UK, as well as Randall Thompson’s Last Words of David and Stephen Paulus’ Pilgrim’s Hymn from the USA.

Crowning glory will be An Atlantic Bridge, a magnificent compilation of British and American folk songs for six soloists and choir, arranged by Mack Wilberg, director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. His works have been performed by a host of internationally known artists, such as Renée Fleming, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, the King’s Singers, Madeleine Albright, Walter Cronkite and Claire Bloom.

Premium tickets cost £15, including preferential reserved seating and a glass of wine during the interval. Other tickets £10 (unreserved). Concessions £8 in £10 seats.

They are available from Ely Cathedral Box Office (tel 01353 660349), email box.office@elycathedral.org or online from https://www.elycathedral.org/events.