A WORLD-RENOWNED choir is performing a Christmas concert in a Hay-on-Wye.

The choir of Clare College, from Cambridge will be singing in St Mary's Church, on Monday starting from 7.30pm.

The evening will feature seasonal music from the 1500's to the present day including "A Christmas Sequence" written for the choir by John Tavener.

The singers have recorded more than 40 CD's with many awards.

After the Hay concert the choir will be singing in New York and Philadelphia before travelling to Westminster Abbey and then on to Notre Dame, in Paris.

Tickets and detailed information are available from 01497 820322 or www.boothbooks.co.uk.