music won the Critics Christmas Choice of the Year award in both Gramophone Magazine and BBC Music Magazine. Tours Each year, the choir visits churches in the Diocese of Chichester and sing Evensong. They also frequently tour other countries with links to Chichester Cathedral. Choir tours since 1998 include: 2017 - Leiden and Haarlem, Holland 2015 – Chartres, France 2013 – Bamberg & Bayreuth, Germany 2011 – Ravenna, Italy 2010 – Berlin, Germany 2007 – Bamberg, Germany 2006 – Chartres, France 2006 – Lessay, France 2005 – Cape Town, South Africa 2000 – Bamberg, Germany 2002 – Bayreuth, Germany 1998 – Chartres, France Recordings Recordings since 1976 include: 2018 - Lest We Forget 2016 – Long, long ago 2016 – The Complete Psalms of David: Volume 10, Series 2 2016 – Music for Lent and Passiontide 2013 – The Day Thou Gavest 2012 – Advent Procession 2010 – Holst in Chichester 2009 – Carols from Chichester Cathedral 2007 – Jubilate 2007 – Let Us Lift Up Our Heart: 19th Century Church Music 1999 – Benedicite 1997 – Sing Ye to the Lord 1996 – Chichester Commissions 1996 – Great Cathedral Anthems Vol. 7 1994 – Malcolm Archer: Requiem 1991 – Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Vol. 2 1991 – The Welkin Rings 1984 – 19th Century Church Music by Goss, Ousely, Smart, Stainer and S.S. Wesley 1984 – Cathedral Music by Geoffrey Burgon 1977 – Christmas in Chichester 1976 – In Quires and Places... Close Company Close Company is the name used by the lay vicars of Chichester Cathedral when they sing the men's voices barbershop repertory made popular in the United Kingdom by the King's Singers. As well as being professional singers, most of them work everyday jobs. Every evening they are back in the cathedral with the choristers for Evensong at 5.30 pm. The lay vicar who has been in the cathedral choir for the longest is given the title of senior lay vicar. Their duties with the cathedral choir also include singing concerts and making concerts in the UK and abroad, but they are perhaps best known for their performances at the annual Christmas Carols, having been part of that tradition since 1993 when they first stepped out in their white jackets. Throughout the rest of the year, Close Company performs in a variety of venues and performances include an evening at the Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis, the