أغر؟´«أ½ Proms, أغر؟´«أ½ Orchestras and Choirs
أغر؟´«أ½ Proms, أغر؟´«أ½ Orchestras and Choirs - Christmas highlights.
Published: 22 November 2018
The أغر؟´«أ½ Orchestras and Choirs deliver a broad-range of seasonal concerts throughout December and January to bring the festive spirit to audiences across the UK.
أغر؟´«أ½ Proms 2018
From Christmas Day through to the 8 January, audiences can re-live the magic of the أغر؟´«أ½ Proms 2018 as the sound of summer brightens those dark winter days.
Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday is marked once again with a repeat of West Side Story from the John Wilson Orchestra on Christmas Day (7.30pm); the Berlin Philharmonic’s blazing performance of Strauss and Beethoven under their highly-acclaimed new Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko can be heard at 7.30pm on 28 December, and the New Year will be brought in with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (New Year’s Eve, 7.30pm), Bernstein’s On The Town (New Year’s Day, 7pm) and an intimate Late Night Prom from the Tallis Scholars brings New Year’s Day festivities to a close as they weave together an intricate programme inspired by the Christian office of Compile, the final service of the day (9.30pm).
Other highlights include: Pioneers Of Sound (2 January, 9.30pm); Jacob Collier and Friends (3 January, 9pm); Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury performed in the newly restored Victorian Theatre at Alexandra Palace (3 January, 7pm); Havana Meets Kingston (4 Jan, 9pm); and, concluding a two-year project, Sir Andras Schiff returns with a Late Night performance of Book 2 of J.S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier (7 Jan, 7.30pm).
No Christmas would be complete without the world-famous Last Night Of The Proms, highlights of which will be repeated on New Year’s Eve at 9pm.
أغر؟´«أ½ Singers: Christmas Carols with Bob Chilcott and John Rutter
TX details: Saturday 15 December, 7.30pm
Barbican Hall, London.
John Rutter and Bob Chilcott conduct the أغر؟´«أ½ Singers and the أغر؟´«أ½ Concert Orchestra in a fabulous concert of carols old and new, including many of their own works.
This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on أغر؟´«أ½ Radio 3 on Friday 21 December for أغر؟´«أ½ Sounds. Further information here.
Full repertoire to be announced soon.
أغر؟´«أ½ Concert Orchestra
أغر؟´«أ½ Singers
John Rutter - conductor and composer
Bob Chilcott - conductor and composer
- A أغر؟´«أ½ Radio production
Laura Whitmore’s What To Believe
أغر؟´«أ½ Singers: J. S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio
TX details: Saturday 22 December, 2pm & Friday 11 January, 7.3pm
St. Luke’s Church, Chelsea.
Sofi Jeannin conducts the أغر؟´«أ½ Singers and the Academy of Ancient Music in J. S. Bach's masterpiece which tells the Christmas story through a feast of sumptuous baroque choral music. The story is performed in two parts over Christmas and New Year in the glorious surroundings of St Luke's Church, Chelsea.
The first concert will be recorded for future broadcast on أغر؟´«أ½ Radio 3 on Wednesday 9 January and the second concert will be broadcast live on أغر؟´«أ½ Radio 3 for أغر؟´«أ½ Sounds.
Bach Christmas Oratorio
أغر؟´«أ½ Singers
Academy of Ancient Music
Sofi Jeannin – conductor
- A أغر؟´«أ½ Radio production
أغر؟´«أ½ Symphony Orchestra: Berlioz's The Childhood Of Christ
TX details: Monday 17 December, 7.30pm
Barbican Hall, London.
Berlioz's ravishing version of the story of the childhood of Christ, which includes the much-loved The Shepherds' Farewell is performed by the أغر؟´«أ½ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and أغر؟´«أ½ Singers, and conducted by Edward Gardner. Leading soloists such as Karen Cargill and Matthew Rose complete the cast.
This concert will be broadcast live on أغر؟´«أ½ Radio 3 for أغر؟´«أ½ Sounds.
Berlioz L’Enfance du Christ
أغر؟´«أ½ Symphony Orchestra
أغر؟´«أ½ Symphony Chorus
أغر؟´«أ½ Singers
Karen Cargill - mezzo-soprano
Robert Murray - tenor
Étienne Dupuis - baritone
Matthew Rose – bass
Edward Gardner - conductor
- A أغر؟´«أ½ Radio production
أغر؟´«أ½ Concert Orchestra: Winter Lights
End Of Days
TX details: Wednesday 5 December, 7.30pm
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre.
The أغر؟´«أ½ Concert Orchestra illuminates a dark December night with the wintry-themed concert. Under Principal Conductor Bramwell Tovey (pictured), the works of the orchestra’s past and present Composers-in-Residence will be heard. Works by Jonny Greenwood, Guy Barker and Anne Dudley meet world premieres by Dobrinka Tabakova and أغر؟´«أ½ Proms Inspire composer Sarah Jenkins. Star trumpeter Alison Balsom completes the line-up.
This concert will be broadcast live on أغر؟´«أ½ Radio 3 for أغر؟´«أ½ Sounds.
Dobrinka Tabakova Orpheus' Comet
Anne Dudley Northern Lights
Guy Barker The Lanterne of Light
Jonny Greenwood Norwegian Wood
Sarah Jenkins And the sun stood stillworld premiere
Dobrinka Tabakova New Work (world premiere)
أغر؟´«أ½ Concert Orchestra
Alison Balsom – trumpet
Bramwell Tovey – conductor
- A أغر؟´«أ½ Radio production
Cillian Murphy
أغر؟´«أ½ Radio 2 presents: أغر؟´«أ½ Philharmonic Christmas with Curtis Stigers and Craig Charles's' Scary Fairy Saves Christmas
TX details: Wednesday 5 December, 7.30pm
The Lowry Theatre, Manchester.
أغر؟´«أ½ Radio 2's’ Friday Night is Music Night takes over The Lowry Theatre in Salford Quays with master storyteller Craig Charles, acclaimed singer Curtis Stigers, conductor Clark Rundell and the أغر؟´«أ½ Philharmonic. Presented by Angellica Bell, the evening sees the world premiere of Craig Charles’s Scary Fairy Saves Christmas - an ingenious fable in rhyme set against a backdrop of music from composer Iain Farrington. Guest singer Curtis Stigers also joins the orchestra for the very first time with a combination of his own hits and Christmas classics.
This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on أغر؟´«أ½ Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night on Friday 7 December at 8pm, for أغر؟´«أ½ Sounds. Further information here.
Craig Charles Scary Fairy Saves Christmas (world premiere)
A selection of festive music
Full repertoire to be announced in due course
أغر؟´«أ½ Philharmonic
Craig Charles – narrator
Curtis Stigers – singer
Angellica Bell – presenter
Clark Rundell – conductor
- A أغر؟´«أ½ Radio production
أغر؟´«أ½ Radio Manchester Christmas Concert
TX details: Thursday 20 December, 2.30pm
أغر؟´«أ½ Philharmonic Studio, MediaCity UK.
The أغر؟´«أ½ Philharmonic brings in the final days of advent with seasonal music and classic festive favourites, in this concert broadcast on أغر؟´«أ½ Radio Manchester, featuring a number of special guests under conductor Sergei Bolkhovets.
This concert will be recorded for broadcast on أغر؟´«أ½ Radio Manchester on Christmas Eve at 3pm and repeated on Christmas Day 12pm, for أغر؟´«أ½ Sounds.
A Selection Of Festive Music
أغر؟´«أ½ Philharmonic
Sergej Bolkhovets - conductor
- A أغر؟´«أ½ Radio production
أغر؟´«أ½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Clare Teal’s Swingin’ Christmas
Thursday 20 December, 19:30 & Friday 21 December, 19:30
Town Hall, Ayr & City Halls, Glasgow
Jazz singer and أغر؟´«أ½ Radio 2 presenter Clare Teal joins the أغر؟´«أ½ SSO for a festive night of classic Christmas songs. From old favourites to unearthed treasures via a range of Yuletide originals, this festive affair will be given the finger-snapping, toe-tapping treatment.
The concert in Glasgow will be recorded for future broadcast on أغر؟´«أ½ Radio Scotland, for أغر؟´«أ½ Sounds. Further information here.
A Selection Of Festive Music
أغر؟´«أ½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Clare Teal - singer
Gavin Sutherland - conductor
- A أغر؟´«أ½ Radio production
Fleur East Presents 5 Live’s Christmas Morning Show
أغر؟´«أ½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra: Christmas At The Movies
TX details: Sunday 23 December, 3pm
City Halls, Glasgow.
The أغر؟´«أ½ SSO’s concert of music from the Big Screen is now an annual part of many families’ seasonal celebrations. From the sweeping melodies of Hollywood’s Golden Age, to selections from recent multiplex blockbusters, via Disney favourites and John Williams classics, there’s something for every generation. Singer and presenter Jamie MacDougall presents this performance, as the أغر؟´«أ½ SSO once again brings movie magic to City Halls.
This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on أغر؟´«أ½ Radio Scotland, for أغر؟´«أ½ Sounds.
أغر؟´«أ½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jamie MacDougall - singer and presenter
Gavin Sutherland - conductor
- A أغر؟´«أ½ Radio production
أغر؟´«أ½ National Orchestra of Wales: Handel - Messiah
TX details: Thursday 6 December, 7.30pm
St David's Hall, Cardiff.
Handel needed a change of fortune in 1740. His latest opera had flopped and he was in dire straits. So he turned to oratorios instead and with this, his sixth in the genre, he hit gold. From humble beginnings at its première in a packed Irish town hall, Messiah remains his most performed work by far.
This concert will be broadcast live on أغر؟´«أ½ Radio 3 for أغر؟´«أ½ Sounds.
Handel Messiah
أغر؟´«أ½ National Orchestra of Wales
أغر؟´«أ½ National Chorus of Wales
Katherine Watson - soprano
Iestyn Davies - counter-tenor
Gwilym Bowen - tenor
Neal Davies - bass
Stephen Layton - conductor
- A أغر؟´«أ½ Radio Production
Tailenders Live
أغر؟´«أ½ Wales: Carols For Christmas
TX details: Sunday 16 December, 3pm
St David's Hall, Cardiff.
أغر؟´«أ½ Wales’ annual festive concert returns to St David’s Hall with a selection of popular carols, readings by أغر؟´«أ½ Wales presenters and a massed choir of primary school pupils.
This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on أغر؟´«أ½ Radio Wales for أغر؟´«أ½ Sounds. Further information here.
Selection of popular carols and readings
أغر؟´«أ½ National Chorus of Wales
Massed School's Chorus
Adrian Partington – conductor
- A أغر؟´«أ½ Radio production
