Conductor

Christmas is a time for families and old friends – for well-loved tunes and good cheer. But it’s also a time of mystery and wonder: of silent nights, and sounds that echo across centuries. We’re delighted to be back at Cadogan Hall this Yuletide for two nights of beauty, wonder and seasonal joy. From medieval carols to visionary modern masterpieces, it all takes its inspiration from the story at the heart of the season: a baby in a stable, surrounded by simply heavenly singing.

The Sixteen at Christmas: Cambridge

Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge

Under the direction of Michael Waldron, and joined by acclaimed soprano Emma Bell, this programme weaves together traditional favourites and vivid new settings — offering music full of warmth, brightness and the generous spirit of the season.

On Christmas Night

Smith Square Hall

Experience the magic of Christmas with one of the world’s finest choral ensembles. Harry Christophers and The Sixteen return to Cadogan Hall for their highly anticipated annual yuletide concert. From medieval melodies to modern compositions, this musical journey celebrates the heart of Christmas – a humble birth surrounded by heavenly song.

It isn’t Christmas at Cadogan Hall without The Sixteen’s extraordinary, atmospheric seasonal celebration and we look forward to welcoming all ages for an unforgettable evening of beauty and joy.

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The Sixteen

Cadogan Hall 

Join us for the St James’s Piccadilly spectacular annual fundraising Christmas Gala featuring the St James’s Chamber Orchestra and BBC’s Sophie Raworth.

Christmas for All: Gala Concert

St James's Piccadilly

Begin your journey into Advent with the passion and precision of Tenebrae, as they sing a stunning programme ranging from Gregorian chant to a spirited version of much-loved traditional The Twelve Days of Christmas.  The centrepiece of the evening is Britten’s iconic A Ceremony of Carols for upper voices and harp – a series of captivating miniatures in which Britten sets haunting melodies alongside moments of joyous declamation. The programme also features the Tenebrae commission In Winter’s House by English composer Joanna Marsh, and traditional carols such as In the Bleak Midwinter and Silent Night to welcome in the festive season.

Christmas with Tenebrae: In Winter's House

Royal Concert Hall Nottingham

Bob Chilcott A Little Jazz Mass
Described by The Observer as “a contemporary hero of British Choral Music”, Bob Chilcott is one of today’s most widely performed composers of choral music. This programme will feature his highly effective setting of the Latin Missa Brevis in which Chilcott’s jazz influences are clearly referenced. It is soulful music drawn from many different jazz traditions, including ‘Swing’ and the ‘Blues’. A Little Jazz Mass received its premiere in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans in 2004 and is one of Chilcott’s most popular and well-loved works. The Ulster Consort is very proud to call Bob Chilcott its Vice Patron.

John Rutter The Wind in the Willows
Adapted by David Grant from the Kenneth Grahame stories, John Rutter’s The Wind in the Willows was originally performed by the King’s Singers and the City of London Sinfonia in 1981. It is written for four-part choir with a children’s chorus and celebrates nature, friendship, loyalty, and adventure. Join Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger as they navigate the countryside and learn valuable lessons about loyalty and friendship.

The Ulster Consort – The Chilcott Programme

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John Rutter and Bob Chilcott are towering figureheads of British choral music. In the year they turn 80 and 70 respectively, the massed BBC choral and orchestral forces pay tribute to some of the most enduringly popular choral music of our time.

Friday Night is Music Night: A Birthday Celebration

Saffron Hall

Celebrate the turning of the year with an a cappella choral ensemble that both nationally and internationally has held a unique position among such groups ever since its foundation in 1968.

The King's Singers

Wigmore Hall

Celebrate the turning of the year with an a cappella choral ensemble that both nationally and internationally has held a unique position among such groups ever since its foundation in 1968.


The ensemble’s recent album brings together a sequence of works, ancient and modern, to mark the feast of Epiphany.

The Gesualdo Six

In the run up to Christmas, Wigmore Hall welcomes groups of various kinds, specialists in various repertoires, all intent upon celebrating the festive season in style. Tenebrae launches the season with a wide selection of carols for all tastes.

Tenebrae

NYCMC uses a sliding scale ticket model. "Pay it forward" tickets are $35, standard priced tickets are $25, and discounted tickets are $10. This ticket model is designed so that everyone can attend our concerts regardless of financial circumstances. The $25 and $10 tickets are accessible using the codes NYCMC-25 and NYCMC-10.

NYC Master Chorale: Lift Every Voice and Sing

Kaufman Music Center

Shakespeare echoes through this diverse programme from one of the country’s leading chamber choirs, winner of Best Ensemble of the Year at the 2018 Opus Klassik Awards.

ORA Singers

Founded in the seismic year of 1968, Cantamus was the revolutionary creation of Pamela Cook MBE, whose vision was to enable aspiring young talents to grow, express themselves, and make a positive impact through music. Since its foundation Cantamus has earned a worldwide reputation for nurturing vocal excellence and has won a host of international award, including double 1st prizes at Montreux in 1978, ‘Choir of the World’ at Llangollen in 1997, and 1st place in the youth class at The North Wales Choir Festival 2022.

After Hours: Cantamus

Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall

On 2 October 1924, the BBC Wireless Chorus gave their first performance.  Now known as the BBC Singers, the group has evolved over the past 100 years to become trailblazers in choral music from multiple genres and given numerous world premiere performances alongside collaborating with the finest orchestras, conductors and artists from around the world.  Alongside music associated with the group is repertoire from the lighter side of their work, and a special world premiere from their Composer in Association, Roderick Williams.

BBC Singers Centenary Concert

Barbican Centre

Join the BBC Singers as they celebrate their 100th birthday and look forward to the future with a host of star artists and special guests.

'In the night, I sometimes dream of running through long grass or sandy beaches. I awake to remember that having had MS for 25 years, running now only takes place in my imagination. My new piece Dreams and Visions explores what it is to dream. Ideas flow from one to the next, like little vignettes of actual dreams. Musicians move throughout the hall, immersing the audience in an atmosphere inspired by different dreams and visions spanning 900 years.' - Alexander Campkin

Fretwork; Tenebrae

**Event Description: The Choral Pilgrimage 2024: Hexham**

**Date and Time:**
- 14 June 2024
- 7:30 PM

**Venue:**
- Hexham Abbey, Beaumont St, Hexham, NE46 3NB

**Overview:**
Join us for an enchanting evening at Hexham Abbey as part of The Choral Pilgrimage 2024. This year's theme, "Masters of Imitation," celebrates the art of musical parody and imitation, featuring the works of Renaissance master Orlande de Lassus, alongside compositions by Josquin, Casulana, and Bob Chilcott.

**Performance Details:**
- **Duration:** 105 minutes
- **Ticket Prices:** £10.00 - £30.00
- **Booking:** Tickets can be purchased online. A multibuy offer is available—buy a ticket for the corresponding Choral Pilgrimage Choral Workshop in the same transaction and get £5 off.

**Programme:**
- Plainsong: Lauda Jerusalem Dominum Psalm 147
- Lassus: Osculetur me osculo oris sui
- Casulana: Morir non puo il mio core
- Lassus: Credo from Missa Osculetur me
- Josquin: Benedicta es caelorum Regina
- Lassus: Cantai, or piango
- Lassus: Lauda Jerusalem Dominum
- Chatelet: Benedicta es caelorum Regina
- Lassus: Salve Regina a6
- Casulana: Vagh’ amorosi augelli
- Lassus: Magnificat Benedicta es caelorum Regina
- Bob Chilcott: Lauda Jerusalem Dominum parody on Lassus’ Cantai, or piango

**Performers:**
- The Sixteen
- Conductor: Harry Christophers

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**Venue Details:**
Hexham Abbey is a Grade I listed place of Christian worship dedicated to St Andrew, located in the town of Hexham, Northumberland. For more information, visit the venue's website or find it on Google Maps.

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The Choral Pilgrimage 2024

Greyfriars Kirk

King's Place

Tewkesbury Abbey

Wells Cathedral

York Minster

Blackburn Cathedral

Hereford Cathedral

Hexham Abbey

Old Royal Naval College

The City of Birmingham Choir together with the Westminster Chamber Orchestra are delighted to be returning to the Bradshaw Hall with a sequence of works that reflect on the effects of time passing: time, which brings growth, healing, and change. The programme includes Bob Chilcott’s lively and wide-ranging Dances of Time and John Rutter’s settings of poems by Shakespeare and Campion in When Icicles Hang. The concert concludes with Joseph Haydn’s Mass in Time of War, also known as the Paukenmesse owing to its dramatic use of timpani in the Agnus Dei.

City of Birmingham Choir - Dances of Time

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Joby Talbot follows his critically acclaimed 2005 commission for Tenebrae, Path of Miracles, with a new a cappella work, a setting of WB Yeats’s The Song of Wandering Aengus. This evening’s concert stands as a celebration of the great British choral tradition and the vast panoply of works written for its finest ensembles. Tenebrae crowns its programme with the transcendent sounds of High Flight, an exquisite evocation of Bob Chilcott’s memories of life as a boy chorister at King’s College, Cambridge.

Tenebrae; Nigel Short conductor

This programme moves across the ages, from the intricate architecture of Renaissance polyphony by Palestrina, Lassus and Byrd, to the distinctive voices of the present day, including Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Blake Morgan. At its centre is the season of Advent: a time of waiting and anticipation. Ancient hymns and carols sit alongside modern reflections on the Christmas story, with familiar melodies appearing both in their traditional form and through the lens of contemporary arrangers. From candlelit devotion to moments of joy, The Gesualdo Six trace a musical path through the festive season.

O Magnum Mysterium

Chilcott’s beautiful On Christmas Night, opens what promises to be an uplifting festive programme. The second half features a selection of well-known Christmas tunes in familiar and new arrangements. Works for choir and orchestra are interspersed by audience carols and seasonal readings.

A Christmas musical tale performed by the Boys' Choir of the Opéra national de Lyon and the ephemeral choir of La Source Vive, as part of the Advent Festival.

The Most Beautiful of Gifts

La Source Vive

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and conductor Graham Ross return to Sinfonia Smith Square for the final concert in their year-long celebration of Clare College’s 700th anniversary.  Traditional carols and Christmas motets and anthems, including those from the time of the College’s founding such as Angelus ad virginem and In dulci jubilo sit alongside more recent additions to the canon, including works written especially for the Choir by the late Sir John Tavener, former Director of Music Sir John Rutter, and Cecilia McDowall.  The programme also includes Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s The Nativity, commissioned for the College’s 700th anniversary.

Angelus ad Virginem

Creatures great and small are gathering at Symphony Hall...
Join us for a joyful afternoon where animals jump, swoop and scamper through the concert hall. From the playful magic of Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals to Debbie Wiseman’s moving tribute to endangered species, alongside some mischievous musical monkey business, this is a celebration of animals in all their forms. Expect surprises, smiles and plenty of feel-good musical storytelling the whole family will love.

Conductor

Bob Chilcott

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 15, 2026

City of Birmingham Choir - Dances of Time · Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Dec 11, 2026

Tenebrae; Nigel Short conductor · Wigmore Hall

Dec 15, 2026

O Magnum Mysterium · Sinfonia Smith Square

Dec 16, 2026

On Christmas Night · Sinfonia Smith Square

Dec 18, 2026

The Most Beautiful of Gifts · Rencontres musicales d'Évian

Past events

Dec 19, 2025

The Sixteen at Christmas: Cambridge · The Sixteen

Dec 18, 2025

On Christmas Night · Sinfonia Smith Square

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