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Taking in the nation’s favourite Christmas Carols, alongside depictions of John Masefield’s classic The Box of Delights, Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree, Chekhov’s At Christmas Time and the lesser-known masterpiece of Charles Dickens, Doctor Marigold.

A Christmas Odyssey

Milton Court Concert Hall

Citing Louis Armstrong as his biggest musical inspiration, Aaron Akugbo’s collaboration with the BBC Singers draws on his jazz inspirations, alongside works by the likes of Sir James MacMillan and Hildegard of Bingen.

BBC Singers and Aaron Akugbo

Following the success of the BBC Singers previous visit to the West End and Broadway, Owain Park conducts BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra in more music from some of our best-loved musicals.

Songs from the Shows

This year the concert kicks off with a specially-commissioned Fanfare by Composer-in-Residence, Owain Park and Vaughan Williams’ beautiful ‘Fantasia on Christmas Carols’ with additional readings from the Christmas story. Audience carols including ‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’ and choral classics such as Holst’s ‘On Christmas Day’, Rutter’s ‘What Sweeter Music’ as well as our arrangement of ‘O Holy Night’ also feature. The concert also includes the winning piece from this year’s LCS Carol Competition.

Christmas Fantasia

Smith Square Hall

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

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The Gesualdo Six

Wigmore Hall

An intriguing programme from a leading Renaissance-specialist ensemble in which works by composers from an earlier period are matched with those of recent times and today, several of them specially commissioned to mirror their predecessors.

Renaissance Reflections

The Gesualdo Six present a selection of Motets and Chansons from the French Court focusing on European Queens: Anne of Brittany, Marguerite d’Austria, Anne Boleyn and Mary Tudor. Reflecting on these earthly regencies, devotional motets for the Queen of Heaven are interwoven with texts from the Song of Songs, appropriated to venerate the Blessed Virgin, alongside specially written chansons and motets commemorating key moments in the reign of Europe’s Queens.

Gesualdo Six - Queen of Hearts

St John’s Church, Waterloo

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.

BBC Singers Centenary Concert

Barbican Centre

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.

In the Renaissance, Advent—the weeks preceding the celebration of Christ’s birth at Christmas—was a time of wonder and reflection. Centuries-old carols tell this story, with some works presented here in their inherited form, others reimagined by skilled arrangers. This programme reaches across the ages: from the eternal beauty of the Tudor church right up to the twenty-first century, with each piece chosen to evoke a sense of mystery and joy.

Conductor

Owain Park

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 17, 2025

Veni Emmanuel · Sinfonia Smith Square

Past events

Dec 11, 2025

A Christmas Odyssey · Barbican Centre

Oct 9, 2025

BBC Singers and Aaron Akugbo · Barbican Centre

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