Name: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
Start: 2024-12-22T19:30:00
Location: Smith Square Hall

Iestyn Davies

James Gilchrist

Neal  Davies

Stephen Layton

Anna Dennis

Sinfonia Smith Square

The programme is a love letter to 20th-century song in all its forms. 

From the soaring romanticism of Alma Mahler and Richard Strauss to the bittersweet elegance of Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim, this concert brings together worlds that rarely meet. 

You’ll hear music from beloved films and musicals alongside lush orchestral arrangements of song cycles and solo pieces all carefully curated to tell a story that is moving, varied and richly expressive.

Fantasia Orchestra with Niamh O’Sullivan

Smith Square Hall

Head into the festive weekend with an evening of Bach and Corelli as part of the Sinfonia Smith Square Christmas Festival. Expect vocal, choral and instrumental virtuosity as Polyphony & the OAE join forces under the direction of Stephen Layton, for Bach’s great retelling of the nativity story.