‘Tis the Season
Sunday 16th December
Christmas Concert, Choir of St John’s College Cambridge (Concertgebouw, Amsterdam/ Laura van der Heijden).
“The Nutcracker” Ballet (Semperoper, Dresden/ Martin Yates)
“Messiah”, The Phoenix Symphony (Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, Arizona/Tito Muñoz and Lawrence Wiliford)
“Melodies of Christmas”, European Spirit of Youth Orchestra (Proctors Theater, Schenectady/Carlos Ágreda)
“The Nutcracker”, Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa (Teatro Camões, Lisbon/ Pedro Neves)
“Messiah”, Bach Collegium Japan (Morioka Civic Cultural Hall, Japan/Masaaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan)
“Christmas Oratorio”, Le Concert Lorrain (San Sebastian, France/James Gilchrist and Joanne Lunn)
“Messiah”, Bearsden Choir (City Hall, Glasgow/ Tristan Hambleton)
Monday 17th December
“Messiah”, The Hanover Band (King’s Place, London/ Edward Grint)
“Christmas Oratorio”, Le Concert Lorrain (Luxembourg/James Gilchrist and Joanne Lunn)
Tuesday 18th December
“Hänsel und Gretel”, Staatsoper Berlin (Berlin/Christopher Moulds)
“La Nuit de Noel”, Les Arts Florissant (Philharmonie de Paris, Natalie Pérez)
“Messiah”, Tafelmusik (Koerner Recital Hall, Toronto/ Charles Daniels)
Wednesday 19th December
“The Nutcracker”, Ballet (Semperoper, Dresden/ Martin Yates)
“The Nutcracker”, Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa (Teatro Camões, Lisbon/ Pedro Neves)
“Messiah”, Tafelmusik (Koerner Recital Hall, Toronto/ Charles Daniels)
Thursday 20th December
“The Nutcracker”, Ballet (Semperoper, Dresden/ Martin Yates)
“Christmas Oratorio”, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg (Palais de la Musique, Strasbourg / Paul Goodwin)
“Christmas Classics”, London Concert Orchestra (Barbican Centre, London/ William Dazeley)
“The Nutcracker”, Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa (Teatro Camões, Lisbon/ Pedro Neves)
“Messiah”, Chicago Symphony (Symphony Center, Chicago/Matthew Halls)
“Messiah”, Tafelmusik (Koerner Recital Hall, Toronto/ Charles Daniels)
Friday 21st December
“Christmas Concert”, St John’s Smith Square Christmas Festival (St John’s Smith Square, London/ The Tallis Scholars)
“Christmas Classics”, London Concert Orchestra (Symphony Hall, Birmingham/ William Dazeley)
“The Nutcracker”, Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa (Teatro Camões, Lisbon/ Pedro Neves)
“Messiah”, Chicago Symphony (Symphony Center, Chicago/Matthew Halls)
“Hänsel und Gretel”, Staatsoper Berlin (Berlin/Christopher Moulds)
“Messiah”, Tafelmusik (Koerner Recital Hall, Toronto/ Charles Daniels)
“A Christmas Evening”, Recital (St Peter & St Paul Church, Tetney/ Matilda Lloyd)
Saturday 22nd December
“Christmas Oratorio”, Trinity College Choir (St. John’s Smith Square, London / Stephen Layton)
“Messiah”, The Hanover Band (Arundel Parish Church/ Edward Grint)
“Christmas Oratorio”, BBC Singers (St. Luke’s Church Chelsea, London / Sofi Jeannin)
“The Nutcracker”, Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa (Teatro Camões, Lisbon/ Pedro Neves)
“Messiah”, Chicago Symphony (Symphony Center, Chicago/Matthew Halls)
“Hänsel und Gretel”, Staatsoper Berlin (Berlin/Christopher Moulds)
“Messiah”, Tafelmusik (Koerner Recital Hall, Toronto/ Charles Daniels)
Sunday 23rd December
“Messiah”, Polyphony and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (St John’s Smith Square, London /Stephen Layton)
“Messiah”, Chicago Symphony (Symphony Center, Chicago/Matthew Halls)
“Hänsel und Gretel”, Opernhaus Zürich (Zürich/Anna Stéphany)
Wednesday 26th December
“Christmas Oratorio”, Amici musicae (St. Peter’s Church, Leipzig / Martin Hässler)
“Christmas Concert“, Pratum Integrum Orchestra (Church of the Immaculate Conception, Moscow / Natalie Pérez)
Sunday 29th December
“Viennese Concert”, Orchestra of Opera North (Huddersfield Town Hall, Stephanie Corley)
Sunday 30th December
“Hänsel und Gretel”, Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt / Simon Bailey)
“Viennese Concert”, Orchestra of Opera North (Leeds Town Hall, Stephanie Corley)