Events

Join the nation’s favourite choral composer for another joyful celebration of Christmas as he conducts Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall. With sing-along carols, rousing fanfares, Yuletide classics and more, this firm festive favourite is guaranteed to fill you with sparkle and cheer.

Featuring the Choristers of Croydon Minster, Nadine Benjamin soprano, The Bach Choir and John Rutter’s ever-popular annual quiz, there’s no better way to experience the magic of the season with family and friends this Christmas.

 

Join the nation’s favourite choral composer for another joyful celebration of Christmas as he conducts Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall. With sing-along carols, rousing fanfares, Yuletide classics and more, this firm festive favourite is guaranteed to fill you with sparkle and cheer.

Featuring the Choristers of Croydon Minster, Nadine Benjamin soprano, The Bach Choir and John Rutter’s ever-popular annual quiz, there’s no better way to experience the magic of the season with family and friends this Christmas.

 

 

Oxford Bach Soloists

We’re back to start your Christmas season with a very special anniversary event live in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford on Friday 10^th December and simultaneously streaming online for those of you unable to join us in person.

The internationally renowned composer, John Rutter, has created a new Christmas carol especially for our Follow the Stars anniversary concert. This new composition will be premiered on the night and performed for you by the beautiful voices of the Oxford Bach Soloists.

This carol has been composed for us in recognition of the astonishing generosity shown by you and all the volunteers and supporters of our popular Christmas event.  With your help we have collectively raised over £500,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support over the last 25 years.

Joining you for the extra special Follow the Stars evening will be the familiar faces of Mary Berry and Toby Jones along with British actresses Gugu Mbatha-Raw, (Dr Who, Loki and Belle) and Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education and Uncle Vanya). They will bring to life a wide variety of your favourite Christmas readings alongside spine-tingling performances from our soloists and choir – unique qualities for which this sell-out concert has always been so popular.

John Rutter – conductor
Bach Choir Voices
David Hill – organ

Join John Rutter, Bach Choir Voices and our Artistic Advisor David Hill at the newly refurbished OLEM organ, for an evening of traditional Christmas favourites, recent seasonal gems and some of John Rutter’s own carols.

The concert will feature Cambridge premieres of two new compositions by John Rutter – Joseph’s Carol and I sing of a maiden, as well as Stanford’s renowned Magnificat in G – appropriate because the OLEM organ was designed by Stanford. The programme will include many seasonal favourites as well as traditional carols, and of course there will be opportunities for the audience to join in!

 

The Armonico Consort are organising this singing afternoon with John Rutter.

We are delighted to present this festive vocal workshop day led by John Rutter.

Whatever your level and age, join us in the exquisite setting of Coventry Cathedral where John will lead you through some favourites from his vast catalogue of Christmas music and other seasonal favourites. What better way to lift the spirits in the lead up to Christmas.

John Rutter has been a great supporter of the work of Armonico Consort in recent years, and all profits from this concert will go towards the further development of our work with young choirs across the region.

Please note: The workshop will run from 1400-1730, all scores will be available to hire on the day.

We are delighted to announce that our 2021 Christmas concerts will once again be under the festive baton of John Rutter! This year there will be two performances, each c.70 mins duration with no interval, starting 5pm and 8pm. The venue is the lovely St Mary’s Bathwick. The music celebrates this most wonderful time of the year, with Christmas songs and carols, old and new. We do hope you can join us!

Join John for a day of choral singing, where he will take you through a number of choral items in the wonderful acoustic and surroundings of the National Musicians’ Church – Holy Sepulchre, London.
Proceeds from ticket sales will be put towards the restoration of the historic organ at Holy Sepulchre.