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Abel Selaocoe playing his cello against a black background, with purple and pink triangular shapes framing the photo
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Abel Selaocoe: Christmas From Around the World

The BBC Singers join forces once more with their Artist in Association Abel Selaocoe, for a concert of music for the Christmas season from around the world. 

Yeol Eum Son
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Yeol Eum Son plays Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto

Respighi’s Roman spectacular and a new American classic frame Prokofiev’s most thrilling piano concerto in this BBC Symphony Orchestra debut for pianist Yeol Eum Son. 

Junior Guildhall violinists performing
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Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and String Ensemble

Two Junior Guildhall ensembles – the Symphony Orchestra and String Ensemble – take to the stage to perform pieces by Nino Rota, Finzi, Strauss and Borodin.

Singers in the gospel choir performing on stage
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A Gospel Christmas

Join Flames Collective for A Gospel Christmas. A choir like no other in the UK, they have received huge praise for their sensational performances with RAYE at the 2024 Brit Awards and at the O2. 

The members of Connaught Brass sitting in a row in front of a white wall, their instruments placed on the floor in front of them.
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Christmas with Connaught Brass

For its Barbican debut, multi-prize-winning Connaught Brass despatches season’s greetings in a cracker of a programme that gift wraps festive joy with interludes of serene reflection.

Khatia Buniatishvili wearing a coral pink dress, resting her head on her hand
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Khatia Buniatishvili and Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Following last year’s solo recital, accompanied by the perennially stylish Academy of St Martin in the Fields, pianist Khatia Bhuniatishvili returns for Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23.

Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage, holding a baton, with LSO string players in the foreground of the image and audience members in the background.
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London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

La rondine, Puccini’s story of love thwarted by society’s conventions, an opera glowing with melody and orchestral colour.

Sakari Oramo conductor
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BBC Symphony Orchestra: Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius

A tribute to Sir Andrew Davis: Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius.

Sansara Choir standing on the steps of an old, abandoned church
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SANSARA Choir with United Strings of Europe

SANSARA and United Strings of Europe join forces to explore the themes of sanctuary and solidarity in a programme built around Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands.

Sir Antonio Pappano conducting, smiling and facing the musicians of the LSO.
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Vaughan Williams, Elgar & Bax, with David Cohen

Two reflective works from Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Elgar, plus Arnold Bax’s evocative portrait of the Cornish countryside.

a manger in a dark room
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Academy of Ancient Music: Handel's Messiah

Laurence Cummings and AAM join a truly world-class team of soloists for a seasonal performance of Handel’s Messiah.

Portrait photo of Frank Dupree, smiling and facing the camera.
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London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Classical meets jazz with some Christmas favourites – plus a riotous ride with Kapustin, Gershwin’s most swinging tunes, and Bernstein at his exuberant best.

Members of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge
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Christmas with King's College Choir

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge herald the Christmas season, joined on stage by the superb Crouch End Festival Chorus. 

The orchestra performing on stage, surrounded by candles and two Christmas trees
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Candlelit Carols

A sublime concert of carols and seasonal classics, staged in an evocative candle-lit style setting.

Louise Dearman singing into a microphone, with pianist Jonathan Cohen on piano behind her
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Christmas Carol Singalong

Christmas Carol Singalong is coming to town. Join Jonathan Cohen and Louise Dearman for some festive family fun with some of the very best Christmas songs and seasonal classics.