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RECENT EVENTS - Carols by Candlelight

Saturday 22 December 2012 - 8:00 PM

Carols by Candlelight | Royal Albert Hall

Approximate end time 10:10pm

Herald the Christmas season with this exquisite concert of carols and seasonal classics performed by the UK’s most elegant orchestra, staged in full 18th Century costume in an evocative candle-lit style setting.

Handel Zadok the Priest, Let the Bright Seraphim
Mozart Laudate Dominum
Corelli Allegro and Pastorale from Christmas Concerto
Handel Christmas sequence from Messiah
Bach Air on the G String, Sleepers, Awake
Gruber Silent Night
Vivaldi Gloria (first movement)

... and carols for all including:
The First Nowell
Good King Wenceslas
O come, all ye faithful
While shepherds watched
Once in royal David’s city
Hark! the Herald angels sing
And readings from Dickens and the Scriptures by special guest Julian Rhind-Tutt

Mozart Festival Chorus
Mozart Festival Orchestra
in full period costume
Anna Devin soprano
Steven Devine conductor