Best Music in London this Christmas
Carols, traditional songs, uplifting instrumentals and rousing choruses to herald the festive season
Carols, traditional songs, uplifting instrumentals and rousing choruses to herald the festive season
St John's Smith Square, the deconsecrated church off Millbank, is one of the loveliest venues in London for classical music, beautiful to look at and with a warm acoustic. So its annual two-week Christmas festival, with some concerts by candlelight, is a particularly attractive event.
Read more ...In the heart of the Inns of Court, 12th-century Temple Church is a historic building that also lives very much in the moment with its constantly unfolding programme of inspiring music. At Temple Winter Festival sacred and traditional texts spring to life in a week of song.
Read more ...The 10 best performances of Handel's great oratorio Messiah, written in London, and loved here to this day. Choose from several world-class choirs in beautiful venues.
Read more ...Music sacred and secular from contemporary composers James MacMillan and John Rutter dovetail with music from the North American tradition. Beloved songs include the spiritual Go, Tell it on the Mountain and favourites such as I Saw Three Ships and Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, from the Elysian Singers in the Actors' Church.
Read more ...Fine churches, brilliantly trained voices, and the most loved music in the church songbook guarantee that you will find a choral feast near you, with chances to join in.
Read more ...Enthusiast for physics and astronomy Maggie Aderin-Pocock investigates the mystical world of music, and its greatest exponent, JS Bach, in a seasonal edition of the monthly science and music series in Kings Cross.
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