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A Christmas Carol
Sun 21 Dec Symphony Hall
It simply wouldn’t be Christmas without the CBSO’s celebrations, hosted this year by presenter Carol Smillie and featuring the CBSO and its massed choirs. Packed with festive music and your favourite carols, plus stories, readings and plenty of audience participation, these concerts are the perfect way to kick-start your Christmas holidays and put you in the festive spirit.
Simon Halsey - conductor Carol Smillie - presenter City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Youth Chorus City of Birmingham Young Voices
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A Christmas Carol
Mon 22 Dec Symphony Hall
It simply wouldn’t be Christmas without the CBSO’s celebrations, hosted this year by presenter Carol Smillie and featuring the CBSO and its massed choirs. Packed with festive music and your favourite carols, plus stories, readings and plenty of audience participation, these concerts are the perfect way to kick-start your Christmas holidays and put you in the festive spirit.
Simon Halsey - conductor Carol Smillie - presenter City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Youth Chorus City of Birmingham Young Voices City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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A Christmas Carol
Mon 22 Dec Symphony Hall
It simply wouldn’t be Christmas without the CBSO’s celebrations, hosted this year by presenter Carol Smillie and featuring the CBSO and its massed choirs. Packed with festive music and your favourite carols, plus stories, readings and plenty of audience participation, these concerts are the perfect way to kick-start your Christmas holidays and put you in the festive spirit.
Simon Halsey - conductor Carol Smillie - presenter City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Youth Chorus City of Birmingham Young Voices City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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Christmas Carol Singalong
Tue 23 Dec Symphony Hall
Back by popular demand *JONATHAN COHEN* invites you to join the fun with favourite Christmas songs and carols galore. _Clap your hands, stamp your feet and sing your heart out!_
_Special Guest Singer_ *Sophie-Louise Dann* Birmingham Festival Choral Society London Concert Orchestra
Jingle Bells Ding dong! Merrily on high Winter Wonderland The Twelve Days of Christmas O come, all ye faithful Once in royal David’s city God rest you merry, gentlemen O little town of Bethlehem Away in a manger Let it snow Santa Claus is coming to town Hark! the herald angels sing Frosty the Snowman The first Nowell
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Christmas Gala
Tue 23 Dec Symphony Hall
Introduced by star of breakfast *GMTV*'s *PENNY SMITH* Merry festive favourites and classic carols to spread Christmas cheer.
with exquisite soloists and the angelic voice of a boy soprano Lee Bisset _soprano_ James Edwards _tenor_ Robin Marshall _treble_ Fraser Goulding _conductor_ London Concert _Orchestra_
*Humperdinck* Hansel and Gretel Overture *Tchaikovsky* The Nutcracker Suite *Rimsky-Korsakov* Christmas Eve Polonaise *Puccini * Christmas Love Duet from La Boheme *Head* The Little Road to Bethlehem *Schubert* Ave Maria *Anderson* Sleigh Ride *Bach* Jesu, joy of Man’s Desiring *Lloyd Webber* Pie Jesu from Requiem *Arr. Bateman* Winter Wonderland _and_ *CAROLS FOR ALL* _including_ Once in Royal David’s City O come, all ye faithful Hark! the herald angels sing
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Christmas Eve Classics
Wed 24 Dec Symphony Hall
_A magical matinee to start your Christmas Eve celebrations._ This concert of glorious seasonal and traditional music captures perfectly the true spirit of Christmas.
John Graham-Hall _tenor_ Paul Beniston _trumpet_ Birmingham Choral Union Staffordshire Childrens Choir Robin Stapleton _conductor_ London Concert Orchestra
*Bach* Sheep may safely graze *Head* The Little Road to Bethlehem *Handel* Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah *Rutter* Shepherd’s Pipe Carol *Franck* Panis Angelicus *Adam* O Holy Night *Clarke* Trumpet Suite *Keonig* Post Horn Galop *Darke* In the bleak midwinter *Pachelbel* Canon *Bizet* Agnus Dei *Adams* The Holy City _plus_ *CAROLS FOR ALL* O come, all ye faithful God rest you merry, gentlemen Good King Wenceslas O little town of Bethlehem Hark! the herald angels sing
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Boxing Day Classics
Fri 26 Dec Symphony Hall
Two giant keyboard masterpieces in one superb programme of rousing classics. _A complimentary glass of champagne for everyone_
Edward Warren _conductor_ Malcolm Hicks _organ_ Martin Cousin _piano_ London Concert Orchestra
*Rossini* William Tell Overture *Mascagni* Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana *Tchaikovsky* Piano Concerto No.1 *Wagner* Prelude Act III from Lohengrin *Strauss* Emperor Waltz *Saint-Saëns* Symphony No.3 ‘Organ Symphony’ Featuring the majestic *Symphony Hall Organ*
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Last Night of the Christmas Proms Please note this performance is exactly the same as the previously named Christmas Festival Proms
Sun 28 Dec Symphony Hall
_Classic…after Classic…after Classic_
Wynne Evans _tenor_ Camilla Roberts _soprano_ John Pryce-Jones _conductor_ London Concert Orchestra
*Rossini* The Thieving Magpie Overture *Sousa* Semper Fidelis *Khatchaturian* Masquerade Waltz *Grieg* Morning and In The Hall Of The Mountain King *Mussorgsky* Great Gate of Kiev *Suppé* Light Cavalry Overture *Strauss* Radetzky March *Elgar* Chanson de Matin *Puccini* O soave fanciulla *and all your proms favourites* _Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines_ _Hornpipe_ _Land of Hope and Glory_ _Nessun Dorma_ _Rule, Britannia_
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The Sound of the Musicals
Sun 28 Dec Symphony Hall
_Following last year’s huge success!_ Another selection of greatest hits from some of the most colourful shows from Broadway and the West End.
With dazzling stars from London’s West End Stage *Deborah Myers* *James Graeme* *Sally Ann Triplett* *Mike Sterling* Richard Balcombe _conductor_ Metro Voices London Concert Orchestra
Jesus Christ Superstar Phantom of the Opera The Sound of Music Annie Get Yer Gun Mack and Mabel West Side Story Guys and Dolls Les Miserables A Chorus Line Kiss Me Kate My Fair Lady High Society Oklahoma Carousel Cabaret Chicago Barnum Joseph Chess Evita
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New Year's Eve Concert
Wed 31 Dec Town Hall
A musical feast in the heart of Birmingham. Start your New Year’s celebrations early with this rousing concert of Proms favourites in the distinctive setting of Birmingham’s Town Hall. *CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR!*
_And all your Proms favourites_ *Fantasia on Greensleeves* *Rule, Britannia!* *Nessun dorma* *Land of Hope and Glory* John Hudson _tenor_ Richard Morrison _baritone_ Anthony Inglis _conductor_ London Concert Orchestra
*Rossini* Galop from William Tell *Sousa* Liberty Bell March *Mussorgsky* Great Gate of Kiev *Waldteufel* The Skaters’ Waltz *Mendelssohn* The Hebrides Overture *Bizet* The Pearl Fishers Duet *Walton* Crown Imperial *Di Capua* O sole Mio *Suppé* Light Cavalry Overture *Rossini* Largo al factotum *Strauss* Radetzky March
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