Christmas Concerts
7 - 13 December
Performance Dates
Photo: Sam Stephenson
Cast & Creative team
Conductor & Chorus Director
Aidan Oliver
The Glyndebourne Sinfonia
Leader Richard Milone
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Piano, Celeste & Organ
Matthew Fletcher
Glyndebourne Youth Opera
Music Director Ashley Beauchamp
Programme
Part 1
Mikhail Glinka
Ruslan and Lyudmila
Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mass in C major, K.317 (‘Coronation’)
Gloria
Faryl Smith Soprano
Rhiain Taylor Mezzo-Soprano
Dominic Morgan Tenor
John Mackenzie-Lavansch Baritone
Gaetano Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor
Bridal Chorus
Gaetano Donizetti
L’elisir d’amore
March and Aria
(‘Come Paride vezzoso’)
Hector Bloggs Baritone
Otto Nicolai
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Moon Chorus (‘O süßer Mond’)
Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore
Anvil Chorus (‘Vedi! le fosche’)
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
Intermezzo
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca
‘Recondita armonia’
Liam Forrest Tenor
Gioachino Rossini
Guillaume Tell
‘Quel jour serein’
and Overture Finale
Part 2
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No.1 in D major, Op. 24 (‘Classical’)
IV. Finale molto vivace
Audience Carol**
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Libby Larsen
Ring the Bells
Claude Debussy
Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison
arranged by Henry George D’Hoedt
Lucy Armstrong
Christmas Magic
Audience Carol**
Joy to the World
John Rutter
The Colours of Christmas
Marta Keen
Christmas on the Beach at Waikiki
arranged by Alwyn Green
Hans Christian Lumbye
Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop
Hans Christian Lumbye
Champagne Galop
Audience Carol**
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
John Williams
Star Wars: Throne Room and End Title
Edward Pola and George Wyle
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
**You are invited to sing along with the Chorus during the audience carols, and a song sheet will be available from our ushers during the interval
Performance timings
Timings are subject to change.
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7 & 12 december
Grounds open: 1.00pm
Concert starts: 3.00pm
Interval (30 mins): 3.50pm
Concert resumes: 4.20pm
Concert ends: 5.25pm
13 december
Grounds open: 12.00pm
Concert starts: 2.00pm
Interval (30 mins): 2.50pm
Concert resumes: 3.20pm
Concert ends: 4.25pm
13 december
Grounds open: 5.00pm
Concert starts: 7.00pm
Interval (30 mins): 7.50pm
Concert resumes: 8.20pm
concert ends: 9.25pm
Arts Council England
Dunard Fund
Laidlaw Opera Trust
Main image: Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images; image design Louise Richardson
