Christmas Concerts
Celebrate the season with opera choruses, orchestral favourites and classic carols in a Christmas concert for all the family.
Ticket prices
5, 6, 12, 13 December
Stalls: £12 – £72
Foyer Circle: £24 – £82
Circle: £12 – £82
Upper Circle: £12 – £61
11 December
Stalls: £10 – £62
Foyer Circle: £20 – £72
Circle: £10 – £62
Upper Circle: £10 – £50
Join the massed forces of the internationally renowned Glyndebourne Chorus, the Glyndebourne Sinfonia and the talented children of the Glyndebourne Youth Opera for a concert of carols, opera choruses, orchestral favourites and more under the baton of Glyndebourne Chorus Director Aidan Oliver.
Photo: ASH
Performance timings
Timings are subject to change.
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5, 6, 11, 13 december
Grounds open: 1.00pm
First bell: 2.50pm
Concert starts: 3.00pm
Interval (30 mins): 3.45pm
Concert resumes: 4.15pm
Concert ends: 5.00pm
12 december
Grounds open: 12.00pm
First bell: 1.50pm
Concert starts: 2.00pm
Interval (30 mins): 2.45pm
Concert resumes: 3.15pm
Concert ends: 4.00pm
12 december
Grounds open: 5.30pm
First bell: 7.20pm
Concert starts: 7.30pm
Interval (30 mins): 8.15pm
Concert resumes: 8.45pm
concert ends: 9.30pm
Programme
Part 1
Leonard Bernstein
Candide
Overture
Felix Mendelssohn
Christus
When Jesus our Lord was born
Say, where is he born
There shall a star from
Jacob come forth
Clementine Thompson Soprano
Harry Jacques Tenor
Oliver Williams Baritone
Andrew Davies Bass
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt
Prelude: At the Wedding
Solveig’s Song
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Arabian Dance
Solveig’s Cradle Song
Manon Ogwen Parry Soprano
Melissa Gregory Mezzo-Soprano
Georges Bizet
Carmen
Entr’acte: Act IV
A dos cuartos
Chanson Bohème
Jade Moffat Mezzo-Soprano
Part 2
Dmitri Shostakovich
Festive Overture
arr. Edmund Walters
Deck the Hall
Audience Carol**
Unto us is born a Son
Benjamin Britten
A Ceremony of Carols
This little babe
Balulalow
Deo gracias
Edmund Walters
Buenos Reyes
Little One, Sleep
Audience Carol**
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Amilcare Ponchielli
La Gioconda
Dance of the Hours
Johann Strauss II
Perpetuum Mobile
Audience Carol**
God rest you merry, gentlemen
Paul Mealor
I Pray
James Lord Pierpont,
arr. Edmund Walters
Jingle Bells
John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark
arr. Mack Wilberg
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
**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
Cast & Creative team
Conductor & Chorus Director
Aidan Oliver
The Glyndebourne Sinfonia
Leader Richard Milone
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Glyndebourne Youth Opera
Music Director Ashley Beauchamp
Arts Council England
Dunard Fund
Laidlaw Opera Trust
Tioc Foundation
Main image: Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images; image design Louise Richardson
