Fri 4 Dec 2026

• 19:30

  BBC Singers and Britten Sinfonia: Britten St Nicholas

  St Martin in the Fields

  Benjamin Britten lives! 50 years to the day since his death in 1976, the Britten Sinfonia and the BBC Singers unleash the irrepressible life-force of Britten’s St Nicholas, the story of the saint who inspired the figure of Santa Claus.

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  Benjamin Britten lives! 50 years to the day since his death in 1976, the Britten Sinfonia and the BBC Singers unleash the irrepressible life-force of Britten’s St Nicholas, the story of the saint who inspired the figure of Santa Claus.

  Programme

  • • • Arvo Pärt
      • Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
    • • Benjamin Britten
      • Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
      • A Hymn to the Virgin
      • Cantata, St Nicholas

  Performers

  • BBC Singers

    ensemble
    ensemble
  • Britten Sinfonia
  • Benjamin Hulett

    tenor
    tenor
  • Owain Park

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Arvo Pärt
  • Benjamin Britten

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