As the holiday season approaches, Rayfield Allied artists conduct and perform in concerts worldwide featuring such advent classics as Handel's Messiah and Bach's Christmas Oratorio and celebrating the New Year.
Highlights include:
Joshua Ellicott performs Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Copenhagen Philharmonic at the Maribo Cathedral Denmark, the Sankt Mariæ Kirke in Helsingør and Copenhagen Cathedral from 10-13 December.
Tom Fetherstonhaugh conducts the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland in their New Year Gala on 1 January.
Barrie Kosky’s new production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve premieres at Bayerische Staatsoper.
More information and tickets below:
29 November - 22 December / Barrie Kosky - Christmas Eve / Bayerische Staatsoper
29, 30 November and 6, 14 December - James Way / Handel Messiah with Glyndebourne Sinfonia and Chorus / Glyndebourne
2 December - James Way / Handel Messiah with Clare College Cambridge / West Road Concert Hall
5 December - James Way / Handel Messiah with Glyndebourne Sinfonia and Chorus / Royal Albert Hall
5 December - Robin Johannsen / Bach Christmas Oratorio with La Cetra / Musiksaal Stadtcasino Basel
5 December - Laurence Cummings / Manchester Camerata / Victoria Hall, Hanley
6 December - Robin Johannsen / Bach Christmas Oratorio with La Cetra / Musikhochschule Freiburg, Konzertsaal
7 December - Laurence Cummings / Manchester Camerata / The Monastery, Manchester
7 December - Carolyn Sampson / Handel Messiah with English Chamber Orchestra / Cadogan Hall
7 December - Robin Johannsen / Bach Christmas Oratorio with La Cetra / Théâtre populaire romand
9 December - Carolyn Sampson / Handel Messiah with The Sixteen / St Martin-in-the-Fields
10, 11, 12 December - Joshua Ellicott / Bach Christmas Oratorio with Copenhagen Philharmonic / Copenhagen Philharmonic
12 December - David Hill / Handel Messiah with Ulster Orchestra / The Guildhall, Derry
12, 13, 14 December - Robin Johannsen / Bach Christmas Oratorio with Gewandhaus Orchester / St Thomaskirche Leipzig
13 December - David Hill / Handel Messiah with Ulster Orchestra / Waterfront Hall, Belfast
15 December - Carolyn Sampson / Bach Christmas Oratorio with Nederlands Kamerkoor / SPOT Groningen
15 December - Laurence Cummings / Handel Messiah with Academy of Ancient Music / Barbican Centre
15, 16 December - Katie Bray / Handel Messiah with The Sixteen / Auditorium National, Madrid
16 December - Carolyn Sampson / Bach Christmas Oratorio with Nederlands Kamerkoor / Concertgebouw Amsterdam
16, 17 December - Nicholas Mulroy / Handel Messiah with Barokkanerne Norwegian Baroque Ensemble / Oslo University Hall
18 December - Carolyn Sampson / Bach Christmas Oratorio with Nederlands Kamerkoor / Muziekgebouw Eindhoven
19, 20, 21 December - Sophie Harmsen / Bach Christmas Oratorio with Dresden Kreuzchor / Kreuzkirche Dresden
19 December - Alberto Miguélez Rouco / Handel Messiah with Oviedo Filarmonía / Auditorio Principe Felipe de Oviedo
20 December - James Way / Berlioz L'enfance Du Christ with Cambridge Philharmonic / West Road Concert Hall
20 December - Katie Bray / Handel Messiah with Bristol Choral Society / Bristol Beacon
20 December - Carolyn Sampson / Bach Christmas Oratorio with Nederlands Kamerkoor / Pieterskerk Leiden
20, 21 December - Robin Johannsen / Christmas Programme with Musica Angelica / First Congressional Church of Los Angeles
21 December - Carolyn Sampson / Bach Christmas Oratorio with Nederlands Kamerkoor / TivoliVredenburg Utrecht
22 December - Helen Charlston / Bach Christmas Oratorio with Polyphony & OAE / Sinfonia Smith Square
22 December - Katie Bray / Handel Messiah with The Sixteen / Auditorio de Tenerife
22 December - Carolyn Sampson / Bach Christmas Oratorio with Nederlands Kamerkoor / Musis en Stadstheater Arnhem
22, 23 December - Laurence Cummings / Bach Christmas Programme with Casa da Musica / Sala Suggia, Porto
23 December - Helen Charlston / Handel Messiah with Polyphony & OAE / Sinfonia Smith Square
23 December - Carolyn Sampson / Bach Christmas Oratorio with Nederlands Kamerkoor / Stichting Grote Kerk te Lochem
31 December - Julia Sporsén / New Year's Concerts with Royal Swedish Opera / Kungliga Operan
1 January - Tom Fetherstonhaugh / New Year Gala with National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland / National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
1, 2 January - Julian Hubbard / New Year Concert (Beethoven 9) with Berner Sinfonieorchester / Casino Bern
2 January - Laurence Cummings / Handel Messiah with Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
4 January - Francesca Chiejina / A New Year's Celebration with the BBC Concert Orchestra / Saffron Hall
9, 10 January - Julia Sporsén / Epiphany Concerts with Swedish Radio / Berwaldhallen
10 January - Laurence Cummings / Handel Messiah with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
