Start Your Christmas With The Bach Choir's 'Carols At Cadogan'

Start your Christmas celebrations early with The Bach Choir and special guests London City Brass, performing its annual evening of festive Christmas music at Cadogan Hall.

On offer will be a selection of some of the best carols old and new, and of course plenty of opportunity to stretch the vocal cords and join The Bach Choir in singing your favourites.

The event will also feature the winning entry in the Sir David Willcocks Carol Competition by young music composer, Ruth Sellar, 'The snow lies thick'. Christmas carols and festive cheer guaranteed!

A Christmas carol composed by Ruth Sellar, a First Class Honours graduate from Kings College London, has won the second year of the Sir David Willcocks Carol Competition with her composition 'The Snow Lies Thick'.

It will be performed by The Bach Choir conducted by David Hill, Music Director, at Carols at Cadogan on Wednesday 19th December.

David Hill says of this new carol: "Ruth's carol is very well written; it was the stand-out choice and a very worthy winner of the Sir David Willcocks Carol Competition. We look forward very much to performing it."

Carols at Cadogan - Wednesday 19 December 2018 at 7.30pm
-The Bach Choir
-Philip Scriven - organ
-London City Brass
-David Hill - conductor

Renowned for his fine musicianship, David Hill is widely respected as both a choral and an orchestral conductor. He became The Bach Choir's ninth Musical Director in 1998; he is also Associate Guest Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of Leeds Philharmonic Society and Principal Conductor of Yale Schola Cantorum.

Born in Carlisle in 1957, David Hill was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists at the age of 17, and won an organ scholarship to St John's College, Cambridge where he served under the direction of the late Dr George Guest. Since Cambridge, David has held the posts of Sub-Organist at Durham Cathedral, Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, Master of Music at Winchester Cathedral, Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge, and Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers.

Founded in 1876, The Bach Choir is recognised as one of the world's leading choruses, building upon a tradition that combines musical excellence with creativity and innovation. From the first performance in Britain of Bach's Mass in B minor to the soundtrack for Ridley Scott's 2012 epic Prometheus, our musical heritage is as rich as it is diverse. Directed by David Hill, one of the country's most eminent conductors, we regularly perform and record across London and the UK in prestigious venues, from the Royal Albert Hall to Abbey Road Studios.