When Sir James MacMillan completes a new choral work the world takes notice, because few living composers write with more conviction or imaginative fire. 鈥淲e need this music right now鈥� wrote The Spectator after the world premiere of his Christmas Oratorio in 2021, and this epic work finds both strangeness and splendour in the most familiar of sacred stories.

鈥淏eauty is at the heart of our Christian faith鈥�, says MacMillan, and the Christmas Oratorio is more than just a choral celebration of the Festive Season. It鈥檚 a feast for mind and spirit; a sonic banquet of mystery, joy and white-hot inspiration. The composer himself conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with two superb soloists 鈥� Rhian Lois and Roderick Williams.