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Mon 17 Dec 2018

• 19:30

  Edward Gardner conducts Berlioz's The Childhood of Christ

  Barbican, London

  Berlioz’s oratorio shows the composer at his most tenderly evocative – a ravishing retelling of the Christmas story with echoes of Bach’s Passions.

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  Berlioz’s oratorio shows the composer at his most tenderly evocative – a ravishing retelling of the Christmas story with echoes of Bach’s Passions.

  Programme

  • • • Hector Berlioz
      • The Childhood of Christ

  Performers

  • Edward Gardner

    conductor
    conductor
  • Karen Cargill

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • Robert Murray

    tenor
    tenor
  • Étienne Dupuis

    baritone
    baritone
  • Matthew Rose

    bass
    bass
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra

  Composers

  • Hector Berlioz

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  Also part of

  ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2018-19 Season A Very Choral Christmas ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus