• Wintering

    Saturday 22nd November 2025 at 1.00pm

    Wigmore Hall, London

    The Marian Consort
    Manchester Collective

    The Marian Consort joins Manchester Collective’s string quartet for this intimate performance of music from across the centuries. Expect a deeply restorative performance, as we find respite in an alternative nativity song, crystalline harmonies, and a meditation on freedom and unity.

    Tickets and further details at the Wigmore Hall website.

    Orlande de Lassus, Prophetiae Sibyllarum (selections)
    David Lang, the national anthems (selections)
    Andrzej Panufnik, Song to the Virgin Mary
    Samantha Fernando, Wintering (world première, commissioned by Wigmore Hall)

  • Wintering

    Thursday 27th November 2025 at 7.30pm

    Stoller Hall, Manchester

    The Marian Consort
    Manchester Collective

    The Marian Consort joins Manchester Collective’s string quartet for this intimate performance of music from across the centuries. Expect a deeply restorative performance, as we find respite in an alternative nativity song, crystalline harmonies, and a meditation on freedom and unity.

    Further details and tickets at the Stoller Hall website.

    Orlande de Lassus, Prophetiae Sibyllarum (selections)
    David Lang, the national anthems (selections)
    Andrzej Panufnik, Song to the Virgin Mary
    Samantha Fernando, Wintering

  • Wintering

    Friday 28th November 2025 at 7.30pm

    Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds

    The Marian Consort
    Manchester Collective

    The Marian Consort joins Manchester Collective’s string quartet for this intimate performance of music from across the centuries. Expect a deeply restorative performance, as we find respite in an alternative nativity song, crystalline harmonies, and a meditation on freedom and unity.

    Tickets and further details at the Opera North website.

    Orlande de Lassus, Prophetiae Sibyllarum (selections)
    David Lang, the national anthems (selections)
    Andrzej Panufnik, Song to the Virgin Mary
    Samantha Fernando, Wintering

  • Wintering

    Saturday 29th November 2025 at 7.30pm

    Tung Auditorium, Liverpool

    The Marian Consort
    Manchester Collective

    The Marian Consort joins Manchester Collective’s string quartet for this intimate performance of music from across the centuries. Expect a deeply restorative performance, as we find respite in an alternative nativity song, crystalline harmonies, and a meditation on freedom and unity.

    Further details and tickets at the Tung Auditorium website.

    Orlande de Lassus, Prophetiae Sibyllarum (selections)
    David Lang, the national anthems (selections)
    Andrzej Panufnik, Song to the Virgin Mary
    Samantha Fernando, Wintering

  • Bach Vespers

    Sunday 30th November 2025 at 6.30pm

    Church of St Mary-at-Hill, Eastcheap, London

    City Bach Collective

    J.S. Bach, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 62

       (Consort and step-out soloist)


    and other liturgically appropriate music from the German baroque.

    For further information about the City Bach Collective and the Bach Vespers series, visit their website.

  • Wintering

    Wednesday 3rd December 2025 at 7.30pm

    Sir Jack Lyons Hall, York

    The Marian Consort
    Manchester Collective

    The Marian Consort joins Manchester Collective’s string quartet for this intimate performance of music from across the centuries. Expect a deeply restorative performance, as we find respite in an alternative nativity song, crystalline harmonies, and a meditation on freedom and unity.

    Further details and tickets at the York Concerts website.

    Orlande de Lassus, Prophetiae Sibyllarum (selections)
    David Lang, the national anthems (selections)
    Andrzej Panufnik, Song to the Virgin Mary
    Samantha Fernando, Wintering

  • Wintering

    Friday 5th December 2025 at 7.00pm

    Bristol Beacon

    The Marian Consort
    Manchester Collective

    The Marian Consort joins Manchester Collective’s string quartet for this intimate performance of music from across the centuries. Expect a deeply restorative performance, as we find respite in an alternative nativity song, crystalline harmonies, and a meditation on freedom and unity.

    Further details and tickets at the Bristol Beacon website.

    Orlande de Lassus, Prophetiae Sibyllarum (selections)
    David Lang, the national anthems (selections)
    Andrzej Panufnik, Song to the Virgin Mary
    Samantha Fernando, Wintering

  • The Language of Flowers

    Sunday 7th December 2025 at 7.30pm

    Milton Court, Barbican Centre, London

    The Marian Consort
    Rory McCleery, director

    An exploration of the sensory delights of flowers and gardens in works by composers of the Spanish Renaissance, together with Benjamin Britten's Five Flower Songs and recently commissioned works.

    Further details and tickets at the Barbican website.

    Rodrigo de Ceballos, Hortus Conclusus
    Amy Bryce, Madrigals for Plants
    Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, Missa 'Ego flos campi'
    Francisco Guerrero, Ego flos campi
    Tomás Luis de Victoria, Vidi speciosam
    Benjamin Britten, Five Flower Songs
    Sebastián de Vivanco
       Veni dilecte mi
       Sicut lilium
    Leo Chadburn, Flower Dictionary

  • Bach x Palestrina

    Monday 8th December 2025 at 6.30pm

    National Centre for Early Music, York

    The Marian Consort (Rory McCleery, director)
    English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble (Gawain Glenton, director)
     

    A celebration of Palestrina’s 500th anniversary would not be complete without looking at how hugely influential his music has been on subsequent generations, among them the towering figure JS Bach. As well as making his own performing edition of Palestrina’s Missa sine nomine, Bach also performed works by Palestrina’s Italian contemporaries from the anthology Florilegium portense with his choir at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, singing them so often that the books had to be replaced in 1729 as thy had been ‘sung to pieces’! We hear these alongside festive motets by Palestrina and works from Heinrich Schütz’s seminal Geitliche Chormusik, which also wears its Italian influence prominently and is dedicated to the city of Leipzig and the musicians of the Thomanerchor.

    Further details and tickets at the NCEM website.

  • Christmas Oratorio

    Friday 12th December 2025 at 7.00pm

    St John's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Norwich

    Polyphony
    Britten Sinfonia
    Stephen Layton, conductor

    J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Parts I, II, III and VI)

       (Consort and step-out soloist)

    Further details and tickets at the Britten Sinfonia website.

  • Christmas Oratorio

    Saturday 13th December 2025 at 7.30pm

    Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden

    Polyphony
    Britten Sinfonia
    Stephen Layton, conductor

    J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Parts I, II, III and VI)

       (Consort and step-out soloist)

    Further details and tickets at the Britten Sinfonia website.

  • Messiah

    Monday 15th December 2025 at 7.00pm

    Barbican Hall, London

    Academy of Ancient Music
    Laurence Cummings, director and harpsichord

    G.F. Handel, Messiah

    Tickets at the Barbican website.

    Nardus Williams, soprano
    Reginald Mobley, counter-tenor
    Thomas Walker, tenor
    Ashley Riches, bass-baritone

  • Children's Messiah

    Wednesday 17th December 2025 at 4.00pm

    The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

    Dunedin Consort
    John Butt, director

    G.F. Handel, Messiah (excerpts)

    Tickets available at the Queen's Hall website.

  • Messiah in Edinburgh

    Wednesday 17th December 2025 at 7.00pm

    The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

    Dunedin Consort
    John Butt, director

    G.F. Handel, Messiah

    Tickets available at the Queen's Hall website.

    Nardus Williams, soprano
    Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo-soprano
    Joshua Ellicott, tenor
    Dingle Yandell, bass

  • Messiah in Perth

    Thursday 18th December 2025 at 6.30pm

    Perth Concert Hall

    Dunedin Consort
    John Butt, director

    G.F. Handel, Messiah

    Tickets available from the Perth Theatre and Concert Hall website.

    Nardus Williams, soprano
    Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo-soprano
    Joshua Ellicott, tenor
    Dingle Yandell, bass

  • Children's Messiah

    Friday 19th December 2025 at 4.00pm

    St Aloysius's Church, Glasgow

    Dunedin Consort
    John Butt, director

    G.F. Handel, Messiah (excerpts)

    Tickets available from the RCS website.

  • Messiah in Glasgow

    Friday 19th December 2025 at 7.00pm

    St Aloysius's Church, Glasgow

    Dunedin Consort
    John Butt, director

    G.F. Handel, Messiah

    Tickets available from the RCS website.

    Nardus Williams, soprano
    Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo-soprano
    Joshua Ellicott, tenor
    Dingle Yandell, bass

  • Christmas Oratorio

    Monday 22nd December 2025 at 7.30pm

    Smith Square Hall, London

    Polyphony
    The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
    Stephen Layton, conductor

    J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Parts I, II and III)
    Heinrich Schütz, Hodie Christus Natus Est SWV 456

    Tickets available from the Sinfonia Smith Square website.

    Hilary Cronin, soprano
    Helen Charlston, mezzo-soprano
    James Gilchrist, tenor
    Neal Davies, bass-baritone

  • Messiah

    Tuesday 23rd December 2025 at 7.30pm

    Smith Square Hall, London

    Polyphony
    The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
    Stephen Layton, conductor

    G.F. Handel, Messiah

    Tickets available from the Sinfonia Smith Square website.

    Hilary Cronin, soprano
    Helen Charlston, mezzo-soprano
    James Gilchrist, tenor
    Neal Davies, bass-baritone