成人快手

Before the red-cloaked, bushy-bearded St Nicholas squeezes himself down your chimney, discover the legends behind the 3rd-century bishop who would go on to inspire the Santa Claus myth. The 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus reunite at the Barbican for Benjamin Britten鈥檚 captivating cantata, recounting Nicholas鈥檚 life from birth to death.

As a child one Christmas Eve, Gerald Finzi climbed a local hill and heard the church bells ring out over his beloved Gloucestershire. This inspired his 鈥楥hristmas Scene鈥�, imagining Christ鈥檚 nativity in an idyllically frozen, picture-postcard English countryside setting. It is performed here in its 1956 chamber orchestra arrangement. From frozen Finland, Jean Sibelius鈥檚 Rakastava (The Lover) opens this wintry concert, based on folk stories from Karelia 鈥� borderlands between modern Russia and Finland.