One extraordinary sound. A new commission. A Christmas concert unlike any other. This Christmas, come and hear 150 singers fill the hall with music that moves between the familiar and the new. The GSA Choir's Christmas concert brings together three very different musical worlds: the timeless choral writing of Benjamin Britten, the contemporary imagination of Jay Capperauld, and a brand-new work written especially for the GSA Choir. At the heart of the programme is the world premiere of 'Stars', a new commission by composer, Kim Porter, setting words by poet, Marjorie Pickthall. Looking up from a winter landscape, Pickthall's poem moves from the slender moon and Orion to the vastness of the night sky. Porter's new setting gives those words a new musical life; written for the GSA Choir and heard in performance for the very first time. Alongside 'Stars', we'll perform Jay Capperauld's 'The Winter's Brightening' and Benjamin Britten's 'A Ceremony of Carols', one of the great works of the Christmas choral repertoire. And, because Christmas should still be fun, expect some familiar festive favourites along the way. Photo by Gevorg Avetisyan on Unsplash

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