
The Christmas Truce at St Paul’s Covent Garden
7:30 pm, Sat 15 December 2018
St Paul's, Covent Garden
One of history’s most symbolic events of peace and humanity: the ceasefire of Christmas Eve 1914 across the Western Front.
In this Armistice Centenary year The Epiphoni Consort revive Rufus Stilgoe’s play, The Christmas Truce, first performed in 2014, which imagines the build-up to the truce with Hadley Fraser starring as Sergeant.
Featuring the choral music of German and British composers including J.S. Bach, Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Mendelssohn together with popular carols including Silent Night.
Tim Reader conductor
The Epiphoni Consort and Players
Zeitgeist Chamber Orchestra
Hadley Fraser Sergeant
Above: Matthew Beveridge and Matt Mella in the roles of Sergeant and Fritz in the original 2014 production. (credit: Marc Gascoigne)
Top: Hadley Fraser and Matt Mella in The Christmas Truce, 8th Dec 2018 (credit: Nigel Collister)
Programme
Fantasia on Christmas Carols – Vaughan Williams
Christmas Oratorio (excerpts) – J.S. Bach
The Snow – Elgar
Frohlocket – Mendelssohn
Getting there
Nearest station: Covent Garden