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

Hadley Fraser and Matt Mella in The Christmas Truce, 8th Dec 2018 (credit: Nigel Collister)

tommy and fritz meet — Matthew Beveridge and Matt Mella in the roles of Sergeant and Fritz in the original 2014 production. (credit: Marc Gascoigne)

Programme

Getting there

Nearest station: Covent Garden