Radio 3 in Concert: A Christmas Carol

The BBC Singers join Principal Guest Conductor Bob Chilcott and narrator Mel Giedroyc for the UK premiere of Benedict Sheehan's A Christmas Carol. Retelling the classic Dickens Christmas story, Sheehan's score features original music alongside traditional carols for all the family - including The First Nowell, The Truth from above, God rest you, merry gentlemen, The Sussex Carol and It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - but not before a first half filled with some of our best-loved Christmas choral music. Presented by Ian Skelly, recorded at Milton Court, London. Programme to include: Benedict Sheehan: A Christmas Carol 70' (UK Premiere). BBC Singers. Mel Giedroyc (narrator), Bob Chilcott (conductor)