Filmed live with audiences in churches across London, including the iconic St Martin-in-the-Fields, this picture postcard festival also welcomed two very special US guests: St Olaf College Minnesota (famed for its Christmas broadcasts on PBS), and super-choir The Crossing which unveiled the world premiere film of ‘Returning’, its NY Times ‘best of’ 20th anniversary concert for 9/11.

A VOCES8 ‘Messiah’ was led by a crack team of soloists (Mary Bevan, Bethany Horak-Hallett, Nicholas Mulroy and Dingle Yandell fresh from his Glyndebourne debut); Byrd, Monteverdi and Caresana were given a pantomime flourish in I Fagiolini’s Christmas Eve ‘Angels and Demons’ featuring Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque; Apollo5 glittered as the group presented the concert world premiere of its new album ‘A Deep but Dazzling Darkness’, and LIVE From London Christmas rejoiced in welcoming back narrator Tamsin Greig, Richard Leaf and popular friends The King’s Singers, Stile Antico and Jack Liebeck amongst others…‘Santa Claus is coming to town’!

The festival continued The VOCES8 Foundation’s global message of music education for all by gifting young performers from across the world a stage for their singing: London Youth Choir, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, iSing, Barnsley Youth Choir, Dr Anthony Trecek-King with Hartt Voices, VOCES8 US Scholars and Gabrieli Roar. LIVE From London will continue to support other artists, arts organisations, education, community and diversity work around the world.

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