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R&D workshop for A Christmas Miracle
R&D workshop for A Christmas Miracle
A Christmas Miracle is inspired by Benjamin Britten’s unrealised plans for A Christmas Sequence and using text from the Chester Mystery Plays, it will feature new music by Errollyn interspersed with much-loved Christmas carols. We're delighted to be developing this commission with Master of the King's Music, Errollyn Wallen CBE and our very own Artistic Director, Frederic Wake-Walker.
Like Britten’s Noye’s Fludde – a visionary community opera – this production will bring together a magical mix of professional performers with young people and their communities.
In December 2024 we worked at Snape Maltings in partnership with Britten Pears Arts on workshops exploring initial material and characters in the piece, working with local young people, professional singers Jonathan Lemalu, Idunnu Münch, Ella Taylor and Andrew Watts and repetiteur Ben-San Lau. Directed by Frederic Wake-Walker and conducted by John Andrews, the team had a wonderful time delving into Errollyn’s unique sound world and the contemporary resonances of the Christmas story, looking at universal themes of taking refuge in a foreign land, navigating the forces of jealousy and power, and the wonder of birth.
We are now developing the piece for premiere performances in 2026. Sign up to our newsletter or follow our socials to hear the latest news on this exciting production.
Errollyn Wallen - composer
Frederic Wake-Walker - director/dramaturg
Commission generously supported by Lachlan & Jo Burn
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