Event Details
- Location: Wells Cathedral
- Address: Cathedral Green, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2UE
- Start date: 13th December 2024
- End date: 13th December 2024
- Times: 7.30pm
- Entry fee: £13.00-£26.00
Christmas with the Bevan Family Consort at Wells Cathedral
Led by internationally recognised lyric sopranos Mary and Sophie Bevan, the Bevan Family Consort has maintained a tradition of choral excellence from one of the UK’s most renowned musical families. Celebrating the release of their inaugural Christmas album, expect an evening of festive favourites and lesser-known gems from centuries of yuletide songs.
“The British Von Trapps” – The Times (2023)
Pre-order your CD: Christmas with the Bevan Family Consort
Following their first successful album on Signum Records, the Bevan Family Consort present a collection of Christmas Carols and compositions for Advent. The collection includes familiar works such as Darke’s setting of ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’, which is presented here in a new arrangement by Francis Bevan, and works newly transcribed for this album such as Palestrina’s ‘Missa sine nominee a5’ and Weelkes ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’. ‘Lute-book lullaby’ also features, composed by original Bevan Family Choir founder David Bevan.
★★★★ THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2023 “[A] lovingly curated selection of works for voices… All received performances of exquisite subtlety and clarity” – The Times