Christmas music

Best Christmas operas

Best Christmas operas

Who composed our favourite Christmas carols?

The composers behind your favourite carols…

Bach's Christmas Oratorio

The best recordings of JS Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

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Grace-Evangeline Mason’s ‘A Winter Carol’: the exclusive score for the 2021 BBC Music Magazine Christmas carol

Best pieces of Christmas classical music

Christmas classical music: the best festive pieces of all time

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What is the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols?

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The Sixteen’s best Christmas recordings

Best Christmas carols of all time

The 25 best Christmas carols of all time

Merton College - Christmas Carol Service by Ian Wallman

The UK’s best Christmas concerts this year

Best Christmas musicals

10 of the best Christmas musicals

The best Christmas classical music CDs and recordings released

The best Christmas classical music albums and recordings

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The best Christmas music programmes on BBC Radio and TV this year

Best Christmas ballets to see

The best Christmas ballets of all time

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Six of the best pieces of Christmas choral music

Ten of the best pieces of Advent music

Best Advent hymns and music