Christmas at the Movies at Manchester Cathedral

⭐ As candles flicker beneath Manchester Cathedral arches, Christmas at the Movies by Candlelight turns festive cinema into a glowing orchestral celebration.

Highlights
🕯️ A candlelit concert journey through beloved Christmas movie soundtracks
🎤 London Concertante performs festive film scores in Manchester Cathedral’s candlelit glow
🎬 Hear Home Alone, Elf, Love Actually and The Polar Express
❄️ Golden Hollywood nostalgia meets modern orchestral warmth and Christmas sparkle

General Info
📅 Date & Time: select your date & time directly in the ticket selector
📍 Location: Manchester Cathedral
🌐 Language: English
🎵 Genre: festive film scores
❗ Important: this concert is brought to you by Candlelight Concerts and is not affiliated with the Fever Original Candlelight series
📝 Please note: seats are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis within each band

Program or Repertoire
Jingle Jangle Suite
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Elf
It’s a Wonderful Life
Home Alone
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Holiday
The Chronicles of Narnia
Die Hard
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Miracle on 34th Street
Scrooged
The Snowman
‘Walking in the Air’ from The Snowman
Christmas Cracker
White Christmas
Love Actually
The Polar Express

Description
Get ready to unwrap the ultimate holiday treat with London Concertante’s Christmas at the Movies — a journey through the heartwarming worlds of beloved festive films.

This festive celebration boasts a programme of music spanning the golden age of Hollywood to modern cinematic classics. The programme features music including John Williams’ magical score for Home Alone, the sweeping orchestral warmth of Alan Silvestri’s The Polar Express, John Debney’s playful score for Elf, and Craig Armstrong’s heartfelt music for Love Actually.

Alongside these modern classics, the programme also celebrates the timeless stories and songs at the heart of Christmas. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas — the best-selling single of all time — evokes a golden age of nostalgic holiday glamour, while Dimitri Tiomkin’s score for It’s a Wonderful Life captures the warmth and soul at the heart of the season.

Christmas at the Movies is a concert full of festive sparkle, nostalgia and cinematic magic — the perfect soundtrack to the season.