A very special #CursedCarol for a very special day.

Happy 80th birthday, Sir John Rutter.

Thanks for your ceaseless championing of choral music, your many decades of bringing joy to singers and listeners alike, and your many, many key changes.

We’re incredibly proud of Owain for his appointment as Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers.

To those wondering, Owain will continue to direct G6, and we’re excited for lots of music-making and new adventures ahead! 🎶

On the 12th day of Christmas my true love sent to me, 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 lords-a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing, 8 maids-a-milking, 7 swans-a-swimming, 6 geese-a-laying, 5 GOLD RINGS, 4 colly birds, 3 French hens, 2 turtle doves & a partridge in a pear tree. Where's my pudding?

On the 13th day of Christmas:

On the 11th day of Christmas my true love sent to me, 11 pipers piping, 10 lords-a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing, 8 maids-a-milking, 7 swans-a-swimming, 6 geese-a-laying, 5 GOLD RINGS, 4 colly birds, 3 French hens, 2 turtle doves & a partridge in a pear tree. 38 people watched me eat 23 birds to music

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, 10 lords-a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing, 8 maids-a-milking, 7 swans-a-swimming, 6 geese-a-laying, 5 GOLD RINGS, 4 colly birds, 3 French hens, 2 turtle doves & a partridge in a pear tree. A lord landed on a French hen; feathers everywhere. Ate them.

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, nine ladies dancing, eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, FIVE GOLD RINGS, four colly birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
17 women had a front row seat of me eating 23 birds.

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, eight maids-a-milking, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, FIVE GOLD RINGS, four colly birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. Thanks maids, needed a drink after eating all those birds.

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me, seven swans-a-swimming, six geese-a-laying, FIVE GOLD RINGS, four colly birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. They're not a-swimming anymore. Ate them.

Morgenmusik.

Mit Anna Lapwood und James MacMillan - und die Chöre singen für mich. 🍀🎶

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On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, six geese-a-laying, FIVE GOLD RINGS, four colly birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. Goose, colly bird, hen, turtle dove, partridge and pear omelette. Yum.

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, FIVE GOLD RINGS, four colly birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
Ate the birds. Sold the rings. Bought more birds with the money. Ate them too.

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, four colly birds, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
Ate them. Tastier than calling birds.

On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me, three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
Ate them. Oh-la-la.

On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
Ate them.

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me, a partridge in a pear tree.
Ate it.