‘O HOLY NIGHT’

We are thrilled once again to team up with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and Cape Town Opera to present ‘O Holy Night’ together with the Cape Town Vocal Ensemble and Cape Town Opera House Soloists. Jason Atherton will conduct many of our favourite Christmas carols in the splendid acoustic of St George’s Cathedral.

Wednesday 10, Thursday 11 and Friday 12 December 2025 at 6 PM
St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street

The trio of performances began with a free lunch-hour concert in the packed Chandelier Foyer at Artscape at 1 PM on Tuesday 10 December. Marlene le Roux, CEO of Artscape, welcomed all the guests. Then the two sold-out evening performances took place the following evenings (11 and 12 December) in the majestic acoustic and grandeur of the iconic St George’s Cathedral and featured Grant Bräsler on St George’s Cathedral’s famous Hill Organ. A wonderful programme of favourite hymns, such as Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing and Once In Royal David’s City, excerpts from Handel’s Messiah and various other Christmas items were presented.

A particularly special aspect of these performances was the inclusion of local composers and arrangers, many of whom VOX has worked with closely. For example, there was Grant McLachlan’s popular Come, Colours Rise (with text by Frank Barry, and both of Grant and Frank were at one of the performances), a rousing arrangement of Ring The Bells by Péter Louis van Dijk, and finally two arrangements of Silent Night and Away In A Manger by Barry Smith, who gave so much of his life to music in St George’s Cathedral and the Mother City. It was fitting that the Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, was also present for the performance on the Thursday evening.