(Courtesy of Aksonas Holt )

The Royal Choral Society will present a Christmas concert on Dec. 12, 2022, at the Royal Albert Hall.

The showcase, which marks the ensemble’s 150^th anniversary, will be conducted by Richard Cooke and will also feature fanfare trumpeters of the British Imperial Military Band. This celebration also coincides with the 150^th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ birth. To commemorate this birthday, audiences will hear “Wassail;” also on the program will be Gustav Holst’s arrangement of “In the Bleak Midwinter,” a poem by Christina Rossetti, which is also celebrating the 150^th anniversary of its first publication.

Soprano Mary Bevan will appear as a soloist performing music from Händel’s “Messiah,” Dvorak’s “Rusalka,” and other favorites.

The concert will also feature two Ukrainian carols arranged by Roxanna Panufkin and Mykola Leontovych’s “Carol of the Bells.”