Swing Into Christmas with Down for the Count Orchestra

Celebrate the festive season in style with the vocalists and instrumentalists of the Down for the Count Orchestra, as they return to St. George’s Hall for their annual festive extravaganza!

This is a Christmas celebration like no other, as Down for the Count recreate the music of Nat ‘King’ Cole, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and many more in a luscious 30-piece orchestral setting evoking the sounds of the great Capitol Studios recordings.

Expect to hear faithful recreations of the best music of the swing era including I’ve Got You Under My Skin, New York New York and ‘S Wonderful, alongside original arrangements of jazz and festive standards written by principal conductor Mike Paul-Smith and arranger Simon Joyner including Winter Wonderland and It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas.

Programme includes I've Got You Under My Skin A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square Stardust Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Christmas in New Orleans The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) Theme from New York, New York …and many more

Performers Down for the Count Orchestra plus vocalists Mike Paul-Smith - conductor

Suitable for age 7+