Opening the St Peter’s Church, De Beauvoir Town Carol Service a premiere performance of a brand new musical adaptation of the bittersweet tale of The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen.

Classic FM presenter and much-loved broadcaster Zeb Soanes has collaborated with award-winning composer Louis Mander in a new musical work for narrator & piano, with text adapted from the translation by Hersholt by Soanes, lovingly captured in music by Mander.

"Oh, take me with you! I know you will disappear when the match is burned out. You will vanish like the warm stove, the wonderful roast goose and the beautiful big Christmas tree!"

Narrator | Zeb Soanes

Treble Solo | Wilfred Gibson

Piano | Louis Mander

Image inset. ‘The Match Seller’, by Augustus E. Mulready,1874 ©️ Garrick Club