Experience Vienna – the cradle of music – in Christmas time with a marvelous musical program provided to you by extraordinary talented soloists. A top-notch traditional Christmas concert that will bring to life the spirit of Christmas on an evening full of reflectiveness and reflection. Musical highlights are not only traditional Christmas carols from all over the world, but also compositions from famous operas and well-known orchestral works.
Note: Due to licensing reasons this concert is unfortunately not available in Germany and Switzerland.
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Program:
John Francis Wade – Adeste Fideles
Pietro Mascagni – Ave Maria
Georg Friedrich Händel – The trumpet shall sound (Messias)
César Franck – Panis Angelicus (Messe Solennelle)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Laudate Dominum (Vesperae solennes de confessore KV 338)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Gloria (Credo Messe KV 257)
Xavier Montsalvatge – El cant dels ocells
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Emīls Dārziņš – Valse mélancolique
Max Reger – Maria Wiegenlied
Gioachino Rossini – Qui tollis (Messa di Gloria)
Bizet, Georges – "Farandole"
Medley: Georg Friedrich Händel – Joy to the World; Jester Hairston – Mary’s Boy Child; Il est né, le divin Enfant (traditionelles französisches Lied); Pfarrer Eduard Ebel – Leise rieselt der Schnee
Adolphe Adam – Cantique de Noël
George Frideric Handel – "Hallelujah" aus "Der Messias"
Franz Xaver Gruber – Stille Nacht