This year too the traditional advent concert brings together a quartet of international singing greats. Genia Kühmeier, Elisabeth Kulman, Juan Diego Flórez and Bo Skovhus will sing classical and traditional Christmas songs. The Vienna Boys’ Choir and Vienna Singakademie will also be performing. They will be accompanied by the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under the musical directorship of Karel Mark Chichon.
Note: Due to licensing reasons this concert is unfortunately not available in Germany and Switzerland.

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Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
- ”Gloria” (from theKrönungsmesse KV 317)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
- "Hallelujah" (from "Exultate Jubilate" (KV 165)
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759):
- "He shall feed His flock" (from oratorio "The Messiah", no. 18)
Vinzenco Bellini (1801 – 1835):
- "Qui sedes" (from mass in A minor)
Giulio Caccini (1551 – 1618):
- "Ave Maria"
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828):
- "Mille cherubini in coro"
Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840 – 1893):
- "Waltz" (from Swanlake)
Giacomo Puccini (1858 –1924)
- "Coro a Bocca Chiusa" (from "Madama Butterfly")
Juan Diego Flórez (*1973)
- "Santo"
Christmas song from Denmark: ChristopherErnst Friedrich Weyse (1774 – 1842)
- "Julen har bragt velsignet bud"
Andrew Lloyd Webber (*1948)
- "Pie Jesu" (from the requiem)
Christmas Song from Hungary:
- "Elindult Maria"
- "Betlehem, Betlehem"
- "Karacsonynak ejszakajan"
- "Maria szüz virag"
Christmas Songs
- God rest you merry gentlemen
- Ein Kind geboren gar wunderschön
Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)
- Rosenkavalier – Walzer (selection)
Medley
- "O Tannenbaum"
- "Minuit, Chrétiens"
- "Jingle Bells"
- "We wish you a merry Christmas"
Eduard Ebel (1839 – 1905)
- "Leise rieselt der Schnee"
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759):
- "Hallelujah" (from "The Messiah" )
Franz Gruber (1787-1863)
- "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht"