The traditional Advent concert "Christmas in Vienna" at the Vienna Konzerthaus will once again bring together a quartet of national and international singers. Angelika Kirchschlager, Valentina Nafornita, Piotr Beczala and Artur Rucinski sing Christmas carols from all over the world. In addition to the Vienna Singakademie, the Vienna Boys' Choir will also be present again. They will be accompanied by the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna conducted by Erwin Ortner.
Note: Due to licensing reasons this concert is unfortunately not available in Germany and Switzerland.
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PROGRAM:

John Lennon, Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas »War is over« (Arrangement: Christian Kolonovits)

Pietro Mascagni - Ave Maria (Cavalleria rusticana) (1890)

Gustav Holst - In the bleak midwinter (1904-1905)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Laudate dominum (Vesperae solennes de confessore K 339) (1780)

Richard Wagner - O du, mein holder Abendstern (Cavatine des Wolfram from »Tannhäuser«) (1843-1845)

Georg Friedrich Händel - Oh Lovely Peace with Plenty Crown'd »O Friede, reich an Heil des Herrn« (Duet for Soprano / Alt from »Judas Maccabaeus« HWV 63) (1747)

Giuseppe Verdi - E lui ... Dio, che nell'alma (Duet Don Carlos / Rodrigo from »Don Carlos«) (Libretto: Méry und Du Locle, Schiller) (1867)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Mache dich auf! Werde Licht! (Choir from »Paulus« op. 36) (1836)

Jules Massenet - Méditation (Thaïs) (1894)

O, ce veste minunată »Die wunderbare Nachricht«. Folk Song from Moldow (Arrangement: Wolfgang Drechsler)
Przybieżeli do Betlejem pasterze »Die Hirten kommen nach Bethlehem«. Christmas Song from Poland (Arrangement: Johnny Bertl)
Gdy się Chrystus rodzi »Christi Geburt«. WChristmas Song from Poland (Arrangement: Johnny Bertl)
Jezus malusieńki »Das Jesukind«. Christmas Song from Poland (Arrangement: Johnny Bertl)
Alle Jahre wieder
Maria durch ein Dornwald ging

Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek - Ouverture zu »Donna Diana« (1894)

O du fröhliche. Weihnachtslied (Arrangement: Walter Lochmann)
Es wird scho glei dumpa. Christmas Song from Upper Austria (Arrangement: Walter Lochmann)

Georg Friedrich Händel - Tochter Zion, freue dich (Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63) (Arrangement: Johnny Bertl) (1747)

Irving Berlin - White Christmas (Arrangement: Christian Kolonovits)

Joy to the world. Christmas Song (Arrangement: Christian Kolonovits)
Corramos, corramos (Arrangement: Johnny Bertl)

Georg Friedrich Händel - Hallelujah (Messiah HWV 56) (1741)