3rd Studio Concert / Christian Sounds // Hahn - Rašić

Works by Georg Friedrich Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Albert William Ketelbey and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, including the suite from the opera "Christmas Eve"

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie
Patrick Hahn, conductor
Matteo Ivan Rašić, tenor
Roland Kunz, host

When the nights are at their longest and snowstorms sweep through the villages, a world of its own opens up: Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Christmas Eve" takes us to a mythical Ukrainian village, where blacksmiths, witches, devils and singing villagers celebrate the season with enchanting kolyadki carols. The orchestral suite distils the opera's finest moments into vivid sound pictures - fairy-tale-like and wonderfully festive. Alongside them come holiday classics from Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" and Handel's "Messiah". The overture from Handel's "Music for the Royal Fireworks" opens the evening with grandeur, while Mendelssohn's "Lobgesang" and Bizet's "Agnus Dei" invite a moment of quiet reflection.

Live broadcast on SR kultur radio.

Photo and audio recording is not permitted. Late admission at the discretion of the hall staff.