Viennese Advent 2023 | 7 Dec 2023, 6:00pm & 8:30pm

Performers

Wiener Symphoniker
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde

Fatma Said, soprano
Pavol Breslik, tenor

Marie Jacquot, conductor

Programme

Michael Praetorius
"Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" (Arrangement: Jan Sandström / Heinrich Bruckner)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
"Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" ("Awake, the voice calls to us"), 16th chorale from the oratorio "Paulus" op. 36
"Jerusalem! Die du tötest die Propheten" ("Jerusalem! Thou slayest the prophets") 7th aria for soprano from the oratorio " Paul," op. 36
"Drum sing' ich mit meinem Liede" ("So I sing with my song"), duet for soprano and tenor from the Symphony Cantata No. 2 B flat major op. 52 "Lobgesang" ("Hymn of Praise")

Albert Hay Malotte
"The Lord's Prayer"

Johann Sebastian Bach
"Jesus bleibet meine Freude" chorale from the cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147 (arrangement: Heinrich Bruckner)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Snowflake Waltz" from the ballet "The Nutcracker" op. 71
"Pas de deux" from the ballet "The Nutcracker" op. 71

Giacomo Puccini
"Astro del cielo", Gebet an den Schutzengel for Tenor, Children Choir, Choir und Orchestra (Arrangement: Michael Kaye / Eugene Kohn)

Leopold Mozart
Sinfonia pastorella G major for alphorn in F and strings, 3rd movement (Presto )

Anonymous
"Ach, mein Seel, fang an zu singen", Folk song from Lustenau

Sigfrid Karg-Elert
"Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" op. 65 No. 6 from the 66 Choral Improvisations for Organ Solo op. 65

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
"Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen" ("For he hath commanded his angels") MWV B 53 (Arrangement: Ben Mansted)

Andrew Lloyd Webber
Pie Jesu from Requiem for three solo voices, mixed choir, orchestra and organ

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Magnificat, 1st chorus from the Magnificat D major Wq 215

Adolphe Adam
"O Holy Night"

John Rutter
"Shepherd's Pipe Carol"

Anonymous
"Oh du fröhliche"

Viennese Advent 2022 | 14 Dec 2022, 6:00pm & 8:30pm

Performers

Wiener Symphoniker

Wiener Sängerknaben
choir master: Gerald Wirth
Chorus Viennensis
choir master: Michael Schneider

Elsa Benoit, soprano
Stanislas de Barbeyrac, tenor

Selina Ott, trumpet
Diana Tishchenko, violin

Fabien Gabel, conductor

Pre-Show Concert and Main Concert

Johann Sebastian Bach

Magnificat D-major BWV 243, 1. Chor ("Magnificat")
"Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen", Kantate BWV 51, I. Aria "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen"

Georg Friedrich Handel

Overture to the oratorio "Samson" HWV 57
Oratorium "Samson" HWV 57, Arie "Thus when the sun"
Oratorium "Samson" HWV 57, Chor "Awake the trumpet lovely sound"
Oratorium "Samson" HWV 57, Arie "Let the Bright Seraphim"

Giacomo Puccini

"Preludio sinfonico" in A-major SC 32

Gioacchino Rossini

"Petite Messe Solenelle", 4. Aria "Domine Deus"

Hector Berlioz

"L'Enfance du Christ" ("The Childhood of Christ"), Trilogie sacrée for soli, choir and orchestra op. 25, 8. Choir "L'Adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille"

Jules Massenet

"Méditation", Symphonic Intermezzo from the opera "Thaïs" for violin and orchestra

Alexander Glasunow

"Albumblatt" in Des-major (arrangement for orchestra)

Franz Schreker

"Valse lente" for small orchestra

Richard Strauss

"Wiegenlied" für voice and orchestra op. 41 TrV 195 Nr. 1

Anonymus

"Adeste fideles"

Viennese Advent 2021 | 14 Dec 2021, 8:30pm

Performers

Wiener Symphoniker
Vienna Boys Choir
Chorus Viennensis

Christiane Karg, soprano
Catriona Morison, mezzo-soprano
Mauro Peter, tenor
Michael Nagy, bass

David Afkham, conductor

Programme

J. S. Bach, Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium), BWV 248, 1. Teil "Jauchzet, frohlocket"
C. Saint-Saëns, Prélude from "Oratorio de Noël", op. 12
G. Fauré, Pie Jesu from "Requiem", op. 48
C. Gounod, Sanctus from "Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile"
C. Franck, Panis Angelicus
G. Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11
E. Humperdinck, Overture to the opera "Hänsel und Gretel"
M. Reger, Mariä Wiegenlied, op. 76/52
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, "Herr Gott Abrahms" from the oratorio "Elijah", op. 70
R. Strauss, "Die heiligen drei Könige" after a text by Heinrich Heine, op. 56 Nr. 6
E. Humperdinck, Abendsegen from the opera "Hänsel und Gretel"