Christmas Concert

A concert of holy music which opens with two compositions by Antonio Vivaldi, to then move on to the cantata Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht (False world, I don't trust you), by Johann Sebastian Bach, whuich makes use of the same musical movement of the first Brandenburg concert, to then finish with Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Te Deum, known to the general public for the beginning of the prelude, used for the opening and closing music of all television and radio programmes transmitted in Eurovision.

Program

Antonio Vivaldi
Salve Regina in C minor RV 616 for alto and orchestra
Gloria in d major RV 589

Interval

Johann Sebastian Bach
Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht, (False world, I don't trust you) BWV 52

Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Te Deum in D major H. 146 for soloists, choir and orchestra

Artists

Choir Director
Lorenzo Fratini

Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Soprano
Silvia Frigato

Soprano
Francesca Longari

Controtenore
Filippo Mineccia

Tenore
Rim Park

Basso
Chanyoung Lee