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Gulbenkian Choir A Cappella
Christmas Night
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Date
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Location
Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationGulbenkian Choir
Jorge Matta Conductor
Sérgio Silva Pipe organ
Joana Siqueira
Lucília de Jesus
Manon Marques
Joana Nascimento
Artur Afonso
João Barros
João Costa
Mário Almeida
Mary
Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (séc. XIV)
Mariam matrem virginem
Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)
Ave Sanctissima Maria
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Ave Maria
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Ave Maria
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Ave Maria
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Improvisation on Choral No.12 from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (pipe organ)
Christimas Night
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
Himne à la nuit
Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906-1994)
Pela noite de Natal
Do varão nasceu a vara
O Menino nas palhas
Morten Lauridsen (n. 1943)
O nata lux
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Improvisation on Choral No.17 from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (pipe organ)
Jesus
Eurico Carrapatoso (n. 1962)
Ó meu Menino
Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
What child is this (arr.)
John Rutter (n. 1945)
Angels’ Carol
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Ave Maria, Cheia de Graça
Senhor Jesus
Peter Aston (1938-2013)
Alleluya Psallat
For the third concert in the Coro Gulbenkian A Cappella mini-cycle, maestro Jorge Matta has devised a Christmas programme. He has selected a number of inspired compositions alluding to this festive event composed over a vast time span, from the Middle Ages to the present day. The programme is divided into three parts – the Annunciation of our Lady, Christmas Eve and the Christ Child – separated by two chorales from J. S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, performed by organist Sérgio Silva.