CONCERT DE NOEL - ASSISE
Programm
Roberto Alagna
Stille Nacht - Franz Xaver Gruber
Minuit Chrétien - Adolphe Adam
Ave Maria - Schubert
Performance
Cathedral of Saint Francis of Assisi
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Broadcast on RAI Uno
And also on Italian channels abroad
Recorded on December 18, 2021
Cast
Roberto Alagna - Tenor
Stepjan Hauser - Cellist
National Symphony Orchestra of the RAI
children's choir "I Piccoli Musici", directed by Mario Mora
Musical director - William Eddins
About....
Christmas Concert | The 36th Christmas Concert from the Basilica superiore di San Francesco d'Assisi 🇮🇹 with cellist HAUSER and tenor Roberto Alagna will be broadcast by Rai Cultura on Rai1 on Saturday, December 25, at 12:30 pm, after the Holy Father's Urbi et Orbi message. The concert is conducted by Maestro William Eddins. The artists are accompanied by the Rai National Symphony Orchestra and the "Little Musicians" choir conducted by Maestro Mario Mora
The protagonist is the great French tenor Roberto Alagna, who performs Stille Nacht and Ave Maria but also Minuit Chrétiens by Adolphe Adam and Mille Cherubini in chorus, also by Schubert. Next to him the cello star HAUSER, appreciated both in the classical repertoire and in cross-over forays, who plays Panis Angelicus but also Handel's famous Largo from the opera Serse and Schubert's Ave Maria with Alagna. With them, the children's choir "I Piccoli Musici", instructed by Mario Mora, engaged in I will sing the spirit and The Lord bless you and keep you of John Rutter, as well as Hark, the herald angels sing of Mendelssohn, traditional song of a poem of the Methodist pastor Charles Wesley.
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