Concert of Christmas Carols

Date & Time

Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 19:00

Venue

Filharmonia Narodowa, Concert Hall (Warszawa)

Concert of Christmas Carols at the Warsaw Philharmonic, photo: DELUGA.art Although carols have become a fixture in the musical landscape of winter, we still know little about the origins of music-making over the Christmas period. Numerous internet sources give the oldest mention of carols as being a supposed directive issued by Telesphorus, bishop of Rome, in 129 AD specifying the performance of a ‘Hymn of the Angels’ during a festive mass. Some commentators have even gone so far as to... Read full text

Keywords: Choral Music, Vocal Music

Info & Ticket (filharmonia.pl)

Musicians

Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Bartosz Michałowski	Conductor, Chorus Director
soloists from the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Urszula Bozik	Soprano
Monika Dobrzyńska-Krysiak	Soprano
Justyna Jedynak-Obłoza	Soprano
Michalina Kraska	Soprano
Anastazja Marusiak	Soprano
Ewelina Siedlecka-Kosińska	Soprano
Samitra Suwannarit	Soprano
Ewa Wołoszkiewicz	Soprano
Martyna Jankowska	Alto
Zuzanna Kozłowska	Alto
Aleksandra Pawluczuk	Alto
Paweł Kucharczyk	Tenor
Roman Perucki	Organ

Program

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