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Concert of Christmas Carols

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Thu, Dec 19, 2024, 19:00
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

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Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Bartosz MichałowskiConductor, Chorus Director
soloists from the Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Urszula BozikSoprano
Monika Dobrzyńska-KrysiakSoprano
Kinga JaskowskaSoprano
Justyna Jedynak-ObłozaSoprano
Michalina KraskaSoprano
Anastazja MarusiakSoprano
Ewelina Siedlecka-KosińskaSoprano
Samitra SuwannaritSoprano
Ewa WołoszkiewiczSoprano
Martyna JankowskaAlto
Zuzanna KozłowskaAlto
Aleksandra PawluczukAlto
Paweł KucharczykTenor
Roman PeruckiOrgan

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