Friday December 20th 2024 at 9.00 pm – Church of S. Francesco (Convent of the Capuchin Friars) – Free entry

Viale Luigi Borri, 109, 21100 Varese VA

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As in Heaven, so … in Your home

Christmas 2024 / Happy New Year 2025

Vocal Octet, Children’s Voices, Choir, Piano and …

1) Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
O magnum Mysterium – Motet – 4-Voice Choir “a cappella”

2) Sant’Alfonso Maria de Liguori (1696-1787)
● Quanno nascette Ninno – 6-Voice Choir “a cappella” *
● Tu scendi dalle Stelle – Recorder Ensemble (S.nino,S.C.T.B.Cb.) *

3) Traditional English of the 16th-17th century / Simon Preston (1938-2022)
I saw three ships – Soprano and Tenor Soloists, 5-Voice Chorus and Piano – 1965

4) Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
From Four Motet for the Time of Christmas FP152 (1951-52) – Vocal Octet
● II. What did you hear from the Shepherds ● IV. Hódie Christus natus est

5) Riz Ortolani (1926-2014)
Fratello Sole, sorella Luna – Tenor, Alto Recorder, 7-Voice Choir and Piano *
Sung by Claudio Baglioni in the film of the same name by Franco Zeffirelli (1971)

6) Roger Emerson (1950-viv.)
Cantate Domino, do Brasil – 8-Voice Choir and Piano *

7) Stefan Nilsson (1950-viv.)
Fly with me – Female Voice, Contralto Recorders, Contralto Sax, 8-Voice Choir and Piano *
From the film by Kay Pollak «Così come in cielo» (“As in Heaven”)  – 2004

8) Bobbi Fischer (1965-viv.)
Magnificat – 4 Soloists, 8-Voice Choir 7 Voices and Piano *

9) Traditional Caribbean / York Sommer (1972-viv.) – 2020
The Virgin Mary had a baby boy – Soloists, 6-Voice Choir and Piano *

10) Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
Resurrection – Soprano, Fl.Dolci C. and T. , Tenor Sax, Guitar, Perc., 7V. Choir and Pf. *
From the Film by Tonino Valerii «My Name is Nobody» – 1973

* Versions by Giovanni Tenti