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A special programme of festive musical delights to get you into the Christmas mood.

Christmas on ARTE Concert

Solemn, and yet jubilant and festive: Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 is an essential masterpiece. Tenor Julian Prégardien, the NDR Vokalsensemble and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin come together to bring all the magic of the festive season.

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and NDR choir

A solemn yet jubilant and festive piece: Bach's unmissable masterpiece with tenor Julian Prégardien.

Bach's Christmas Oratorio: Cantatas I to VI

A Christmas classic revisited in dance form at the Finnish National Opera: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It's the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a grumpy, miserly old man who, on Christmas Eve, is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. A magical tale popular with all ages, adapted into a ballet by an all-British artistic team including composer Sally Beamish and choreographer David Bintley.

A Ballet based on Charles Dickens' Novella

Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story adapted into an enchanting ballet for all the family.

A Christmas Carol

Thanks to her 1994 smash hit 'All I Want for Christmas is You', Mariah Carey is almost as Christmassy as Santa himself. The diva has managed to not only storm the charts but turn Christmas into her very own money-making machine.

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Thanks to her 1994 smash hit 'All I Want for Christmas is You', Mariah Carey is almost as Christmassy as Santa himself

Mariah Carey

Conducted by Adrien Perruchon and with Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France get us in the festive spirit.
 
 
Programme:

Gioachino Rossini - L'Italiana in Algeri: Overture and  "Cruda sorte” aria
Gioachino Rossini - La pietra del paragone : " Quel dirmi, oh Dio !”
Charles Gounod - Faust: Ballet
Georges Bizet - L'Arlésienne (Adagietto, Intermezzo and Farandole)
Max Reger - Maria Wiegenlied
Pietro Yon - Gesù bambino
Augusta Holmès – Trois anges sont venus ce soir
Traditionnal - Les anges dans nos campagnes
Adolphe Adam - Minuit chrétien

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

The French radio orchestra gives a festive concert with Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, conducted by Adrien Perruchon.

Christmas Concert

Tom Gaebel, with his smart suit, polished shoes and perfect hair, is the German gentleman of swing. As a tribute to his master, Frank Sinatra, he performs with the WDR symphony orchestra, playing all the Sinatra classics including My Way, Strangers in the Night and New York, New York.

Jingle bells!

Christmas on ARTE Concert

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Bach's Christmas Oratorio: Cantatas I to VI

A Christmas Carol

Mariah Carey

Christmas Concert

100 Years of Frank Sinatra

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