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Fiona Talkington presents the first part of a musical celebration of Christmas around Europe, with concerts from Vienna, Nuremburg, Tallinn and Dublin.
Fiona Talkington presents part of a day of concerts to celebrate Christmas around Europe.
12.00pm
Vienna: From the Radiokulturhaus in Vienna, a concert of chamber music by Mozart, Haydn, Albrechtsberger and Schmidt, including Mozart's Adagio and Fugue for String Quartet, K546, plus organ music by Schmidt.
Robert Lehrbaumer (organ/piano)
Laura Nocchiero (piano)
Antonello Pellegrini (clarinet)
1.00pm
Nuremberg: A concert of Christmas music by 17th-century composer Johann Rosenmuller, German by birth, but very influenced by the Italian style. The concert includes newly discovered sacred concertos for vocal ensemble, along with pieces for soprano solo and instrumental ensemble.
Lautten Compagney, Berlin
Capella Angelica
Wolfgang Kortschner (conductor)
2.00pm
Tallinn: From St Nicholas' Church in Tallinn, the Estonian National Men's Chorus perform a varied programme of Christmas music, including traditional Estonian songs along with Bach, Gabrieli and English Christmas carols.
Estonian National Men's Chorus
Ants Soots (director)
3.00pm
Dublin: The Irish contribution to Christmas around Europe is a concert given by the RTE National Symphony Orchestra from the National Concert Hall in Dublin, with Christmas music from Rimsky-Korsakov, Bach and Grieg.
Victoria Massey (mezzo-soprano)
RTE Children's Choir
RTE National Symphony Orchestra
Gavin Maloney (conductor).
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