CHRISTMAS CONCERT AT THE PALACIO REAL | SILVIA MÁRQUEZ WITH THE ORQUESTA Y CORO DE RTVE

REVISTA DE ARTE | 16/12/2021

"Jauchzet, frohlocket! Auf, preiset di Tage!"

Rejoice, be glad!

Celebrate these days!"

Traditional Christmas concert of Patrimonio Nacional at the Palacio Real Patrimonio Nacional hosts the traditional Christmas Concert of the Orquesta y Coro de RTVE this Friday, 17 December, at 19:00. The recital will take place in the Capilla del Palacio Real de Madrid, conducted by Marco Antonio García de Paz, with Silvia Márquez at the organ. Colonial villancicos and works by Bach and Handel feature in the programme of this concert, which La 2 de TVE will broadcast on 24 December at 20:00. With this institutional concert on Friday, Patrimonio Nacional opens the Ciclo de música en Navidad en los Reales Sitios. This XXXVI edition includes two further concerts: one in the Capilla del Palacio Real de Aranjuez on 18 December, and another in the Basílica del Real Monasterio de El Escorial on the 23rd. Both will have free admission until capacity is reached.

A baroque menu of colonial villancicos and works by Bach and Handel The concert will open with two organ preludes: the “Batalla del VI Tono” by the Navarrese composer José Jiménez (1600-1672), and the “Sonata de VI Tono” by the Gipuzkoan chapel master José de Larrañaga (1728-1806). Four colonial villancicos representative of the Hispanic American Baroque will follow: “Convidando está la noche” by Juan García de Céspedes (1619-1678); “Las estrellas se ríen” by Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (1590-1664); “Hola, hala que vienen gitanas” by Juan de Araujo (1646-1712); and “Albricias, mortales” by Manuel de Sumaya (1678- 1755). The programme continues with three works by Johann Sebastian Bach (1865-1750). The first, “Los Reyes de Saba vinieron”, comes from the Epiphany cantata “Todos vendrán de Saba, BWV 65”. The second is the duet “Mi Amigo es mío” from the cantata “Despertad, nos llama la voz, BWV 140”, to be performed by the soprano Raquel González Albarrán and the bass Vicente Martínez. And the third is “Regocijaos, alegraos, celebrad estos días”, the opening chorus of the “Oratorio de Navidad, BWV 248”. To close the concert, the RTVE musicians will perform three numbers from the oratorio “El Mesías” by Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759): ‘An the Glory of the Lord’, ‘For unto us a child is born’ and the famous ‘Hallelujah’.

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PROGRAMME AND NOTES

CLICK HERE OR ON THE PHOTO TO WATCH THE CONCERT ON THE RTVE WEBSITE

News item on revistadearte.com: Tradicional concierto de Navidad de Patrimonio en el Palacio Real

Patrimonio Nacional website: XXXVI Ciclo Música en Navidad

Los conciertos de La 2 - Música en Navidad desde el Palacio Real