Vienna Boys Choir: Silent Night
About this event
As the end of a difficult year approaches, the Vienna Boys Choir invites you into its home, to share their most treasured Christmas music with you. Join us in the IDAGIO Global Concert Hall for a comforting and festive celebration featuring classic carols and holiday favorites!
Programme
1. Concert – approx. 60 min programme
Repertoire
Conductor: Manuel Huber
O Heiland, reiß’ die Himmel auf (O Saviour, tear open the skies); Text: Friedrich von Spee (1591 – 1635); Rheinfelsisches Gesangbuch /Rheinfels Hymnal, 1666
In dulci jubilo (Mit süßem Jubel / In sweet rejoicing); Text: Heinrich Seuse (um 1295 – 1366) zugeschrieben / attributed; Makaronisches Kirchenlied / Macaronic hymn
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Conductor: Oliver Stech
Es ist ein Ros´entsprungen (Lo, how a rose e'er blooming); Speyerer Gesangbuch / Speyer Hymnal, 1599
Der Heiland ist geboren (The Saviour is born); Krippenlied aus Oberösterreich / Cradle song from Upper Austria
Max Reger (1873 – 1916): Mariä Wiegenlied (Mary's lullaby); Schlichte Weisen, opus 76/52; Text: Martin Boelitz (1874 – 1918)
Still, still, still (Quiet, quiet, quiet); Geistliches Wiegenlied aus Salzburg / Sacred lullaby from Salzburg
O du fröhliche (O how joyful); Text: Johannes Daniel Falk (1768 - 1826); Heinrich Holzschuher (1798 – 1847); Melodie / Tune: O Sanctissima, aus Sizilien, from Sicily
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Conductor: Gerald Wirth
Johann Ritter von Herbeck (1831 - 1877): Pueri concinite (Kinder, fangt zu singen an / Boys, begin to sing); Cantus pastoralis
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Conductor: Manolo Cagnin
Was soll das bedeuten? (What is the meaning of this?); Hirtenlied aus Schlesien / Shepherds' carol from Silesia
Hirtenterzett (Shepherds' Trio); Aus Kärnten / from Carinthia
Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (Mary walked through a thorn bush); Wallfahrtslied aus dem Eichsfeld / Pilgrim song from Eichsfeld, Thuringia; Arr. Uwe Theimer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 –1750), Georg Christian Schemelli (1676 – 1762): O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild (O sweet little Jesus), BWV 493; Text: Valentin Thilo (1607 – 1662)
Eduard Ebel (1839 – 1905): Leise rieselt der Schnee (Softly falls the snow)
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Conductor: Jimmy Chiang
Es hat sich halt eröffnet (The heavenly gate has opened); Weihnachtslied aus Tirol und der Steiermark / Christmas carol from the Tyrol and Styria
Anton Reidinger (1839 - 1912): Es wird scho glei dumpa (It will be dark soon); Geistliches Wiegenlied / Sacred lullaby
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Conductor: Gerald Wirth
Mönch von Salzburg zugeschrieben (14. Jahrhundert) / atttributed to Monk of Salzburg (14th century): Resonet in laudibus - Joseph, lieber Joseph mein (Rejoice in praise – Joseph, my dear Joseph); Text: Moosburger Graduale 1360
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Conductor: Jimmy Chiang, Brigitta Soos, guitar
Heinrich Reimann (1850 –1906) zugeschrieben / attributed: Lied der Hirten (Shepherds' carol) nach einer schlesischen Melodie / after a Silesian tune; Text: Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739 – 1791)
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Conductor: Gerald Wirth, Brigitta Soos, guitar
Franz Xaver Gruber (1787 - 1863): Stille Nacht (Silent Night) GWV 145 (1818); Text: Joseph Mohr (1792 - 1848)
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