Lift your spirits to angelic heights this Christmas season with the most haunting and inspiring live concerts throughout December, in the most unique churches in Rome which may have missed your radar. From world class organ and piano performances of Bach, Chopin and Mozart, Soprano solos of classic Puccini and Verdi to a heart melting children’s choir, Romeing has you covered.
Chiesa di Sant’Agnese in Agone
Piazza Navona
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- Thursday 21st December at 6.30pm (Christmas Baroque Concert)
- Thursday 28th December at 6.30pm (Music in Bernini’s Rome)
- Friday 29th December at 6.30pm (Christmas Baroque Concert)
Christmas Baroque concert: music by the Sistine Chapel by Palestrina, Arcadelt, Morales, Victoria, Pitoni, Agazzari, Gregorian chant performed live by Schola Romana Ensemble.
Music in Bernini’s Rome: music by Frescobaldi, Carissimi, Monteverdi, Falconieri, Dowland, Le Cocq and others Baroque performed live by Schola Romana Ensemble.
Entry fee €20
Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
Via del Corso, 305
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- Saturday 2nd December at 11am
- Saturday 9th December at 11am
- Saturday 16th December at 11am
- Saturday 23rd December at 11am
- Saturday 30th December at 11am
Music by: Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Falconieri, Sanz, Caccini, Aranes, Praetorius, Landi, Gastoldi and others Baroque composers performed live by Schola Romana Ensemble.
Entry fee €35 (Included: entrance fee to the museum + guided tour in English of the Doria Pamphilj Gallery with an art historian)
Capuchins Crypt
Via Veneto, 27
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- Wednesday 6th December at 5.30pm
- Wednesday 13th December at 5.30pm
- Wednesday 20th December at 5.30pm
- Wednesday 27th December at 5.30pm
Music by: Sistine Chapel by Palestrina, Arcadelt, Morales, Victoria, Pitoni, Agazzari, Gregorian chant performed live by “Schola Romana Ensemble”, our resident historically informed group.
Entry fee €3o (Included: guided tour of Capuchins Crypt and church)
Chiesa Sant’Antonio in Campo Marzio
Via dei Portoghesi, 2
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- Thursday 7th December at 7pm
CONCERTO DI ORGANO PER IL IX ANNIVERSARIO DELL’INAUGURAZIONE. Organista: Roman Hauser
- Saturday 9th December at 12pm
ANTEPRIMA AL CONCERTO IX – OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908-1992) L’INTEGRALE DELL’OPERA PER ORGANO. Organista: Giampaolo Di Rosa
- Sunday 10th December at 6.30pm
CONCERTO DI ORGANO IX, OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1908-1992) L’INTEGRALE DELL’OPERA PER ORGANO. Organista: Giampaolo Di Rosa
Basilica di S. Ignazio
Piazza Sant’Ignazio
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- Monday 1st January, 2018 at 9pm
The St. John Neumann Catholic Parish & Choir Pilgrimage – U.S.A.
- Tuesday 2nd January, 2018 at 9pm
Benedictine College Chamber Singers –U.S.A.
- Wednesday 3rd January, 2018 at 9pm
Christ Cathedral Youth Choir – U.S.A.
3rd Annual Youth Choir and Young Adult Choir Festival for the Epiphany 2018
- Thursday 4th January, 2018 at 9pm
Episcopal Church of Jacksonville – U.S.A.
Basilica di San Paolo Fuori Le Mura
Piazzale San Paolo, 1
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- Saturday 30th December at 3pm
Christmas Concert “Triade Barocca”
Handel, Vivaldi and Bach: Organ and Orchestra
Orchestra Ergo Cantemus
Giuseppe Galli direttore
Christian Almada organ player
Basilica di San Paolo Entro Le Mura
Via Napoli, 58
- Monday 18th December at 8.30pm
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons meets Bach masterpieces.
Tickets: €39 – 55
- Tuesday 19th December at 8.30pm
La Traviata in Rome: The Original Opera with Ballet
Tickets: €23 – 49
- Wednesday 20th December at 8.30pm
The Three Tenors in Rome Christmas Concert: Napul’è Opera Arias and Ballet
Tickets: €22 – 55
- Friday 22nd December at 8.30pm
The Three Tenors: Opera Arias, Naples & Songs
Tickets: €23 – 49
- Saturday 23rd December at 8.30pm
Great Symphonic Christmas Concert
Tickets: €33 – 55
- Saturday 30th December at 8.30pm
I Virtuosi dell’opera di Roma: La Traviata in San Paolo Entro le Mura
Tickets: €34 – 44
- Sunday 31st December at 8.30pm
New Year’s Concert: I Virtuosi dell’Opera di Roma
Tickets: €39 – 50
Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi
Piazza San Luigi dei Francesi
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- Friday 8th December at 6.30pm
Le Sonate di Carlo Mannelli
I ESECUZIONE IN TEMPI MODERNI
Music by C. Mannelli, F. Gasparini, A. Stradella, F. Durante, A. Caldara, M. Bisso
- Saturday 9th December at 9pm
Le Cantate da Camera di G. L. Lulier
I ESECUZIONE IN TEMPI MODERNI
- Tuesday 19th December at 9pm
Sacred Roman music of the beginning of the ‘700
I ESECUZIONE IN TEMPI MODERNI
Music by P.P Bencini, P Cannicciari, Q. Colombani, G, B. Casali, G. Giorgi
Chiesa di San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
Piazza dell’Oro, 1
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- Thursday 7th December at 9pm
Luc Ponet, organo,
Music by S. Lohet, K. Luython, H. Dumont, L. Ponet, J. H. Fiocco
Chiesa di Santa Maria dell’Anima
Via Santa Maria dell’Anima
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- Sunday 3rd December at 5.30pm
Orchestra Barocca della Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado di Milano
Lorenzo Ghielmi, direttore
Music by G. Muffat, G. F. Haendel, G. Visconti, G. Sammartini, A. Scarlatti
Basilica di S.Alessio all’Aventino
Piazza S.Alessio
- Sunday 10th December at 12pm
“Salotti Parigini”: Giorgio Sasso, violin and viola
Stefano Cardi, guitar
- Sunday 17th December at 8pm
“Corelli versus Haendel”: Giorgio Sasso, violino
M. Silvi, cembalo
- Saturday 23rd December at 8pm
“Vengo a voi, luci adorate”: Singer and concert of Prete Rosso;
Arianna Vendittelli, soprano
Insieme Strumentale di Roma
Giorgio Sasso
Basilica di San Lorenzo in Damaso alla Cancelleria
Piazza della Cancelleria, 1
- Saturday 16th December at 7.30pm
Concerto di Natale dell’Aramus
Yasko Fujii soprano – Angela Bucci mezzosoprano – Isabella Amati contralto
Pablo Cassiba tenore – Roberto Curione basso
Coro e Orchestra Aramus della Schola Cantorum San Lorenzo in Damaso
Osvaldo Guidotti direttore
Chiesa Evangelica Valdese
Via IV Novembre, 107
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- Thursday 21st December at 8.30pm
Christmas Concert: The Most Beautiful Opera Arias in Rome
Tickets: €23 – 39
- Thursday 28th December at 8.30pm
The Most Beautiful Opera Arias: Waldensian Church in Rome
Tickets: €23 – 39
- Sunday 31st December at 8.30pm
New Year’s Concert in Rome
Tickets: €28 – 55
Ponte Sant’Angelo Methodist Church
Piazza di Ponte Sant’Angelo, 68
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- Thursday 21st December at 7.30pm
Opera at Ponte Sant’Angelo
Tickets: €24 – 29
All Saints Church
Via del Babuino, 153
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- Wednesday December 27th at 8.30pm
Accademia d’Opera Italiana: I Solisti dell’Opera
Tickets: €24 – 39
- Thursday December 28th at 8.30pm
The Three Tenors in Concert: Accademia d’Opera Italiana
Tickets: €24 – 39
- Friday December 29th at 8.3opm
The Four Seasons: Concerto Barocco Italiano Guarnieri
Tickets: €24 – 39
- Saturday December 30th at 8.30pm
Accademia d’Opera Italiana: La Traviata
Tickets: €24 – 39
- Sunday December 31st at 8.30pm
New Year’s Concert: I Solisti dell’Opera
Tickets: €34 – 44
Oratorio del Caravita
Via del Caravita, 7
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- Sunday December 31st at 9pm
New Year’s Eve Concert: Opera Arias, Waltzes and Christmas Songs
Tickets: €22 – 44
What a wonderful post! Could it be updated for 2016?
sure! stay tuned!
Christmas Swing music concert featuring American/British Christmas classics from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Buble and more, in swing style! 15th December 2016, teatro Keiros (Piazza Bologna), €12/9.
http://www.teatrokeiros.it/15-dicembre.html
“Benvenuto Natale! Venite a celebrare una delle feste più belle dell’anno insieme alla cantante scozzese Emma Gordon, accompagnata dai favolosi musicisti del ‘Jingle Bell Quartet’. In uno spettacolo immerso nell’atmosfera natalizia che riuscirà a scaldare le ore di una fredda sera invernale, vi proponiamo tutte le classiche canzoni più amate di Natale di Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Bublé ed altri, rivisitate in chiave swing.”
Thank you ! Very interesting !
The famous German poet Goethe visited Rome 1787 at Christmas and wrote: “To speak again of church matters, I must tell you that on the night of Christmas Day we wandered about in troops, and visited all the churches where solemn services were being performed. One especially was visited, because of its organ and music: the latter was so arranged, that in its tones nothing belonging to pastoral music was wanting,—neither the singing of the shepherds, nor the twittering of birds, nor the bleating of sheep. On Christmas Day I saw the Pope and the whole consistory in St, Peter’s, where he celebrated high mass, partly before and partly from his throne. It is of its kind an unequalled sight, splendid and dignified enough…”