For many people Christmas time has come when the broadcasting stations start playing the specific music everybody knows and hears each year. However, not always music performed around Christmas has originally been composed for Christmas too. Especially our earliest and therefore most emotional memories are closely related to this festivity. The music we associate with these emotions does not necessarily have to be Christmassy, but should intensify and reflect those feelings. In December 2022 the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie under chief conductor Pietari Inkinen performed a festive concert in the main broadcasting studio of the Saarländischer Rundfunk in Saarbrücken. Entitled "Festklänge" (Festive Sounds), the concerto was a compilation of Christmas music and music associated with Christmas, featuring the soprano Sarah Romberger and the mezzo-soprano Elsa Benoit as soloists. It contains next to Hely Hutchinson's excerpts from Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel as well from Tchaikovskys' The Nutcracker.
2 5 Lieder, Op. 41, TRV 195: No. 1. Wiegenlied (Version for Voice and Orchestra) [04:38]
3 Dornröschen: Festklänge [02:45]
4 Serenade in E-Flat Major, Op. 7, TRV 106 [09:14]
5 Hänsel Und Gretel: Act II Scene 2: Abends, Will Ich Schlafen Gehn (Evening Prayers) - Scene 3: Dr... [08:48]
6 The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A: II. Danses Caractéristiques: March [02:35]
7 Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76: No. 52. Mariä Wiegenlied (Version for Voice and Orchestra) [02:30]
8 I. Prelude: Allegro Energico [04:15]
9 II. Scherzo: Allegro Molto Moderato [06:15]
10 III. Andante Quasi Lento E Cantabile [08:10]
11 IV. Allegro Energico Come Prima [05:53
For many people Christmas time has come when the broadcasting stations start playing the specific music everybody knows and hears each year. However, not always music performed around Christmas has originally been composed for Christmas too. Especially our earliest and therefore most emotional memories are closely related to this festivity. The music we associate with these emotions does not necessarily have to be Christmassy, but should intensify and reflect those feelings. In December 2022 the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie under chief conductor Pietari Inkinen performed a festive concert in the main broadcasting studio of the Saarländischer Rundfunk in Saarbrücken. Entitled "Festklänge" (Festive Sounds), the concerto was a compilation of Christmas music and music associated with Christmas, featuring the soprano Sarah Romberger and the mezzo-soprano Elsa Benoit as soloists. It contains next to Hely Hutchinson's excerpts from Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel as well from Tchaikovskys' The Nutcracker.
