thu 27 nov 2025 22:00 hrs
Religious music. During this hour we will listen to Christmas music by Alessandro Scarlatti, Arcangelo Corelli and Giovanni Giorgi, in which there are direct references to the birth of Jesus.
We begin with the Messa per il Santissimo Natale, which Alessandro Scarlatti composed in 1707, followed by Arcangelo Corelli’s Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8, better known as the Christmas Concerto. The composer gave the work an expressive dedication: ‘Fatto per la Notte di Natale’, which translates as ‘made for Christmas Eve’. We end this programme with a Christmas Mass by Giovanni Giorgi, who was born in Venice at the end of the seventeenth century.
Playlist
- Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) – Messa per il Santissimo Natale (1707)
Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri conducted by Giulio Prandi
(CD: Arcana No. A587) - Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) – from Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Concerto No. 8, ‘Fatto per la Notte di Natale’
Accademia Bizantina conducted by Ottavio Dantone
(CD: HDB-sonus No. 003) - Giovanni Giorgi (late 17th century-1762) – Messa a quattro concertata con violini per la notte di Natale
Carlotta Colombo, soprano / Maximiliano Baños, countertenor / Raffaele Giordani, tenor / Alessandro Ravasio, bass / Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri conducted by Giulio Prandi
(CD: Arcana No. A587)Addition:
- Francesco Manfredini (1684-1762) – Pastorale Largo, part 1 from Concerto Grosso in C major, Op. 3, No. 12
Les Amis de Philippe conducted by Ludger Rémy
(CD: CPO No. 999638-2)
