Christmas Concert 25 - Fundación Excelentia

On the morning of Christmas Eve, the Teatro Real will be holding its traditional Christmas concert featuring some of the most famous and beloved carols of all time. This recital is brought to you by Fundación Excelentia and will feature the Excelentia Choral Society and the Santa Cecilia Classical Orchestra, under the musical direction of Kynan Johns.

This Christmas concert will feature great and unmissable songs at this time of year, such as international classics A Christmas Festival and Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson, Oh Holy Night by Adolphe Adam, White Christmas written by Irving Berlin, and the gentle Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber. 

Fundación Excelentia is a private, non-profit foundation that develops cultural activities. It was set up to promote lyric-musical heritage as well as the creation and performance of all the musical arts. The dissemination of music and the cultivation of new musical values are the main objectives of this foundation.

Artistic credits:

• Sociedad Coral Excelentia de Madrid
• Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia
• Conductor - Kynan Johns
• Tenor - Francesco Castoro
• Tenor - Eduardo Sandoval
• Tenor - Miguel Borrallo

Programme:

• Sleigh Ride (L. Anderson)
• Ay para Navidad (M.Sosa)
• A Christmas festival (L. Anderson) 
• Hallelujah (L. Cohen) 
• Happy Christmas. War is Over (J. Lennon, Y. Ono) 
• Satchmo (Louis Armstrong)
• Adeste Fideles (J. Francis Wade)
• White Christmas (I. Berlin) 
• O Holy Night (J. Sullivan) 
• Medley of Neapolitan Songs (Funiculí-funiculá, Torna a Surriento, Core ‘n)
• grato, I’te vurria vasà Oh sole mio)
• Feliz Navidad (J. Feliciano) 
• You raise me Up (Secret Garden) 
• Noche de Paz (J. Mohr) 
• Let It Snow  
• Medley (Cielito lindo, Orchy Chorne, Caminito, La vie en rose, Mattinata,
• amapola) 
• Jingle Bells Rock 
• New York, New York (F. Sinatra)