December 2007
Holiday Concerts
No corner of Munich will be free from the joyous sounds of holiday celebrations this December. Here is a selection of the innumerable performances on schedule in the city:
Bavarian Advent
The Goldnagl Ensemble and the
Riederinger Singers present works by Vivaldi, Corelli and others.
December 5, 7:30 pm
Schloss Nymphenburg (Hubertussaal)
Ave Maria
The most beautiful compositions
venerating Mary.
December 8, 7:30 pm
Residenz (Allerheiligen Hofkirche)
Old Russian Christmas
Traditional Christmas songs, masques and dances from Russia.
December 9, 3 pm
Gasteig (Philharmonie)
Gregorian Christmas
Choir concert with adaptations
of great pop songs and
Gregorian Christmas chorals.
December 14, 8 pm
St. Matthäus Church
Münchner Weihnachtssingen
Soloists including Enrico de Patua present Christmas classics.
December 14, 8 pm; December 15,
2 pm, 5 pm & 8 pm; December 16,
11 am, 2 pm, 5 pm & 8 pm
Residenz (Allerheiligen Hofkirche)
Christmas Oratory
Bach’s cantatas presented by the Schwabinger Bach Ensemble and the Markus Choir of Munich.
December 16, 6 pm
St. Markus Church
A Christmas Carol
The Goldnagl Ensemble
presents Charles Dickens’s
famous tale (in German) and works by Vivaldi, Corelli, Purcell and Handel. December 17, 7:30 pm
Schloss Nymphenburg (Hubertussaal)
Alpine Christmas
Traditional Christmas music
for harp, zither, dulcimer
and contrabass. December 18, 7:30 pm
Schloss Nymphenburg (Hubertussaal)
Baroque Christmas Music
December 19, 8 pm
Residenz (Hofkapelle)
Festival of Christmas Lessons
and Carols
Baritone Thomas Gropper sings and reads Christmas songs and stories with support from the
Munich Bach Choir. December 20, 8 pm
St. Markus Church
Christmas Oratory
Conductor Enoch zu Gutenberg
and the KlangVerwaltung
Orchestra present Bach’s
oratory in two parts.
I-III: December 23, 5 pm;
IV-VI: December 23, 7:30 pm
Prinzregententheater
