The 25th GREAT Christmas Concert

The 25th GREAT Christmas Concert

Thursday, 15 December 2022, 8.00pm

The choirs of Dublin Choral Foundation, The Lassus Scholars and Piccolo Lasso will present The Great Christmas Concert at the
National Concert Hall. 
On this special occasion – their 25th Christmas Concert at the National Concert Hall – The
Lassus Scholars and Piccolo Lasso, with conductor Dr. Ite O’Donovan, will be joined by the Orlando Chamber Orchestra, under leader Gillian Williams.
To celebrate being back in the National Concert Hall to mark their 25 th Christmas, The Lassus Scholars & Piccolo Lasso will sing Mozart’s Te Deum and Durante’s Magnificat.  
The choirs will also commemorate the 200 th anniversary of the birth of César Franck in his rousing setting of Psalm 150 and the much-loved Panis Angelicus.
Special Guests include Aebh Kelly, mezzo- soprano and three young Ukrainian musicians now studying at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Aebh Kelly is currently based in Florence, Italy as a Mascarade Emerging Artist. She is the recent recipient of the coveted second prize at the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition 2022 where she was also awarded the Dermot Troy Prize for the highest placed Irish singer in the competition.
Aebh will perform arias including Voi che sapete (Mozart), Gounod’s Faites-lui mes aveux and Rossini’s exciting Una voce poco fa from the Barber of Seville. She will be joined by the choirs and orchestra in singing everyone’s Christmas favourite, O Holy Night.

SPECIAL GUESTS from Ukraine:
Appearing on the stage of the National Concert Hall for the first time will be Olesya Borsuk who will be organist with the orchestra for the evening, Yana Schpak violin, who will play Sarasate’s Romanza Andaluza and Sulamita Pyvovar piano, who will
play Liszt’s Etude de Concert.

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Published by IteODonovan on 28 November 2022

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