MusicSunday, November 15
L'Enfance du Christ
Sunday, November 15 · 2-6 p.m. · National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico
- When
- Sunday, November 15 · 2-6 p.m.
- Where
- National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico1701 4th St. SW · Albuquerque, NM · 87102
About this event
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As the Christmas season approaches, Berlioz offers a beautiful alternative to the familiar holiday oratorios: a deeply moving retelling of the Nativity story, filled with some of the most exquisite music he ever wrote.
At the National Hispanic Cultural Center Journal Theater
In concert – Sung in French
In 1850, Berlioz slipped a gentle chorus into a Paris concert and credited it to “Pierre Ducré,” a 17th-century church composer he’d invented outright. Parisians who couldn’t stand his music were charmed: one declared that “Berlioz could never write a tune so beautiful”. He spent the next four years building a full oratorio around that little piece: L’Enfance du Christ , tracing the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt across three parts and ninety minutes. Most people know only its one famous excerpt, “The Shepherds’ Farewell”; the complete work is rarely performed, which makes hearing the whole of it a special occasion. Plus! The concert begins with Poulenc’s four Christmas Motets .
Featuring John Tiranno, Javier Ortiz, Cecilia Violetta López, and Ashraf Sewailam, the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus and Opera Southwest Orchestra, conducted by Zoe Zeniodi.
Listed by abqtheatre.org (Wix Events), CitySpark: Albuquerque, NM, Meetup: Albuquerque, NM, StubHub: United States and Vivid Seats: Albuquerque, NM, gathered by the Albuquerque events calendar.