Neapolitan Christmas - The magic of a popular and baroque Christmas

In Baroque Naples, Christmas is an occasion for intense musical festivities. Traditional songs, tarantellas, and arias inspired by opera blend together in a surprising artistic syncretism.

A highlight of the religious calendar, it is also an opportunity for Neapolitans to express a certain paganism with a particular sense of theatricality. This taste for the staging of Christmas stories, for the mystery of the nativity, and for lyrical art merges and expresses both adoration for Jesus and the irrepressible desire to dance and celebrate.

Through a program of baroque arias and concertos, popular Christmas carols and tarantellas, we propose to share this musical fervor for the duration of an exceptional evening.

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PROGRAM 

Cantatas, sonatas, arias by Domenico and Alessandro Scarlatti, Cristoforo Caresana, Domenico Ziani, Tarantellas and Popular Christmases.

DISTRIBUTION 

The Hostel Dieu Concert
Franck-Emmanuel Comte, harpsichord and conductor
Heather Newhouse , soprano
Vincent Beer-Demander , mandolin
Florian Verhaegen and Véronique Bouilloud, violins
Aurélie Métivier, viola
Aude Walker-Viry, cello
Albane Imbs, theorbo and guitar
Nicolas Janot, double bass