Christmas with the NSO & Cór Linn, Claudia Boyle & David Brophy

National Symphony Orchestra
David Brophy conductor
Claudia Boyle soprano
Cór Linn
Ciaran Kelly choral director

Adam O Holy Night
Gruber/Mohr Silent Night 
Trad. The Twelve Days of Christmas
Trad. The Holly and the Ivy
Gounod Ave Maria
Harline/Washington When You Wish Upon A Star
Anderson A Christmas Festival
Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker

Star soprano Claudia Boyle returns for a Christmas cracker of a concert bursting with festive favourites.

Indulge in the comfort of traditional carols including The Holly and the Ivy and The Twelve Days of Christmas, and wallow in the hushed magic of year’s end in the timeless Silent Night, O Holy Night and glorious Disney classic When You Wish Upon A Star.

Time, too, for merry-making with Leroy Anderson’s A Christmas Festival and the exquisite tinsel-delicate Waltz of the Flowers from Tchaikovsky’s perennially popular ballet, The Nutcracker.

Did you know?

Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven were all once credited for Silent Night; its true authorship wasn’t confirmed until 1995.

Written for Pinocchio in 1940, When You Wish Upon A Star is used in the opening credits of every Disney film and Disney Cruise Line ships use the first seven notes as their signal horns. 

In Germany, nutcrackers are believed to bring good luck and are often given to children as Christmas presents.

Presented by NCH