Carol of the Bells
- Based on “Shchedryk”, a Ukrainian New Year song arranged by Mykola Leontovych between 1901 and 1916; Peter Wilhousky wrote the English words in 1936.
Annual Christmas Concert
A selection of the most famous Christmas songs, with choir, soloists and orchestra.
- Date
- 16 December 2013
- Venue
- Cairo Opera House (Main Hall); Sayed Darwish Theatre, Alexandria
- With
- Nayer Nagui; Cairo Opera Orchestra; Jacqueline Rafik, Dina Iskander, Amina Khairat, Elhamy Amin and others
About this concert
The fourteenth annual Christmas concert, on 16 and 17 December at the Cairo Opera House, with the Cairo Opera Orchestra under Nayer Nagui and the soloists Jacqueline Rafik, Dina Iskander, Amina Khairat and Elhamy Amin among others. The programme ran from Pachelbel’s Canon and Panis Angelicus to Carol of the Bells and a Vaughan Williams Christmas sequence.
Programme
- Work
- Pachelbel, Canon in D
- Work
- A Vaughan Williams Christmas
- Work
- Carol of the Bells
- Work
- Panis Angelicus
About the music
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In the press and online
- FacebookThe choir’s post about this concertOpen on Facebook (opens in a new tab)
- Ahram Online Christmas spirit in music with soloists, orchestra and choir The Cairo Opera Orchestra, Cairo Celebration Choir and Cairo Opera Company soloists charmed Egyptian audiences on 16 and 17 Dec as the Cairo Opera House hosted its annual Christmas concert Read the article (opens in a new tab)