With their eminently spiritual character, this collection of pieces will transport musicians and public alike to a place of peace, through a combination of sounds of extreme richness and depth. The concert will also focus on the Christmas period as a time of contemplation, contact with others, generosity and gratitude.

A. Corelli (1653–1713)

Christmas Concerto

A. Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro

J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

1st Fugue from the Art of the Fugue

Air on the G String

3rd Fugue from the Art of the Fugue

J.P. Rameau (1683-1764)

Entrée

J. S. Bach (1685-1750) excerpt from the cantata

Widerstehe doch der Sünde

G. F. Händel (1685-1759)

As steals the morn

J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

BWV 590 Pastorella in F Major

BWV 147 Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Marcos Magalhães e Marta Araújo direction

Nuno Mendes, Denys Stetsenko, Lígia Vareiro, Álvaro Pinto violins

Ana Raquel Pinheiro, Pedro Massarão cello

Paul Wakabayashi viola

Luís Marques oboe

Catherine Stockwell bassoon

Vicente Magalhães double bass

Marta Araújo harpsichord

Marcos Magalhães musical direction