Christmas Concert at the Basilica

Christmas concert by the Barcelona Gala Orchestra, with a soprano and a solo violin, at the Basílica de la Mercè. The programme brings together works by Vivaldi, Bach, Schubert, Pachelbel and Beethoven alongside Christmas pieces by Wade, Adam and Gruber.

The Barcelona Gala Orchestra presents a classical music programme with a Christmas theme, with a soprano and a solo violin as performers alongside the orchestra. The repertoire combines works by Vivaldi, Bach, Schubert, Pachelbel and Beethoven with Christmas-related compositions by John Francis Wade, Adolphe Charles Adam and Franz Xaver Gruber.

Among the works announced are Las Cuatro Estaciones by Vivaldi (Primavera, Verano e Invierno), the Aire en la cuerda de sol by Bach, the Ave Maria by Schubert, the Canon en Re by Pachelbel and the Allegro from Beethoven's Sinfonía n.º 5. The programme is completed by Wade's Adeste Fideles, Adam's Oh Santa Noche and Gruber's Noche de Paz.

The concert takes place in the Basílica de la Mercè, a church in the Baroque style dedicated to the Virgen de la Merced, patron of the Diocese of Barcelona, located in the Gothic Quarter near La Rambla. As it is a place of worship, respectful dress is requested, there is no cloakroom and the space is not equipped for people with reduced mobility.