Wed, 16.12.2026
«Joy, beautiful spark of divinity»
Concert title
"Joy, beautiful spark of divinity"
Date
Wed 16.12.2026
Start of the concert
19:30
program
Joy takes center stage in the Christmas symphony concert. John Rutter's music combines festive warmth with great vocal brilliance; Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" provides the grand seasonal reference point.
The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra performs together with the Lucerne Girls' Choir and the Lucerne Boys' Choir, the Klangwerk Lucerne Concert Choir, and the ChorTon Vocal Ensemble. For one evening, the KKL Lucerne becomes a space for a large Lucerne choral community.
Unlike the family concert at 6:00 p.m., this version also opens the evening with Beethoven's Fidelio Overture. This echoes another fundamental theme of the season: freedom, humanity, and the power of voices together.
Performers
: Conductor: Lars Corijn;
Lucerne Girls' Choir and Lucerne Boys' Choir
; Choir Director: Eberhard Rex;
Klangwerk Lucerne
Director: Moana N. Labbate
: ChorTon Vocal Ensemble;
Rehearsal Director: Gerhard Unternährer
; Viola: Madeleine Burkhalter
; Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Overture to the opera Fidelio, Op. 72;
John Rutter (*1945)
Mass of the Children – Kyrie, Gloria;
“Blow, Blow, thou Winter Wind” from Five Meditations for Orchestra;
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, excerpt from movement IV (Finale) “Ode to Joy”
The Lucerne Symphony Orchestra performs together with the Lucerne Girls' Choir and the Lucerne Boys' Choir, the Klangwerk Lucerne Concert Choir, and the ChorTon Vocal Ensemble. For one evening, the KKL Lucerne becomes a space for a large Lucerne choral community.
Unlike the family concert at 6:00 p.m., this version also opens the evening with Beethoven's Fidelio Overture. This echoes another fundamental theme of the season: freedom, humanity, and the power of voices together.
Performers
: Conductor: Lars Corijn;
Lucerne Girls' Choir and Lucerne Boys' Choir
; Choir Director: Eberhard Rex;
Klangwerk Lucerne
Director: Moana N. Labbate
: ChorTon Vocal Ensemble;
Rehearsal Director: Gerhard Unternährer
; Viola: Madeleine Burkhalter
; Program:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Overture to the opera Fidelio, Op. 72;
John Rutter (*1945)
Mass of the Children – Kyrie, Gloria;
“Blow, Blow, thou Winter Wind” from Five Meditations for Orchestra;
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, excerpt from movement IV (Finale) “Ode to Joy”
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