Christmas concerts are strange beasts. Sometimes musicians program
the darnedest things—probably because, "Hey! It's religious, right?" So
we get Ave Maria (pray for us now and at the time of our death) and Panis Angelicus (the sacred body, broken for us) mixed in with O Holy-a
Night-a*; O, du fröliche; and the Twelve
Days of Christmas. But I guess, when else is a tenor going to get to sing
this chestnut in a concert setting?
So I will skip the "Christmas
Purist" rhetoric for now and get to the music: (a) Panis Angelicus is a lovely piece, and (b) I
never complain about another chance to hear the lovely and talented Pavol
Breslik!
*Seriously! Go listen to Pavarotti's recording!
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