The Christmas Concert is divided in two parts. The first part, with a traditional approach, aims “to enjoy pure and historicist music,” says Beatriz Fernández. This includes four pieces starring 19th century Russian composers. These ballets are well known to the general public, such as Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky, with waltzes and polonaises. But also other authors, such as Glazunov and Glinka, who have been significant on the Russian music history.

The second part, on the other hand, turns the musical spectacle upside down, breaking what has until now been understood as a Christmas concert. This is an innovative proposal that aims to show the whole artistic ensemble that can be on a stage, with music as the common thread, based on the work Lusmore, a tale for orchestra, narrator and choir of children composed by Ximo Arias Botías in 1985.

“I think it has turned out very well and that everyone likes it because this staging goes beyond the traditional format of the Christmas concert. We have Eduard Costa, who tells the story and helps us communicate the story through acting such as movements, costumes and decoration, which gives it a different meaning. Although it is based on folklore and traditional literature, it is an interdisciplinary part that mixes the lyrics of the story with the voices of the narrator and the young choirs thus completing the orchestral interpretation. This creates a multidisciplinary musical environment that, after all, is essential in our educational projects”, says the director of the Orquestra of the Universitat.

This year's concert has the collaboration of the actor Eduard Costa as narrator and the choral schools La Nau of the Universitat de València and Pizzicato del Camp de Morvedre, directed by Mònica Perales i Massana, and L'Eliana, directed by Christian García, Pilar Silvestre, Inés Felici, Anna Torrent and Marina Torrent.

Christmas Concerts Cycle 2019
The Orquestra of the Universitat performed again the Christmas Concert organised by the Musical Activities Area of the General Foundation of the Universitat de València. Free admission. It was in Gandia, Thursday 19th, at the Teatro Serrano and Friday 20th in the Charles Darwin Hall of the Burjassot-Paterna Campus.

On the other hand, on Monday 16th, the Choir School of the Universitat performed at the Prinicpal Peset Hall of Residence under the baton of Mònica Perales. On Thursday 19th, the Coral Club of La Nau Gran performed its traditional Christmas concert in the Paraninfo of the Universitat de València, in the La Nau Cultural Centre (Carrer Universitat 2), also directed by Perales i Massana.

The Orfeó Universitari of València closed the Christmas Concerts Cycle.  Under the baton of Francesc Valldecabres, he performed on Saturday 21st in the Església Sant Pere Apòstol in Moixent, and on Sunday 22nd in the Església de Sant Joan del Mercat in València, in the market square. This last concert made a solidarity fundraising consisting of a donative of €8 per ticket.