Christmas in Rome: concerts and events up to the Epiphany

A number of appointments for these Christmas and New Year are held in Rome until Epiphany. Shows and music, but also days for children. Tomorrow at 20.30 to the church of Ara Coeli is the earth ‘the event’ Happy Christmas from … Rome “, a concert with Ennio Morricone, who will direct ‘for the first time in Hotel Roma Termini suites drawn from Moses’ and Marco Polo. The concert will be ‘broadcast live from Rai.L’ Orchestra di Santa Cecilia Academy offers an evening dedicated to Sergei Rachmaninoff, which includes the performance of two of the four concertos for piano and orchestra of the pianist: Second in C minor dedicated to Nikolai Dahl, the hypnotherapist to which Rachmaninoff turned to treat depression, and the Third in D minor. A direct, and debut on the podium of Santa Cecilia, will be ‘the Italian Daniele Rustioni. Sunday at 18, the gospel choir “The Soul Children of Chicago”, founded by Walt Whitman in 1981 as an alternative to offer to young African Americans at risk, will perform ‘in the Auditorium of the exhibition Roma Gospel Festival. But not all. Monday, in the exhibition as a tribute to director Franco Zeffirelli, the Casa del Cinema in Rome offers a triple appointment: at 16.30 ‘Jane Eyre’, taken from Zeffirelli in 1996 on the novel by Charlotte Bronte; to 19 ‘Story a blackcap ‘, an adaptation based on the novel by Giovanni Verga, will be at 21.30′ proposal ‘La Traviata’, film adaptation of Giuseppe Verdi, Zeffirelli has created in 1982. When the day of Santo Stefano al Biopark of Rome, to 12.30 and 15.30, we will be meeting with the raffle of the animals at the Hall of elephants, clowns by the Bio-park that will involve the whole family with quizzes and questions about animals giving gadgets to all participants. The hall also will host between 11 and 16 ‘activity’ ‘Animals and prejudices’, a close encounter with frogs, pythons real blowers cockroaches, stick insects and moths. Experts in the Bio-park will offer activities ‘providing interactive educational moments of interaction with children and tell the sights’ of these animals to dispel false legends rooted in the collective imagination. During all the days visiting the families receive Christmas gift books collected as part of the ‘Re-read’, promoted by Love and capital from Rome, in collaboration with the cultural association Hola, and sponsored by Libraries of Rome . The program will be ‘repeated on 27 and 28 December. For the last year, in addition to maxiconcerto the Roman Forum in Rome Palalottomatica singer Laura Pausini will perform ‘in a special concert for New Year. While at 21, will be held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica ‘concert “Ten fingers” by Claudio Baglioni. A spectacular show with a formula and a whole new dimension of play. The singer will be ‘on stage in the audience, it will be offered for sale exclusive “stage business” with the chance’ to live at some concert a few meters from the artist. In addition there will be ‘fixed a script to follow, the artist will sing’ arm and satisfy ‘the demands of the public. While in the Piazza del Quirinale will be ‘organized the inaugural concert of classical music in the presence of President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, and major offices of the Italian government, which await the stroke of midnight to celebrate with everyone present to 2012. But the program of festivities does not end there. Appointment with the audience at the Auditorium of Rome to wish you a happy new year with the New Year Gala.
The Rome Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Karl Martin, will perform ‘on days 1 and 2 January, a program that will see’ the music you love alternation the nobility ‘nineteenth century (waltzes, polkas, mazurkas) and operetta songs and romantic repertoire. Also on Sunday, but on the bridge of Cavour, at 12, after the gun shot fired from the Janiculum, Mr. Ok will perform ‘the traditional plunge into the Tiber at the first day of the new year.