Christmas in Berlin: Enjoy a Range of Christmas Concerts at Famous Venues in Berlin:
Christmas is a special time in Berlin and music is very much a part of the Berlin Christmas celebrations.
If you’re spending Christmas in Berlin, you too can enjoy one of the many Christmas concerts in the city. Whether it be traditional Christmas music, classical concerts, jazz, swing or religious music, there is an impressive range of concerts to choose from, including Russian and Nordic Christmas music.
Famous Berlin Attractions
What’s more, many of these Christmas concerts are held at venues which are themselves famous Berlin attractions such as the Schloss Kopenick, Berliner Dom, Französischer Dom am Gendarmenmarkt, the Gothic Hall of the Spandau Citadel and the Auen-Kirche Wilmersdorf.
Most of these concerts are one-performance only events and popular concerts will sell quickly, so book early if you don’t want to miss out.
See the calendar of Berlin Christmas concerts and to make your concert ticket bookings, just click on the links below.
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Berlin Christmas Concerts |
| December 1 | Zitadelle Spandau: Spandau Citadel Advent Concert Celebrate the festive season with a classical concert in the Gothic Hall of the Spandau Citadel. The Mozartquartett Berlin will perform compositions by Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Chopin and more. |
| December 1 | Admiralspalast Berlin: A Pre-Christmas Concert with Katja Ebstein Escape the hectic stress of pre-Christmas shopping and enjoy a relaxing evening of satirical cabaret, soft poetry and lots of music at the Admiralspalast Berlin. |
| December 1 | Berliner Dom: Advent and Christmas Music Not to be missed is an experience of classical and Christmas music in Berlin’s most impressive cathedral. The Monteverdi Choir Hamburg will perform music by Mendelssohn, Eccard and Bruckner under the baton of Gothart Stier. |
| December 2 | Französischer Dom: Advent Concert Celebrate the festive season with a classical concert at the Französischer Dom, Berlin’s French Cathedral. The Mozartensemble Berlin-Brandenburg will perform pieces by Mozart, Schubert, von Preußen. |
| December 2 | Berliner Dom: Christmas with German Brass A Christmas brass band concert in Berlin’s impressive Berliner Dom is quite an experience to enjoy. The German Brass will perform works by Bach, Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky. |
| December 5 | Berliner Dom: Windsbacher Knabenchor Ceremony of Carols The Windsbach Boys Choir (Windsbacher Knabenchor) is considered one of the leading ensembles of its kind. They will perform works by Britten, Pescetti, Parish-Alvars as well as favourite Christmas carols. |
| December 6 | Berliner Dom: Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio The Berliner Kantorei and the Domkammerorchester perform Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, under the baton of Tobias Brommann. |
| December 7 | Philharmonie Berlin: Brass Band Christmas Concert Let the the Brass Band Berlin entertain you with music ranging from the classical to jazz. Their uplifting music and slapstick performances have gained them a growing fan base. |
| December 7-9 | Konzerthaus Berlin: Dresdner Kreuzchor & Konzerthausorchester An exciting program of Christmas music performed by over 80 young choristers from Dresden. Their repertoire ranges from cappella Christmas songs to music from vivaldi, Hasse and Heinichen. The highlight will be Baldassare Galuppi’s Christmas Mass for San Marco. Book early for this. |
| December 8&25 | Auen-Kirche Wilmersdorf: Vivaldi meets Mozart Christmas Concert The European Vivaldi Consort presents music by Vivaldi and Mozart, including Vivaldi’s most famous work The Four Seasons. |
| December 11 | Philharmonie Berlin: Bach Christmas Oratorio The Philharmonic Choir Berlin (Philharmonische Chor Berlin) celebrates this year’s Christmas time with Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio I – III” at the Philharmonie Berlin. |
| December 12 | Französischer Dom: Christmas Concert with Harp The Mozartensemble Berlin-Brandenburg’s Christmas Concert with Harp includes music by Handel, Hoffman, Beethoven and Debussy. |
| December 16 | Schloss Köpenick: Christmas Concert with Harp Celebrate the holiday season with classical Christmas music in the Köpenick Palace of Berlin. Enjoy selected works for harp and violin by Vivaldi, Faure, Massenet and Bach. |
| December 16 | Gethsemanekirche Berlin: Christmas Oratorio The Camerata Instrumentale presents Johann Sebastian Bach’s festive Christmas Oratorio (Cantatas I-III) under the baton of Matthias Elger. |
| December 16 | Philharmonie Berlin: Baroque Christmas Gala The Barock Orchestra Berlin, conducted by Stefan Bevier, presents works of Händel, Bach, Vivaldi, and Albinoni. |
| December 19 | Berliner Dom: O Holy Night A festive evening with Soprano Christina Bischoff who will be joined by Tobias Berndt (organ) and Daniel Schmahl (trumpet and piccolo horn) in a Christmas concert at the Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom). |
| December 19 | Philharmonie Berlin: London Brass Christmas Concert One of London’s most renowned brass ensembles present a wide range of Christmas carols, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons as well as Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. |
| December 23 | St. Marienkirche Berlin: Berlin Radio Children’s Choir The renowned Berlin Radio Children’s Choir (Rundfunk-Kinderchor Berlin) sings Christmas music for the entire family in St. Mary’s Church (Marienkirche) at Alexanderplatz. |
| December 23 | Auen-Kirche Wilmersdorf: Russian Christmas The Moskauer Männerchor performs a Russian Christmas concert in Berlin. |
| December 23 | Komische Oper Berlin: The Bayadere Christmas Operetta Celebrate the holiday season with a performance at the Komische Oper Berlin: Emmerich Kálmán’s The Bayadere in a concert version conducted by Stefan Soltesz. |
| December-26 | Philharmonie Berlin: Duetsches Kammerorchester Christmas Concert The Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin presents a festive Christmas programme with works by Vivaldi, Humperdinck and Neruda. |
| December 26 | Berliner Dom: Dresdner Bläserweihnacht Christmas Concert Enjoy the sound of brass with the Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble in their holiday concert performance in the Berlin Cathedral. |
| December-26 | Konzerthaus Berlin: Nordic Christmas Concert The Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau will present a festive Christmas concert with works by Grieg and Sibelius under the baton of music director Anthony Hermus and with special guest soprano Angelina Ruzzafante. |
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