San Fiz de Solovio will host this Christmas a very special choir concert, performed by the neighbourhood choirs.Visit of the Christmas page girl before the concert: 17:30h.

There will be two screenings: 18:00h and 19:30h.

This concert is the result of the collaboration between the municipal areas of Tourism of Santiago de Compostela and the Municipal Network of Sociocultural Centres. This collaboration, which was born in this Nadal 2023, aims to give visibility to the neighbourhood of Compostela in an essential monumental space in the Christmas of our city as is the church of San Fiz, taking the opportunity of the exhibition of the beautiful traditional nativity scene that is installed there, renewed, every year at this time.
The church of San Fiz de Solovio is fundamental in the founding history of Santiago, in addition to the fact that its tympanum houses a beautiful Gothic representation of the Epiphany or Adoration of the Magi.

PROGRAMME: 
Duration: 50 min

Coral da Asociación Cultural e Musical Solfa

• Paxariños que voades (Galicia)
• Panxoliña encantada (Galicia)
• Cançao de Natal (Portugal)

Coral Amigos do Castiñeiriño 

• La mula (Spain)
• Da Rosa Rosiña (Galicia)
• Con un sombreiro de palla (Galicia)

Asociación cultural Pena Maior de Marrozos

• Licencia e Gloria de Marrozos (Santiago de Compostela)
• Canto de Nadal da Vila (Cerceda)
• Reises de San Miguel (Arzúa)

Participating choirs:

Coral da Asociación Cultural e Musical Solfa

The Asociación Cultural-Musical Solfa was founded in the neighbourhood of As Fontiñas de Compostela, in 1997. It focused its work on the musical education of young people and on the enjoyment of music, always with the aim of contributing to the reinforcement and revaluation of our culture and to the normalisation of our language. The fruit of the work of these years gave life to a music band, a choir and a group of tambourine players. 

Solfa is part of the cultural fabric of our country and it proves it in the importance of the cultural wealth that Galicia treasures. We are aware that our future depends on recognising and loving ourselves as Galicians. Our culture, music and language identify us collectively and place us in the world. That is why we try to know it, use it, disseminate it and promote it. 

With more than 100 pieces, the repertoire of our choir is based on traditional Galician and Portuguese music. We also include texts by Galician and Lusophone poets: Rosalía de Castro, Eduardo Pondal, Curros Enríquez, Francisco Añón, Cabanillas, Manuel María, Fiz Vergara Vilariño, Fernando Lopes Graça...  We recorded a CD and with its recording we intend, humbly, but with a lot of feeling, to contribute to spread and enrich our music.

Coral Amigos do Castiñeiriño 

The Amigos do Castiñeiriño Choir was founded within the Amigos do Castiñeiriño Association in 2005. It currently consists of 25 mixed voices.

Andrea Torrado is its director. In these almost 20 years, the choir has participated in a large number of events, the most recent being:

Castiñeiriño Choral Contest.
Banquet of Conxo
Ascension ChoralEvensongs
Christmas Carols in Compostela
Spring Choral Concert

Asociación cultural Pena Maior de Marrozos

In the parish of Marrozos, which belongs to the municipality of Santiago de Compostela, the Pena Maior de Marrozos Cultural Association was founded on the first of December 1986. The Pena Maior Cultural Association has been working for more than 36 years in the defence and enhancement of traditional Galician culture. The effort and enthusiasm of many people, treasure the trajectory of this formation of rural Compostela in the preservation of traditional music and dance.

The association currently has more than sixty members, ranging in age from three to sixty years old. This association has different sections that deal with the disciplines of traditional dance, singing, percussion, pandeireta, bagpipes and accordion. Miudiños, Cantaruxeiros de Ardagán, Repeniqueiras, Son de Ferreña, Xoaniñas,... are some of the nicknames given to the different groups of the association.

The main aims of the Association are the promotion and defence, among the members and their families, of the themes and values related to the cultural, social and patrimonial sphere, with special emphasis on issues related to traditional Galician music and dance. In order to carry out its aims, the association carries out activities of animation and general participation of the members of the family in cultural activities. It also takes steps aimed at achieving better services for the community, especially in cultural, social and leisure matters, among others. In order to better achieve these aims, we promote dissemination and training activities on topics related to traditional Galician music and dance, cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, etc. We seek by all means the promotion of traditional culture and the generation of values and ethical principles among social people, with special emphasis on the youngest.

*The opening of San Fiz de Solovio at Christmas is an initiative of Turismo de Santiago. It has the collaboration of the Archbishopric of Santiago, the Mercado de Abastos and the Colegio Mayor de San Agustín. The traditional nativity scene is the work of Mr. José Uzal.