With a concert by the choir and orchestra of Madrid’s Teatro Real the Festival El Greco in Toledo is due to come to an end on Saturday, 14 November 2026. According to the event announcement, the performance begins at 20:00 in the transept of the cathedral. The programme includes Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 in D major, known as the London Symphony, and Luigi Cherubini’s Requiem in C minor. It will be conducted by the Italian violinist and conductor Stefano Montanari.
The concert concludes the festival’s 13th edition in the Spanish region of Castile-La Mancha. It is also part of events marking the 800th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of Toledo’s Gothic cathedral. The festival is organised by the Real Fundación de Toledo and the Fundación Primatialis Sedes Toletana.
According to a report by El Español on 11 November, the Teatro Real’s permanent orchestra and choir will take part. The orchestra is the Madrid Symphony Orchestra, and the choir is the Coro Intermezzo. Its director is José Luis Basso. However, an earlier music programme published by the city of Toledo had listed the Spanish Radio Choir for the evening.
Haydn’s symphony forms the first part of the concert. The last of his 104 numbered symphonies was premiered in 1795. According to El Español, it had already been performed in the cathedral in the early 19th century in an arrangement by the then choirmaster, Antonio Gutiérrez.
Cherubini’s Requiem follows in the second part. It was composed in memory of the French King Louis XVI. The work has no vocal soloists; the choir shares the spotlight with the orchestra.
Alongside the closing concert, the autumn edition of the festival included performances with historical links to the cathedral. These included organ concerts and a programme by the Nereydas ensemble featuring music for the Corpus Christi feast in 18th-century Toledo.
According to the latest press reports, tickets for the closing concert are available through the festival and at the offices of the Real Fundación de Toledo. It is not possible to tell from this whether any seats are still available. The concert has been announced; its actual course cannot be reported on before the event.
Editor: Celestina Fuentes (Article created with AI assistance).