''Quando verrà Natale'' is a music album by Italian singer-songwriter Antonello Venditti. It was released by RCA Italia in 1974. The most famous song in the album is "A Cristo" ("To Christ"), an ironical depiction of a modern

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

straggling amongst the 1970s society: after performing this song in a show with Francesco de Gregori and

Riccardo Cocciante Riccardo Cocciante (; born 20 February 1946), also known in French-speaking countries and the U.S. as Richard Cocciante (), is an Italian singer, composer, theatre man and musician. He acquired French citizenship. Personal life Cocciante was b ...

, Venditti was arrested (15 January 1974) under the accusation of offence to religion. He was later acquitted from any charge. Later he wrote the song "

Campo de' Fiori Campo de' Fiori (, literally "field of flowers") is a rectangular square south of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy, at the border between rione Parione and rione Regola. It is diagonally southeast of the Palazzo della Cancelleria and one block north ...

", also in the album, dedicated to a square in Rome where the philosopher

Giordano Bruno Giordano Bruno (; ; la, Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno, January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. He is known for his cosmologic ...

was burnt alive under the accusation of heresy, and taken as a symbol of freedom of thought. Also devoted to a square in Rome is "Piazzale degli Eroi", alluding to the rich and post-fascist bourgeoisie living in that area.

Track listing

All songs are written by Antonello Venditti. # "A Cristo" — 6:21 # "Marta" — 5:11 # "Piazzale degli eroi" — 3:53 # "Ora che sono pioggia" — 3:47 # "Campo de' Fiori" — 6:01 # "Figli del domani" — 6:25 # "Quando verrà Natale" — 5:33 Antonello Venditti albums 1974 albums {{1970s-album-stub