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Sir John Elliot Gardiner

Sir John Elliot Gardiner © LILIYA OLKHOVAYA

The Constellation Choir & Orchestra / Gardiner

Monday 9 December 2024
19:00 – ca. 21:00
Großer Saal

 

Performers

The Constellation Orchestra, Orchester

The Constellation Choir, Chor

Marie-Luise Werneburg, Sopran

Eline Welle, Mezzosopran

Peter Davoren, Tenor

Alex Ashworth, Bass

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Dirigent

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach

Schwingt freudig euch empor BWV 36 (1731)

Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Messe de minuit pour Noël H 9 (1694 ca.)

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Unser Mund sei voll Lachens BWV 110 (1725)

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Melchior Vulpius

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

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Presented by Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft

Baroque Christmas splendour

The Christmas season is celebrated by the pioneer of historical performance practice, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, with baroque music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Marc-Antoine Charpentier. A musical depiction of laughter charmingly opens Bach's cantata »Unser Mund sei voll Lachens«, which he wrote for Christmas Day 1725 in Leipzig. The joyful anticipation of the Lord's arrival is also evident in his cantata »Schwingt freudig euch empor«, which includes dance choruses. Charpentier's Christmas »Midnight Mass«, in which he used traditional Christmas carols from France, also appears to be largely dance-like. These are mostly based on well-known secular melodies. It may have been quite a surprise for Parisian listeners at the end of the 17th century to recognise these in the Christmas Midnight Mass. Gardiner and his ensembles The Constellation Choir & Orchestra paint a colourful portrait of baroque Christmas celebrations.
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