A Christmas History / A Choral Christmas
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A Christmas History / A Choral Christmas
The Sixteen / Harry Christophers
[ Coro DVD / DVD ]
Release Date: Monday 3 October 2011
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Harry Christophers and The Sixteen join Simon Russell Beale for two special Christmas programmes that look beyond the familiar carols and festive songs to reveal two millennia of music and texts from across Europe.
Bonus Features include:
· Sacred Music Series One and An Easter Celebration DVD trailers
· 7 Bonus Audio Tracks taken from a selection of The Sixteen's celebrated Christmas CDs
· Related Recordings by The Sixteen
· Artist Biographies and Images
A CHRISTMAS HISTORY
Simon Russell Beale takes a journey through Italy, Britain, Germany and Austria as he explores how the sound of Christmas has evolved in response to changing ideas about the Nativity. His story takes us through two millennia of music, from a fragment of papyrus preserving the earliest known piece of Christian music to the stories behind Hark! The herald angels sing, Silent Night and In the bleak midwinter, and the work of popular Christmas composer, John Rutter all performed by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen.
A CHORAL CHRISTMAS
Simon Russell Beale introduces a programme of choral music for Christmas from across the centuries, featuring performances of some of the works featured in the accompanying documentary. Harry Christophers and The Sixteen, perform music including J.S. Bach's harmonisation of the medieval carol In dulci jubilo, A spotless rose by Herbert Howells and the Christmas text O magnum mysterium, set as a motet by Tomás Luis de Victoria.
Tracks:
Medieval carol:
Make we joy
Medieval carol:
There is no rose
Bach, J S:
In dulci jubilo, BWV368
Davies, Maxwell:
O magnum mysterium
Gruber, F:
Stille Nacht
Holst:
In the Bleak Mid-winter (Cranham)
Howells:
A Spotless Rose
Mendelssohn:
Hark! the herald angels sing
Palestrina:
Hodie Christus natus est
Victoria:
O magnum mysterium, motet
Walton:
Make we joy now in this fest
