Christmas with the BR Chorus – concert without audience
Saturday, 05 December 2020
Munich, Prinzregententheater
Subscription concert 2
For health reasons, the programme “72 Angels” with the choral work by Lera Auerbach has been exchanged. The current programme has been carefully prepared with a view to the broadcast on December 20, 2020 on EBU Euroradio Christmas Day.
Radio broadcast of the concert at euroradio christmas day
BR-KLASSIK will broadcast the recording of the concert (without audience) on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at 10.30 pm on the radio.
Angelus ad pastores ait
Motet by Michael Praetorius
for eight-part mixed chorus (1607)
Übers Gebirg Maria ging
Motet by Johannes Eccard
for five-part mixed chorus (1575)
O nata lux
Motet by Thomas Tallis
for five-part mixed chorus (1575)
Schlaf wohl, du Himmelsknabe du
Lullaby for voice and lute (traditional, 1814)
Franz Vitzthum | counter tenor
Julian Behr | lute
Ach bittrer Winter
Song for voice and lute (1646)
Franz Vitzthum | counter tenor
Julian Behr | lute
O Jesulein süß
Choral by Samuel Scheidt (1650)
Franz Vitzthum | counter tenor
Julian Behr | lute
Which Was the Son of …
by Arvo Pärt
for mixed chorus a cappella (2000)
Magnificat
by Arvo Pärt
for mixed chorus a cappella (1989)
Four Carols from „O magnum mysterium“
by Peter Maxwell Davies
for mixed chorus (1961)
Simona Brüninghaus, Gabriele Weinfurter | solo
· Haylle, comly and clene
· O magnum mysterium
· Alleluia, pro Virgine Maria
· The Fader of Heven
The Coventry Carol
English Christmas Carol from the 16th century
Andreas Hirtreiter, Michael Mantaj, Franz Vitzthum | solo
Julian Behr | lute
Lute-book Lullaby
Lullaby, arranged for choir and lute by Geoffrey Shaw (traditional, 1920)
Anna-Maria Palii, Mareike Braun, Moon Yung Oh, Christopher Dollins | solo
Bethlehem Down
by Peter Warlock
for mixed chorus (1927)
Resonet in laudibus
Christmas carol from the 14th century
for mixed chorus, arranged by Howard Arman
Lieb Nachtigall
Christmas carol (1670)
for mixed chorus, arranged by Howard Arman
Lasst uns froh und munter sein
Christmas song from the 19th century
for mixed chorus, arranged by Howard Arman
Mary Had a Baby
Spiritual, for mixed chorus, arranged by Howard Arman
Ain’t that a-Rockin’
Spiritual, for mixed chorus, arranged by Howard Arman
Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier
Choral by Johann Sebastian Bach
from the “Christmas Oratorio” (1734)
Franz Vitzthum
counter tenor
Julian Behr
lute
Bavarian Radio Chorus
with soloists
Howard Arman
conductor