Saturday 4 December 2021 at 3PM Thomson Memorial Church, Terang
Sunday 5 December 2021 at 5PM Scots’ Church, Melbourne
Celebrate Christmas 2021 with the A C C 8 singing the best music from the Renaissance, Baroque and beyond
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PROGRAM
Christmas celebration
Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611–75) Halleluia, freuet euch ihr Christen alle
Luca Marenzio (1553/4-99) Hodie, Christus natus est
Roses
Anonymous melody (16th Century, Cologne), harmonised by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Herbert Howells (1892-1983) A Spotless Rose
Five German Motets
Johannes Eccard (1553–1611) Resonet in laudibus; Vom Himmel hoch
Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672) Das Wort ward Fleisch (SWV 385)
Michael Praetorius Singt und klingt
Bartholomäus Gesius (1562–1613)/Michael Praetorius Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem
William Byrd (1541–1623)
Ave verum
O magnum mysterium
Sanctus/Benedictus and Agnus Dei from the Mass for Four Voices,
Bach and Luther
Martin Luther (1483–1546)/Adam Gumpelzhaimer (1559-1625) Vom Himmel hoch
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Lobet den Herrn
Traditional Carols
Basque Traditional The Angel Gabriel, arranged David Willcocks
French traditional, Angels we have heard on high, arranged FA Gevaert, E Anderson
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* All concerts will be presented in full compliance with any safety restrictions imposed by the State and Federal governments at the time of the concert. See the ACC’s COVIDsafe policy.