A fixture on the Christmas calendar, this ever-changing program, now in its seventh incarnation, is testament to the fact that throughout history, composers have produced some of their liveliest and most engaging work for the Christmas season.
PROGRAM
Directed by Douglas Lawrence and Elizabeth Anderson
and introducing
Katia Mestrovic – harp
IN DULCI JUBILO
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Verses 1 and 4
Johann Walter (1496–1570) Verses 2 and 3
GIOVANNI GABRIELI (1557–1612)
Hodie Christus natus est (à 8)
THREE SAXON MOTETS
Johannes Eccard (1553–1611)
1. Resonet in laudibus
Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
2. Es ist ein ros entsprungen; 3. Singt und klingt
TWO AUSTRALIAN PREMIERES
1. Raffaella Aleotti (c.1574–1646)
the first female composer to publish a collection of sacred works
Facta est cum angelo (Venice, 1593) first Australian performance
2. Mikołaj Zieleński (c.1550–c.1616)
the first Polish composer to publish outside Poland
Reges Tharsis (Venice, 1611) first Australian performance
From SOUTHERN STAR
Text by Michael Leunig (1945–2024), Music by Christopher Willcock (born 1947)
Love is born; Gul gul dja mardji; Real and right and true
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
The Motet: Jesu meine Freude BWV 227
ANDREAS HAMMERSCHMIDT (1611–75)
Hallelujah; Machet die Tore weit
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