This Joyful Birth
“It’s never a good idea to miss a concert from this British vocal ensemble: there are no finer singers of early music,” the New York Times said of Stile Antico. This ensemble brings you a delightful Christmas concert with medieval and Renaissance music about the Christmas period with stories about Advent, the birth of Christ with the visit of the shepherds and kings, to the feast of Candlemas. Motets by Byrd, Lassus, and Sheppard, medieval carols, and irresistible dances from Spain and Germany illustrate this programme. One of the highlights is Victoria’s version of perhaps the oldest Christmas song O magnum mysterium that sings of the mystery of Christ’s birth. Get ready for a wonderful Christmas concert!
Conditor alma siderum
Audivi vocem de caelo
O lieber Herre Gott, SWV 381
Laetentur caeli
Ave Maria
There is no Rose of such virtue (the Trinity Carol Roll manuscript)
Übers Gebirge Maria geht
O magnum mysterium
El Jubilate (fragments)
Ein Kind geboren in Bethlehem
Pastores quidnam vidistis
Rutilante in nocte exultant (Madrigali, Libro IV)
Quem vidistis pastores
Tribus miraculis
A un nino llorando
Reges Tharsis
Resonet in laudibus
Stile Antico © Kaupo Kikkas
Stile Antico © Kaupo Kikkas
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Location
Church of St. James on Coudenberg
Place Royale 1000 BrusselsConcert without interval
