Ensemble 1700 / Dorothee Mields / Matthias Brandt / Dorothee Oberlinger

In the organizer's words:

And there were shepherds in the field

It was the shepherds who were the first to hear about the Christ Child on Christmas Eve - and in remembrance of this, for centuries in Italy they went into the towns at Christmas with their bagpipes and shawms to make music and pray. The recorder virtuoso Dorothee Oberlinger brings this tradition together with the most beautiful Christmas baroque music, complemented by Matthias Brandt with appropriate narratives to create a colorful, refreshingly un-kitschy Christmas tableau.

Cast

Ensemble 1700

Li Piffari e le Muse

Dorothee Mieldssoprano

Dorothee Oberlingerrecorder and conductor

Matthias BrandtReading

Program

"Pastorale" - Italian Christmas

Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in G minor op. 6/8 "Fatto per la Notte di Natale"

Alessandro Marcello
Concerto for oboe, strings and basso continuo in D minor S.Z 799

Alessandro Scarlatti
Oh di Betlemme altera povertà / Cantata pastorale per la nascita di Nostro Signore for soprano, strings and basso continuo

-Intermission -

Francisco Soto de Langa
L'unico figlio / from: Il terzo libro delle laudi spirituali per il Santo Natale

Giovanni Antonio Guido
L'Hyver / from: Scherzi Armonici sopra le quattro stagioni sopa dell'anno op. 3

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for flautino, strings and basso continuo in C major RV 443

Alfonso Maria de Liguori
Tu scendi dalle stelle / Neapolitan Christmas Carol

Johann Christoph Pez
Passacaglia / from: Concert Pastoral in F major

and Christmas texts from Italy

Venue: Laeiszhalle / Great Hall

Organizer: HamburgMusik