December 24, 2016: Let's ring in the holiday season with a selection of beautiful holiday music from around the world! We will hear the concluding two movements of “El Pessebre”, or the “Poem of the Manger”, by Catalonian composer Pablo Casals and some beautiful and rarely heard Christmas music from England and early America. Later in the program we will hear the beautiful “Rejoice in the Lamb” by Benjamin Britten and a beautiful selection of Christmas Carols from Scotland.
Intro: Vivaldi Winter movement from Four Seasons [1.55]
Hour 1:
Torelli-Concerto in G minor, Opus 8 No. 6 “In the form of a pastorale for Christmas” (I Musici with Roberto Michelucci and Anna Maria Cotogni, violin; and Maria Teresa Garatti, organ) [8.58]
Casals-El Pessebre, “The Poem of the Manger” “At the Manger” and “The Adoration” (Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacional de Calalunya conducted by Lawrence Foster; Cor de Cambra del Palau de la Musica conducted by Jordi Casas; soloists Ana M Sanchez, soprano; Raquel Pierotti, mezzo-soprano; Joan Cabero, tenor; Enric Serra, baritone; and Stefano Platchi, bass [43.04]
Hour 2:
Sing We Noel: Christmas Music from England and Early America (The Boston Camerata conducted by Joel Cohen) [13.10]
Britten-Rejoice in the Lamb Opus 30 (The Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge conducted by George Guest) [16.51]
Scottish Christmas Carols (Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus conducted by John Currie) [25.58]
