MUSIK AM 13. : Carols and Candles

Programm

Christmas choral music from England by candlelight
Works by Richard Hall, John Rutter, Arthur Sullivan, David Willcocks and others

Pastor Alexander Stölzle, narrator
BACHCHOR STUTTGART
Florian Kunz, piano
Benedikt Engel, organ
Jörg-Hannes Hahn, conductor

Admission free, donations welcome

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English choral music is unique throughout the world, drawing on the centuries-old tradition of singing in venerable cathedrals and colleges. Christmas carols, with their joyous exuberance and their religious faith which goes right to the heart, are a part of Christmas just like the scent of cloves and mistletoe. The great celebration resonates through moving carols by the most famous English choral composers, and the conviction grows that there is something in the joyful chorus of the angels: Friede auf Erden! Joy to the World!