The shepherds were the first to learn of the birth of the infant Jesus on Christmas Eve – and in memory of this, they travelled to Italian cities for centuries with their bagpipes and shawms at Christmas to make music and pray. Recorder virtuoso Dorothee Oberlinger combines this tradition with the most beautiful Christmas Baroque music, complemented by Matthias Brandt’s fitting narratives to create a colourful, refreshingly kitsch-free Christmas tableau.
PERFORMERS
Ensemble 1700 chamber ensemble
Li Piffari e le Muse ensemble
Dorothee Mields soprano
Dorothee Oberlinger recorder and direction
Matthias Brandt reading
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
- Interval -
Francisco Soto de Langa
L’unico figlio
Giovanni Antonio Guido
L’Hyver
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Flautino, Strings and Basso continuo in C major, RV 443
Alfonso Maria de Liguori
Tu scendi dalle stelle
Johann Christoph Pez
Passacaglia
as well as Christmas-related readings from Italy
