10. Dezember 2023

An English Christmas

Benjamin Britten
„St. Nicolas“ – Kantate op. 42
sowie englische Christmas Carols
Chor- und Orchesterkonzert

Peter Gijsbertsen – Tenor
Knabensolist der Frankfurter Domsingschule
Martin Lücker – Orgel
Figuralchor Frankfurt
Kammerphilharmonie Frankfurt
Paul Leonard Schäffer – musikalische Leitung

Traditional
Gaudete

Traditional
Deck the Hall

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)
Jubilate Deo, op. 18

Traditional
As I Sat On A Sunny Bank

Traditional
Away In a Manger

Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Serenade for Strings in E minor, op. 20
   I Allegro piacevole
  II Larghetto
 III Allegretto

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
Oh Little Town of Bethlehem

Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
Christmas Day

Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877–1950)
Evening Hymn

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Saint Nicolas, Cantata op. 42

    I Introduction
   II The Birth of Nicolas
   III Nicolas devotes himself to God
   IV He journeys to Palestine
    V Nicolas comes to Myra and is chosen Bishop
   VI Nicolas from Prison
   VII Nicolas and the Pickled Boys
  VIII His piety and marvellous works
  IX The Death of Nicolas