Ensemble 1700 / Dorothee Mields / Matthias Brandt / Dorothee Oberlinger

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