Monday, 19.12.2016
St. John's Cathedral in Den Bosch, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Tuesday, 20.12.2016
The Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium
Michael Praetorius (1571–1621), arranged by Jan Sandström (1954)
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
George Friedrich Händel (1685–1759)
Parts from oratorio Messiah HWV 56 (1741):
And the Glory of the Lord
And Thou That Tellest Good Tidings
The People That Walked In Darkness
For Unto Us A Child Is Born
Soloists: Marianne Pärna (alto), Olari Viikholm (bass)
Arvo Pärt (1935)
Estonian Lullaby (2002/2006)
Olav Ehala (1950)
Sheep song (Lambalaul, lyrics Juhan Saar)
Making a Christmas Tree (Kuusetegemise laul, lyrics Ilmar Trull)
Song of Silence (Vaikuse laul, lyrics Doris Kareva)
Elf’s Christmas Song (Päkapiku jõululaul, lyrics Katrin Ehala)
Christmas Eve’s Dream (Jõuluööl võib juhtuda ime, lyrics Ilmar Trull)
Birth Of Song (Laulu sünd, lyrics Leelo Tungal)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Parts from Oratorio de Noël Op 12 (1858):
Prélude
Et pastores erant
Quare fremuerunt gentes
Tollite hostias
Christmas Carols, arranged by Tõnis Kõrvits (1944):
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Music: Lewis Henry Redner, lyrics: Phillips Brooks
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
Music and lyrics: John Francis Wade
When You Wish Upon a Star
Music: Leigh Harline, lyrics: Ned Washington
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Music: Hugh Martin, lyrics: Ralph Blane
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Music and lyrics: Mel Tormé and Bob Wells
White Christmas
Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin
Music: Franz Xaver Gruber, arranged by Gene Puerling
Silent Night
Lyrics: Joseph Mohr
George Friedrich Händel
Lift Up Your Heads, from oratorio Messiah
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Kaspars Putniņš
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
George Friedrich Händel (1685–1759)
Parts from oratorio Messiah HWV 56 (1741):
And the Glory of the Lord
And Thou That Tellest Good Tidings
The People That Walked In Darkness
For Unto Us A Child Is Born
Soloists: Marianne Pärna (alto), Olari Viikholm (bass)
Arvo Pärt (1935)
Estonian Lullaby (2002/2006)
Olav Ehala (1950)
Sheep song (Lambalaul, lyrics Juhan Saar)
Making a Christmas Tree (Kuusetegemise laul, lyrics Ilmar Trull)
Song of Silence (Vaikuse laul, lyrics Doris Kareva)
Elf’s Christmas Song (Päkapiku jõululaul, lyrics Katrin Ehala)
Christmas Eve’s Dream (Jõuluööl võib juhtuda ime, lyrics Ilmar Trull)
Birth Of Song (Laulu sünd, lyrics Leelo Tungal)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
Parts from Oratorio de Noël Op 12 (1858):
Prélude
Et pastores erant
Quare fremuerunt gentes
Tollite hostias
Christmas Carols, arranged by Tõnis Kõrvits (1944):
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Music: Lewis Henry Redner, lyrics: Phillips Brooks
Adeste Fideles (O Come, All Ye Faithful)
Music and lyrics: John Francis Wade
When You Wish Upon a Star
Music: Leigh Harline, lyrics: Ned Washington
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Music: Hugh Martin, lyrics: Ralph Blane
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
Music and lyrics: Mel Tormé and Bob Wells
White Christmas
Music and lyrics: Irving Berlin
Music: Franz Xaver Gruber, arranged by Gene Puerling
Silent Night
Lyrics: Joseph Mohr
George Friedrich Händel
Lift Up Your Heads, from oratorio Messiah
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Kaspars Putniņš