In Dulci Jubilo - Unicorn Singers Advent 2023
Event Location:
Our Lady & St. Michael's RC Church , Pen-y-Pound , Abergavenny , NP7 5UD
The Unicorn Singers
(with authentic string band)
present their Advent Concert:
"In dulci Jubilo"
Exciting baroque settings which capture the expectant wonder of Christmas including stunning music by Buxtehude, Bach, Schütz and Biber.
We kick-start the season of great expectation with some suitably refreshing
sounds from the 17th century.
Dietrich Buxtehude's delightful but little-performed Christmas pieces include
such favourites as In Dulci Jubilo but also other miniature masterpieces that
display his engaging and effervescent style.
Alongside this great predecessor
of J. S. Bach, we hear more charming works from his contemporaries: Geist,
Theile and Biber, the latter a pioneer of baroque writing in Salzburg.
Our sequence includes some novel settings of some well-known seasonal chorales
such as "How Brightly shines the morning star" (Wie Schon Leuchtet)
and "From Heaven on high" (Von Himmel Hoch). We also feature
some wonderful works from Heinrich Schütz’s vast output; a composer who always
has something original and captivating to say.
Along the way we will explore
many varied instrumental and vocal colours encompassing the contrasting rhythms
of dance and lilting lullaby.
Do come and hear this seasonal box of delights.
Works include:
Dietrich Buxtehude: In Dulci Jubilo; Das Neugeborne Kindelein;
Cantate Domino; Befiehl dem Engel
Heinrich Biber: Magnificat in G minor
Heinrich Schütz: O Lieber Herre Gott (O most gracious God); Sei gegrüsset Maria (The Annunciation)
J.S. Bach: Aria: - "Offne dich, mein ganzes Herze" from
Cantata BWV 61
Christian Geist: Wie Schön Leuchtet
Johann Theile: Nun ich singe, Gott, ich knie
Jacob Handl: Hodie Christus natus est