Apollo Ensemble - 'Weihnachten' in de 17e eeuw

About Apollo Ensemble

The Apollo Ensemble plays music from the period 1600 to 1850, from Baroque to early Romanticism. It uses historical instruments. The ensemble, consisting of professional musicians who are active at the highest level, conveys the beauty of this music to the widest possible audience.

Program

Vincent Lübeck : Willkommen, süsser Bräutigam

Michael Praetorius – Nun komm der Heiden Heiland

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber – Rosenkranz Sonata No. 1 “Maria Verkündigung”

Matthias Weckmann – Gegrüsset seist du, Holdselige

Christoph Bernhard – Fürchtet euch nicht

Dietrich Buxtehude – Salve Jesu, patris gnate

Break

Michael Praetorius – Vom Himmel hoch

Heinrich Schmelzer – Venite, ocius, transeamus

Anonymous – Wie schön leuchtet , for violin and BC

Dietrich Buxtehude: BuxWV 37 Herr nun lässt du deinen Diener

Dietrich Buxtehude – In dulci jubilo

Performers

Agnes van Laar and Janneke Stoute, soprano

David Rabinovich and Daphne Oltheten, violin

Cassandra Luckhardt, viola da gamba

Thomas Oltheten, dulcian

Marion Boshuizen, organ / harpsichord