Ave Domina - Women's Christmas music from the 15th century

Women's Christmas Music from the 15th Century

It was mainly women who performed, preserved and passed on Christmas music in 15th-century Netherlands. Music that was connected to a European network and typical Dutch Christmas carols in which Mary, the Birth, the Cradle and the winter cold, make the imagination of these 15th-century women audible.

Ave Domina

Ave Domina shows the power and radiance of this intimate 15th century women's Christmas to this day: M/F sung, where vocal and instrumental music flow into each other. A whirling 15th century Christmas experience.

Christmas music from: Manuscript Berlijn 190 (Netherlands, ca. 1480); Hs Nijmegen IV 84 (Soeterbeeck monastery, ca. 1497-99); Hs Utrecht 16E34 (IJsseldal, 1450-1500); Hs Koning (Northern Netherlands, ca.1500), Christmas carols from the international 15th-century network and instrumental arrangements.

Adventure

Christopher Kale, Irene Sorozábal – voice

Marco Magalhães, Fumitaka Saito, Ita Hijmans – recorders

Introduction starts at 3:15 PM – Dieuwke van der Poel

Concert starts at 4:00 PM, no intermission, drink beforehand