Vox Renaissance Consort

This season marks the 31st consecutive year of our annual tradition of magical Renaissance Noël concerts by the Vox Renaissance Consort, celebrating the glorious Renaissance Christmas music of Old Europe, with masterpieces for single and double chorus, solo voices, and original period instruments, and—new this season!—an exciting additional performance at the Church of the Good Samaritan in Paoli. A unique feature of these concerts is our Renaissance Consort performers exquisitely attired in lush period costumes. An enchanting experience that will bring you back to a true Noël.

Program
Prelude:
   Sinfonia à 6 from La Pellegrina, Intermedio 4 - Cristofano Malvezzi
   Canzona à 5 - William Brade
   Sinfonia à 6 from La Pellegrina, Intermedio 6 - Cristofano Malvezzi

Veni, veni Emmanuel - ancient chant, c.12th cent.
Alle psallite cum luya - Montpellier Codex, c.1300
Boar’s Head Carol - anon., 15th cent.
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen - Michael Praetorius
O magnum mysterium - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Magnificat primo a 8, SV 281 - Claudio Monteverdi

Interlude 1:    Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 - Arcangelo Corelli

Ave Maria - Robert Parsons
Angelus ad pastores ait, SV 222 - Claudio Monteverdi
Puer natus in Bethlehem - Samuel Scheidt
Esprits divins - Claude Goudimel
Verbum caro factum est - Has Leo Hassler
Three Spanish Christmas Villancicos - anon., 16th cent.
   E la don, don, Verges Maria
   ¡Dadme albricias, hijos de Eva!
   Ríu, ríu, Chíu

Interlude 2: Christmas Concerto (cont'd) - Arcangelo Corelli

Adorate eum omnes angeli ejus - Henri Desmarets
Dies Sanctificatus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
O, ce veste minunată! - trad. Romanian Carol
En natus est Emmanuel - Michael Praetorius

Interlude 3: Sinfonia à 6 - Giovanni Battista Buonamente

Confitebor tibi Domine, SV 267 - Claudio Monteverdi
Hodie Christus natus est, SWV 456 - Heinrich Schütz

Running Time: 90 minutes with no intermission.