Heinrich Schütz: Christmas Story and Holiday Favorites

Presented by California Bach Society

Artistic director Paul Flight leads the California Bach Society in a festive concert of holiday favorites from around the world.  The program will showcase the jubilant, seldom heard Christmas Story (Weinachtshistorie) by Heinrich Schütz.  Written for six-part choir, soloists, and Baroque ensemble, this masterpiece recounts the nativity in a series of delightful tableaux. The 30-voice chorus is joined by a Baroque ensemble of strings and brass, with soloists Caroline Jou Armitage, soprano, Sepp Hammer, baritone, and Paul Flight as the Narrator.  To round out the program, the choir will present a retrospective of favorites from its popular “Christmas Around the World” concerts, with songs and carols from many lands and many centuries.

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City: Palo Alto
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$35, $25, $10

Program Items

Heinrich Schütz Christmas Story (Weinachtshistorie)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier Salve puerule
John Paynter The Rose
Felix Mendelssohn Weihnachten
Giovanni Croce Quaeramus cum pastoribus

Performers

Paul Flight Artistic Director
Caroline Jou Armitage Soprano soloist
Sepp Hammer Baritone soloist

All Saints Episcopal Church, Palo Alto

All Saints Episcopal Church, Palo Alto

555 Waverley Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
United States