Baroque&Before’s special 2-hour Christmas edition opens with musical traditions of Portugal of the 15th to 17th centuries, performed by the Amsterdam-based early music ensemble Seconda Prat!ca. Recorded live in concert in the Reichssaal, Old Town Hall, Regensburg, as part of the Regensburg Early Music Festival.
The second part of tonight’s program features the renowned Tallis Scholars at the Temple Winter Festival with festive Renaissance favorites for Christmas, including Palestrina’s parody mass Missa Hodie Christus natus est. Recorded live in concert at Temple Church, London.
Thanks to our association with the European Broadcasting Union, we’ll be able to offer tonight’s program as a stream for you to enjoy throughout the holidays. A blue “Listen” button will appear when the stream is available.
Playlist
PART ONE
Traditional Lullaby from Casatelo: José Embala o Menino
Manuel de Fonseca (fl. 1540-?): Puer natus est nobis
Missale Mixtum: Viderunt omnes
Traditional from Beja: A Porta d’um alma santa
Anonymous: Magi viderunt stellam
Dom Bento (fl. 1540): Alleluia; Dies sanctificatur
Antonia de Rivera: Gloria
Fauxbourdon: Credo
Mateu Fletxa el Vell (1481–1553): El Fuego
Pedro de Tordesillas: Sanctus
Traditionell from Beja: Entrai, pastores, entrai por este portal sagrado
Pedro de Cristo (1545~50-1618): Quaeramus cum pastoribus
Traditional from Bragança: Alvorada
Traditional from Tras-os-Montes: Esta noticia tivimos
Gaspar Sanz (1640-1710): Matachin
Pedro de Tordesillas: Agnus Dei
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599): Niño Dios d’amor herido
Anonymous: Olá Plimo Bacião
ARTISTS
Seconda Prat!ca: Nuno Atalaia, recoreder & tenor; Jonatan Alvarado, guitar & tenor; Sofia Pedro, soprano; Florencia Menconi, alto; Emilio Aguilar, tenor; Bram Trouwborst, bass; Asuka Sumi, violin; Julie Stalder, violone & viola da gamba; Fernando Aguado, positiv organ
PART TWO
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (ca 1525-1594)
Hodie Christus natus est
Kyrie & Gloria from Missa Hodie Christus natus est
John Nesbet (?-ca 1488): Magnificat
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Credo, Sanctus, & Agnus Dei from Missa Hodie Christus natus est
William Byrd (1543-1623): Lullaby, my sweet little baby
Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629): Magnificat on the 5th tone
PERFORMERS
The Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, conductor
