CHRISTMAS VESPERS FROM DRESDEN
A historically-informed performance to greet the new year

Choral Arts Philadelphia presents
Christmas Vespers from Dresden
Heinrich Schütz's Christmas Historia
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Christmas Vespers from Dresden, Heinrich Schütz's Christmas Historia, is a dramatic re-creation of a Christmas Day Vespers Service as it may have occurred in Dresden in the Court Chapel in 1660 with music by Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) and contemporaries.
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Conducted by Matthew Glandorf, Choral Arts Philadelphia will re-create a rich tapestry of chant, Lutheran chorales, Latin motets and instrumental works that would have all been woven together for the evening worship service on Christmas Day in 1660. At the center is the re-telling of the Christmas narrative taken from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke composed by Heinrich Schütz. Joining the soloists and chorus of Choral Arts Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Bach Collegium are the seven members of Piffaro, Philadelphia's Renaissance Band adding recorders, dulcians, sackbuts and other colorful instruments specified in Schütz's score that bring out the particular colors of the narrative.

PERFORMERS
Choral Arts Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Bach Collegium
Piffaro,The Renaissance Band
Matthew Glandorf, Conductor

program details

WHEN: Tuesday December 31st 4:00-6:00pm

WHERE: Church of the Holy Trinity
Rittenhouse Square
1904 Walnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19103

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General Admission $50
Seniors: $40
Students: $25

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