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WEIHNACHTSKONZERTE (Christmas Concerts)
STILLE NACHT (Silent Night)
Max Reger: Schweigen
Michael Praetorius:
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland
In dulci jubilo
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Johannes Brahms: Nachtwache I and II
Gustav Mahler: Um Mitternacht (arr. C. Gottwald)
Robert Schumann: An die Sterne
Per Nørgård: 2 Nocturnes: No. 1. Sommers søvn (Summer’s Sleep)
Traditional: Es ist ein Ros’ enstprungen (arr. M. Praetorius)
WEIHNACHTSLIEDER (Christmas Carols)
Boris Ord: Adam lay ybounden
Robert Parsons: Ave Maria
Benjamin Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
Herbert Howells:
A Spotless Rose
Sing Lullaby
Peter Wishart: Alleluya! A New Work is Come on Hand
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The truth sent from above
Orlando Gibbons: Hosanna to the son of David
John Taverner: The Lamb
Traditional: The holly and the ivy (arr. H.W. Davies)
Thomas Ravenscroft: Remember, O Thou Man
Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
William Byrd: This day Christ was born
Felix Mendelssohn: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
South West German Radio Vocal Ensemble
Marcus Creed, conductor
Recorded at Evangelische Kirche, Stuttgart-Gaisburg, 16 December 2017 and 1 December 2018
Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo / DTS 5.0
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Booklet notes (sung texts): German, English
Running time: 137 mins
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)
The radio choir of SWR is one of the international top ensembles on the professional choir scene. Ever since the ensemble was founded almost 75 years ago it has devoted its passion and extraordinary vocal competence to exemplary performances and the further development of vocal music.
The instrumental tonal culture and the vocal and stylistic flexibility of the singers are unique and do not only fascinate the audiences in international concert halls, but also the composers. More than 250 works were written for the SWR Vokalensemble over the past decades and new ones are added every year. In addition to contemporary music the SWR Vokalensemble specifically focusses on the demanding choral works of the Romantic and classical modern period.
From 2004 to 2020 Marcus Creed was the chief conductor of the SWR Vokalensemble. Under his direction the ensemble was awarded numerous prizes for its chamber music culture of interpretation and its stylistic confidence: the “Deutsche Schallplattenkritik” Annual Award, the “Echo Klassik”, the “Diapason d’Or”, the “Choc de la Musique” and the “Grand Prix du Disque” to name but a few. Since 2020 Yuval Weinberg has been the ensemble’s artistic director. With the recording of the complete choral works by György Ligeti, released in 2023, he presented his first recording as chief conductor of the SWR Vokalensemble.
