This Christmas week, a mashup of medieval, renaissance, and modern pieces for the holiday weekend.
AAron Copland’s Ceremonial Fanfare;
Puer Natus est Nobis – from the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo des Silos;
Hildegard von Bingen’s Nunc aperuit nobis;
George Crumb – from his Black Angels;
Virgen madre gloriosa attributed to 13th century Alphone the Sage, King of Castille;
a tumbur solo from Afghanistan;
Hildegard’s O ignis spiritus Paracliti;
renaissance song Quen A Virgen Ben Servira;
Courantes from Michael Praetorius;
Robert Parson’s In Nomine;
from Medieval Spain, Respondemos, Dio de Abraham ;
Jacob Obrecht’s Sanctus;
The Benedictine’s Alleluia, beatus vir qui suffert;
and Preatorius’ La Bouree
