A praetorius christmas (saturday at all souls)
Sat Dec 10, 7:00 PM - Sat Dec 10, 10:00 PM

Celebrating one of Germany's most influential seventeenth century composers whose music became the core repertoire for Northern Germany's prominent churches.
A thrilling program of Praetorius' music as it might have been heard in a Christmas Lutheran Mass during the first half of the seventeenth century. Joined by Los Angeles-based ensemble Tesserae, specializing in the music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
PROGRAM:
Puer natus in Bethlehem (Polyhymnia caduceatrix et panegyrica (1619)/Musica Sioniae V (1607)
Kyrie: Missa: gantz Teudsch (Polyhymnia caduceatrix, 1619)
Hymns: Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr & Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
Sonata: Padouana a 5, Johann Hermann Schein
Motet: Duo seraphim a 8, Samuel Scheidt
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Polyhymnia caduceatrix et panegyrica, 1619)