A German Christmas
In Dulci Jubilo
December 11-21, 2009
Folger Consort celebrates the holidays in the Elizabethan Theater with the festive music of Michael Praetorius, the most prolific German composer of the early 17th century. The son of a Lutheran minister, he was responsible for combining the wonderful north German Lutheran chorale tradition with the new Italian developments of the Baroque. In 1610, the last volume of his collection of over 1000 chorale settings, Musae Zioniae, was published. The Consort performs some of the great Christmas favorites from this collection, including In Dulci Jubilo, Es ist ein Rose, and Puer Natus Est .
Folger Consort
Robert Eisenstein--violin, viol
Guest Artists
Cantate Chamber Singers--vocals
David Douglas--viol, violin
Daniel Rippe--viol
Mary Springfels--viol
Daniel Stillman--trombone, dulcian, recorder
Webb Wiggins--organ
Tom Zajac--trombone, recorder, flute
