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Early Music for Christmas Eve

Hannah French presents a selection of medieval carols and Renaissance & Baroque music for Christmas Eve, including festive pieces by Corelli, Vivaldi, Charpentier, Byrd & Handel.

From her home in North London, Hannah French presents a selection of medieval carols, plus Renaissance & Baroque music for Christmas Eve, including festive pieces by Corelli, Vivaldi, Charpentier, Manfredini, Byrd, Manchicourt & Handel.

Join Hannah in the French kitchen as she also tucks in to some Yuletide treats fit for a cosy Christmas Eve.

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Christmas Eve 202314:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Francesco Manfredini

    Concerto Grosso in C major Op.3 No.12 (1st mvt - Pastorale)

    Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • Per La Notte Di Natale.
    • Naxos.
    • 13.

  • Trad.

    The Boar's Head Carol

    Ensemble: Joglaresa. Director: Belinda Sykes.
    • Ethnomusic Records.

  • Juan García de Zéspedes

    Convidando esta la noche - guaracha for voices and instruments

    Choir: Siglo de Oro. Conductor: Patrick Allies.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Trad.

    Riu Riu Chiu

    Ensemble: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • Medieval Carols.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • William Byrd

    Tollite Portas

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Puer Natus Est.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • Pierre de Manchicourt

    O Virgo Virginum

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Missa Veni Sncte Spiritus - Motets - Chansons.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Hieronymus Praetorius

    In Dulci Jubilo

    Choir: Queen's College Choir. Ensemble: Queen's Chapel Players. Conductor: Silas Wollston.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.

  • Anthony Holborne

    As it Fell on Holie Eve

    Ensemble: Fretwork. Director: Richard Boothby.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Michel‐Richard de Lalande

    Symphonies Des Noels: Una Bergere Jolie

    Ensemble: Trio Marie-Antoinette.
    • Campanella Musica.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E major "Per Il Santissimo Natale" (3rd mvt: Allegro)

    Conductor: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 15.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in G minor "Fatto per la Notte di Natale" (Mvts 1-3)

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.
    • Corelli: The Complete Concerti Grossi.
    • Zigzag.
    • 30-32.

  • Gottfried Finger

    Pastoralle (1st movement: Adagio)

    Ensemble: The Illyria Consort. Director: Bojan Čičić.
    • La Notte: Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night.
    • Delphian.
    • 19.

  • Trad.

    Portugese Hymn

    Ensemble: Early Music New York.
    • Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Cantata pastorale per la Nativita: Tu scendi dalle stelle

    Singer: Dorothee Mields. Ensemble: Ensemble 1700. Ensemble: Li Piffari E Le Muse.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Messe de Minuit (Sanctus)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Conductor: Sebastian Dauce.
    • Charpentier: Messe de Minuit - in Nativatem Domini Canticum.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 11.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Glory to God [Messiah]

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Handel: Messiah (Dublin Version, 1742).
    • LINN Records.
    • 19.

Broadcast

  • Christmas Eve 202314:00
    BBC Radio 3

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