Christmas Stories and Scenes

Christmas stories told in song from the darkest years of the 20th century. From Arthur Honegger (pictured above), traditional carols flavor Une Cantate de Noel (A Christmas Cantata); German-born Hugo Distler draws inspiration from the Baroque with Die Weihnachtsgeschichte (The Christmas Story); and Gerald Finzi fondly remembers one Christmas Eve in In Terra Pax, Christmas Scene.

Show Notes

Arthur Honegger: Une Cantate de Noel (A Christmas Cantata)

  • Christopher Maltman, baritone
  • New London Children's Choir
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
  • Vladimir Jurowski, conductor

Hugo Distler: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte (The Christmas Story)

  • Adam Riis, tenor (Evangelist)
  • Concert Clemens
  • Carsten Seyer-Hansen, conductor

Gerald Finzi: In Terra Pax, Christmas Scene

  • Roderick Williams, baritone
  • Martin Ford, organ
  • Vasari Singers
  • Jeremy Backhouse, conductor