Christmas music from the Middle Ages this weekend on Choral Showcase, with carols and motets from the 14th and 15th centuries; and for St. Nicholas Day, a 12th-century morality play, The Play of St. Nicholas.
Show Notes
Anonymous, 14th-15th century: In natali domini; Danielis prophetia, Dies est laetitae; Puer natus in Bethlehem; A solis ortus cardine; In des jares zirchleit; Der Tag. der ist so freudenreich; Verbum caro factum est; Omnis mundus iocundetur
- Niederaltaich Scholars; Konrad Ruhland, conductor
Anonymous, 12th century: The Play of St. Nicholas: Filius Getronis (The Son of Getron)
- New York Ensemble for Early Music; Frederick Renz, conductor
Traditional: Gloucestershire Wassail; Verbum Patris Hodie; This Endris night, I saw a sight; Lullay, lulla, thow little tyne Child; Capanis cuym cymbalis/Honoremus Dominum
- The Waverly Consort; Michael Jaffee, director