The Christmas Concert

When winter comes, Christmas carols light up our memories like timeless echoes. Whether born of popular traditions or from the pen of the great Baroque masters, they all carry the same promise of fervor and shared joy.

With its period instruments and radiant voices, La Chapelle Harmonique breathes new life into this musical heritage, blending the delicacy of Charpentier’s and Praetorius’s Christmas works with the freshness of tunes known to all. Between contemplation and celebration, Valentin Tournet and his ensemble lead us into a sparkling, jubilant musical vigil!

Coproduction: Mont-Saint-Michel National Public Establishment, La Chapelle Harmonique

Part One
Baroque Christmas Carols

• Puer natus in Bethlehem
  Traditional – Piæ cantiones (1582)
• Gaudate, Christus est natus
  Traditional – Piæ cantiones (1582)
• Dans une étable obscure
  Michael Prætorius
• Noëls sur les instruments, H. 534
  Joseph est bien marié, Or nous dites Marie, À la venue de Noël
  Noëls pour les instruments, H. 531
  Laissez paître vos bêtes
  Dialogus inter angelos et pastores, H. 420
  Nuit
  Marc-Antoine Charpentier
• La nuit de Noël
  André Debousset
• Jesus bleibet meine Freude
  Jean-Sébastien Bach

Part Two
Popular Christmas Carols

• Silent Night, Holy Night
  Franz Gruber (1818)
• The First Nowell
  Arr. La Chapelle Harmonique
• Between the Ox and the Gray Donkey
  Arr. La Chapelle Harmonique
• O Holy Night
  Arr. La Chapelle Harmonique
• The Angelic Choirs
  François-Auguste Gevaert
• Shepherds Wandering in the Mountains
  François-Auguste Gevaert
• O Christmas Tree
  Arr. La Chapelle Harmonique
• Little Father Christmas
  Arr. La Chapelle Harmonique
• We wish you a merry Christmas
  Arr. La Chapelle Harmonique
• Joy to the World
  Arr. La Chapelle Harmonique
• Jingle Bells
  James Lord Pierpont (1857)

NN Soprano
NN Alto
NN Tenor
NN Bass

NN Violin
Geneviève Pungier, Flutes
Simon Kalinowski, Organ and flutes
NN Harp

Valentin Tournet, viola da gamba & conductor