For the past four years, the #ClassicsaDay team has adopted Classical Christmas as its theme for December. And why not? We have a rich body of music related to the season dating back to the Middle Ages. A good deal of it is religious, but not all — many works are simply inspired by the […]
Johann Schelle
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Christmas in Leipzig traces tradition of excellence
This album is about tradition. It’s a live recording of the Christmas concert held in Thomaskirche, Leipzig – a long-running tradition. It features three cantatas based on the traditional Lutheran chorale, Von Himmel Hoch The works were composed by three Cantors of Thomaskirche, illustrating the evolution of German choral composition. These were also the three […]