"Chantons Noël", concert by the Maîtrise of Chartres Cathedral on December 17 at 4:00 pm

As every year, in the run-up to the festive season, the Maîtrise de la Cathédrale de Chartres will be presenting its traditional Christmas concert.
Children and adults alike will introduce you to masterly polyphonic works evoking the mystery of Christ’s birth. You’ll appreciate the reflective atmosphere of the songs, and share in the joy of the crib with traditional hymns.
Come and share this exceptional musical experience, let yourself be guided by the shepherd’s star, and join us, with family and friends, in singing Christmas carols with the Maîtrise.

Sunday, December 17, 4:00 pm – Free admission

Maîtrise of Chartres Cathedral – mixed choir for children & adults
Conductor : Pauline Bonneau Pfeiffer
Choir organ : Catherine Barret

Program:

Cloches sonnez (Carol of the bells) – Noël d’Ukraine, XX^e s
Christmas bells – Austrian Christmas, 19th c.
Veni Veni Emmanuel
Hungarian Christmas
Czech Christmas
O nuit – Jean-Philippe Rameau
O magnum mysterium – Tomás Luis de Victoria
Lully lulla, lullay (Coventru Carol) – English Carols XVIII^e s – Philip Stopford
Creator alme siderum – Advent hymn
Choral du veilleur
Agnus Dei – Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Minuit Chrétiens – Christmas 19th c., Adam / Cappeau
Ah quel grand mystère – Christmas 19th c. French trans.
Les Anges dans nos campagnes – Christmas 19th c. French trans.

Bis : Peuple fidèle (Adeste Fideles) – Cantique in English 18th c.

 

This concert will also be performed on Friday December 16 at the Chapelle Royale in Dreux, at 5:30pm.