A meditation for Christmas, to shed some light in the darkest time of the year.

Many of the songs sung around Christmas that people in the Northern countries see as their own actually originate in the great Lutheran traditions of Germany. We can therefore find variations on the same themes by great masters like Bach and Buxtehude, but also local versions in traditional styles. This program presents a quiet caleidoscope of traditional songs, hymns and variations, and arrangements by Bach and Buxtehude on some of the most beloved seasonal psalms in northern Europe.

Aino Peltomaa - soprano

Fredrik Hildebrand - Treble viol

Miron Andres - Tenor viol

Rebecca Lefèvre - Bass viol

Clémence Schiltz - Bass viol

När vintermörkret kring oss står - When the dark of winter is all around