Piffaro, the Renaissance Band will welcome soprano Clara Rottsolk for its annual holiday concerts in charming Chestnut Hill, PA. This year’s program aims to evoke a distinct sense of the place, taking listeners to the regions of Bavaria and Swabia to hear music that would have been played in churches and homes in cities like Nuremberg, Heidelberg, and Augsburg.  

Playlist

• Settings of the Advent hymn Nun komm der Heiden Heiland by Eccard, Crüger, Raselius, & Osiander
• Lieder for a cold winter’s day, including Caspar Othmayr’s Es ist ein Schnee gefallen
• Joyful Christmas hymns, including Hans Leo Hassler’s In dulci jubilo
• Christmas motets from a collection owned by St. Anna’s Church, Augsburg.

Watch Windsbacher Knabenchor performs Eccard, Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier

Listen Piffaro performs Othmayr, Non Argus Largus

“I grew up in the German Lutheran tradition and always loved this music…What an extreme pleasure to hear these familiar melodies played and sung so beautifully and authentically!” – Piffaro concertgoer