BAROQUE CHRISTMAS
DEC 17 + 20
Overview
How do we choose to cultivate and radiate joy?
Feel the joy of the season, and pass it on! The H+H Youth Choruses Concert Choir opens the concert, setting that joy in motion with the next generation of musicians. Then, H+H Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen leads select H+H musicians from our period instrument orchestra and chorus in Heinrich Schütz’s The Christmas Story, a vivid retelling of the Nativity first performed in 1660. Shared by H+H for the very first time, Schütz’s music carries this centuries-old story into the present, bringing musicians and audiences together across generations. Come discover how joy can grow when we create it together—and how far it can travel when we share it.
Location
NEC’s Jordan Hall
Dates
Thursday, December 17, 2026 at 7:30pm
Sunday, December 20, 2026 at 2:00pm (note time)
Music
Schütz: Hodie Christus natus est, SWV 456
Vierdanck: Sonata No. 28 (from Capricci, Canzoni und Sonaten, 1641)
Praetorius: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Schein: Intrada (No. 21 from Banchetto Musicale, 1617)
Schein: Gagliarda, Allemanda (from Banchetto musicale, Suite 10)
Schütz: Heute ist Christus, der Herr, geboren SWV, 439
Praetorius: Ballet TMA 268, La Bouree TMA 32
Schütz: Auf dem Gebirge, SWV 396
Schein: Padouana (from Suite No. 10 of Banchetto Musicale, 1617)
Schütz: Siehe, es erschien der Engel, SWV 403
Schütz: Die Weihnachtshistorie (“The Christmas Story”), SWV 435
Performed by
Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor (Evangelist)
H+H Orchestra and Chorus
This concert runs approximately 2 hours including intermission
