Ensemble Feuervogel

"Of a Rose Sing We" - English Christmas Carols from 1200 to 1600

Carine Tinney soprano
Nura Natour, Tabea Popien, Mathis Wolfer, Felix Schlenker recorder

"Of a Rose Sing We" - English Christmas Carols from 1200 to 1600

Robert White Fantasia
William Byrd In nomine - O magnum mysterium - Beata virgo - Lullaby, My Sweet Little Baby
Anthony Holborne Noel's Galliard
Thomas Morley All You That Are Good Fellows
Thomas Ravenscroft Remember, O Thou Man
Anonymous Born is the Babe - Edi beo thu - Lullay, Lullow - Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang -All Sons of Adam
Traditional Coventry Carol

Carols have been sung at Christmas time in England for eight centuries. They go back to pagan, folk songs with dancing, which became sacred songs with Old English-Latin texts in the course of Christianization. In the heyday of Catholicism, Marian carols and lullabies dominated, later giving rise to the Christmas carols that are known and loved around the world today. The Scottish soprano Carine Tinney, who gave us wonderful Bach:vocal moments in the Collegiate Church, joins ensemble feuervogel to trace this tradition, which reflects the religious history of Great Britain.