Sankta Lucia - Swedish Christmas

Tuesday, December 05, 2023, 8:30 PM

Saint-Sulpice Church, Paris (75)

Light will be in the spotlight during this concert which will prepare us for the coming of Christmas

Saint Lucia (Sankta Lucia in Swedish, but commonly known as Lucia) is a feast celebrated on December 13 in honor of Saint Lucia of Syracuse. It marks the start of the Christmas season with Advent. It was traditionally an important feast throughout Western Christendom, which is celebrated today mostly in Scandinavia and southern Europe, especially in Sweden.
This is therefore an opportunity for the Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris to pay tribute and celebrate Sweden and its rich choral repertoire.
Lucie is a first name coming from the Latin lux, lucis, meaning light, and light will be in the spotlight during this evening which will prepare us for the coming of Christmas.

Cast

Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris, Children Choir and Young Ensemble
Adolf Fredrik Choir of Stockholm
Emilie Fleury, Helena Ströberg, Ylva Karlström, conductors

Program

Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris
Gregorien, Puer natus est
Traditional (arrangement N.Lungu), Marire-ntru Cele-nalte
Mykola Leontovytch, Schedryk
Moira Smiley , Bring me little water, Sylvie
John Rutter , Coventry carol
Medieval rondeau , Circa canit Michael

Adolf Fredrik choir
Eric Whitacre (*1970), Lux arumque
Traditional, arr. Hans Kyhle (*1933) , Sankta Lucia
Traditional, arr. Jan Åke Hillerud (*1938), God morgon mitt herrskap
Traditional, arr. Solwig Hernth-Grippe (1922-2011) , Stig in, Lucia, stig in
Traditional, arr. Jan Åke Hillerud (*1938) , Staffanscollage
Traditional, arr. Helene Stureborg (*1964) , Sankt Staffans visa
Traditional, arr. Ivar Widén (1871-1951) , Gläns över sjö och strand
Emmy Köhler (1858-1925), arr. Mattias Ekström Koij (*1968) , Nu tändas tusen juleljus
Arr. Jan Åke Hillerud (*1938), Veni, veni Emmanuel
Gustaf Nordqvist (1886-1949) , Jul, jul, strålande jul
Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) , Julsång

Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris & Adolf Fredrik choir
Franz Gruber (1787-1863), arr. Hanns Miessner (1877-1957), Stilla natt
Traditional, arr. Anders Bond (1888-1980), Bereden väg för herran!
Traditional, arr. Hans Kyhle (*1933), Sankta Lucia