Ars Nova's Christmas Journey

Choral music by Jean Mouton, Francis Poulenc, Jan Peterszoon Sweelinck, Robert Pearsall and Morten Lauridsen as well as traditional Christmas songs from all over Europe. For many people Christmas is bound up with travelling, because at this time of year we often make a point of seeing family who live further away. Ars Nova's singers and conductor have roots in many different parts of the world, and this year we are setting off on a musical Christmas journey to the countries that hold a special place in our hearts. Along the way we stop in England, Canada, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands, Ireland, France, Sweden, Norway and of course Denmark, and the audience can look forward to hearing both masterpieces by some of music history's great composers and arrangements of traditional songs, without which it would not really be Christmas in the countries around the world. Ars Nova Copenhagen Sofi Jeannin, conductor