Dresdner Kreuzchor - Weihnachten Mit Dem Dresdner Kreuzchor [CD]

Christmas with the Dresdner Kreuzchor means for theapprox. 120 young singers of the Kreuzchor each yearalso a Christmas at the Dresdner Kreuzchor. With thisselection of the best and most beautiful works from it'sover 800-year history, the choir gives an insight into it'straditions around the most contemplative festival of theyear.When the sun sets after two concerts on December 24,you can see candles flickering through the long corridorsin the buildings of the Dresdner Kreuzchor. Everyoneassociates Christmas carols with unique situations andtraditions; this also applies to the Dresdner Kreuzchor,whose days around Christmas are filled with specialmoments and songs that belong to them. RudolfMauersberger's choral setting of "Macht hoch die Tur" asthe great beginning of Christmas Vespers, "Silent Night,Holy Night" shortly before the Christmas dinner or "O dufrohliche", during which Christmas is traditionally rung inwith key rings during the performance in the Kreuzkirche.The Dresdner Kreuzchor takes the listeners into it's veryspecial and unique Christmas.