Dorothee Oberlinger: »Pastorale«
with festive works by George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti and others
Ensemble 1700
Musical Direction and Recorder
Soprano
Johanna Rosa Falkinger
Speaker
Michael Witte
It was the shepherds who first learnt of the birth of the Saviour. In Italian cities, this story lives on in Christmas traditions to this day. Even in the Baroque period, composers were inspired by the pastoral sounds of the shepherds and their traditional instruments. With »Pastorale«, Dorothee Oberlinger presents a musical picture book of Italian Christmas, supported by actor Michael Witte as the narrator of special Italian Christmas stories.