Baroque Christmas music with Les Accents

Heavenly Night

Alessandro Scarlatti
Cantata per la notte dell santissimo Natale

Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6 No. 8 “Christmas Concerto”

The composers of the Baroque era left us a wealth of Christmas music, from cantatas to concertos. Les Accents, one of the leading ensembles on the early music scene, presents festive treasures of the 17th and 18th centuries in a programme titled Heavenly Night.

Whether vocal, as in Alessandro Scarlatti’s little-known “Cantata per la notte del santissimo Natale”, or instrumental, like Arcangelo Corelli’s “Christmas Concerto”: this music is not only festive and full of joy, but also invites us into the world of the Christmas story.