Christmas Concert
Polizeichor Hamburg / Jugend-Sinfonieorchester Ahrensburg
The Hamburg Police is brought closer to its citizens with its 60-strong choir, the Polizeichor Hamburg, founded in 1901. Germany’s oldest police choir is made up of employees from all sectors of policing, administration as well as other professional groups. Their repertoire ranges from classical music to folk music and sea shanties. Alongside harbour birthdays, family celebrations and other events throughout Germany, highlights of the season include the annual spring and Christmas concerts at the Laeiszhalle.
Performers
Jugend-Sinfonieorchester Ahrensburg
director Sönke Grohmann
Kinderchor Cantemus
director Clemens Bergemann
Polizeichor Hamburg
director Masanori Hosaka
Eiko Okuno-Jürgensen piano, organ
director Kazuo Kanemaki
Anke Harnack moderation
Programme
Camille Saint-Saëns
Chœur »Tollite hostias« / aus: Oratorio de Noël / Weihnachtsoratorium op. 12
Anonymus
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Señora Dona Maria
Georg Friedrich Händel
Joy to the world (Freue dich, Welt)
Anonymus
Süßer die Glocken nie klingen / Weihnachtslied
Camille Saint-Saëns
Introduction et Rondo capriccioso a-Moll op. 28
John Rutter
For the Beauty of the Earth
– Interval –
Hans-Joachim Rogoll
Weihnachtsmedley
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Laudate dominum / aus: Vesperae solennes de confessore KV 339
Leroy Anderson
A Christmas Festival
Adolphe Adam
Cantique de Noël »Minuit, Chrétiens« / Englische Fassung »O Holy Night«
Franz Xaver Gruber
Stille Nacht
Georg Friedrich Händel
Denn die Herrlichkeit Gottes / Chorsatz aus dem Oratorium »Messiah«
Halleluja / Chorsatz aus dem Oratorium »Messiah« HWV 56