Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612)
Verbum caro factum est, extrait de "Cantiones sacrae", Augsburg 1591
Magnificat dell'Stettimo tuono für Orgel, extrait de "Der Turiner Tabulatur"
Jubilate deo omnis terra, extrait de "Sacri concentus"

Christian Erbach (1573-1635)
Canzona La Paglia

Tobias Eisenhuet (1644-1702)
Conditor alme siderum pro Adventus Domini, extrait de "Hymni ariosi"

Johann Erasmus Kindermann (1616-1655)
Sonata quarta, extrait de "Canzoni, Saonatae Pars prior et posterior"

Johann Melchior Gletle (1626-1683)
Puellule Decore, extrait de "Expeditionis musicae classis Motettae"

Jacob Gippenbusch (1612-1664)
Lasst uns das Kindlein wiegen, extrait de "Psalteriolum harmonicum 1642"

Franz Xaver Murschhauser (1663-1738)
Variationes super Cant. Lasst uns das Kindlein wiegen per Imitationem cuculi

Johann Fischer (1646-1721)
Suite en sol mineur

Jakob Scheiffelhut (1647-1709)
Suite en la mineur, extrait de "Lieblicher Frühlings-Anfang oder Musikalischer Seyten-Klang"

Adam Gumpelzhaimer (1559-1629)
Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her, extrait de "Zwai schöne Weihenächt Lieder"

Carl van der Hoeven (1580-1661)
Ricercar primo Quarti toni, extrait de "Der Turiner Tabulatur"

Jacob Paix (1556-1623)
In Die natalis Domini, Laudate omnes gentes, extrait de "Involierung nach Orlando di lasso, aus Schön und Nutz- und Gebreüchlich Orgel Tabulaturbuch"

Matthias Kelz (1635-1695)
Partita en do majeur, extrait de "Primitiae musicales seu concentus novi harmonici"

Johannes Eccard (1553-1611)
In dulci jubilo, extrait de "Geistliche Lieder 1597"

Ensemble Fama

Sabine Lutzenberger, cantus
Sebastian Seifert, alto
Richard Resch, ténor
Joel Frederiksen, basse
Iris Lichtinger, flûte à bec
Theona Gubba-Chkheidze, violon
Nagi Tsutsui, violon
Sergey Filchenko, alto
Viktor Töpelmann, viole de gambe
Günter Holzhausen, violone
Wolfram Oettl, clavecin
Michael Eberth, orgue

A festive christmas concert of motets, songs and instrumental settings, telling about the coming Saviour and his birth. A 17th century christmas night in Augsburg. It is part and parcel of the close relationship to Augsburg shared by all of the featured composers that the concerns of both Christian faiths, the Catholic and the Protestant, are taken into account in their music. The music as such was considered tob e above and beyond denomination. Music in ist striving for “harmony“ overcomes all human conflict with the promise of the eternal peace of Christmas, disclosed by the angel’s hymn of the biblical Annuciation: “Et in terra pax hominibus“ . FAMA – Forum Alte Musik Augsburg (Augsburg Early Music Forum) promotest he research, performance and dissemination of early music in the Augsburg cultural area. They organize the maxKONZERTE, an early music concert series, predominantly in appropiate historical rooms. They curate and organise the Festival Alte Musik Augsburg. They work on the indexing of unknown musical and historical sources and document them in CD recordings. They cooperate with the art collections and museum oft he city of Augsburg. They conduct public relations work through lectures, workshops and guided tours.