Arnold Möller 
Hej Kolenda, The Christmas Story in Polish folklore

Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto polonois TWV 43:G7

Further Polish music for Christmas and selected Christmas carols.

• Children´s and Youth choir of Theater Bonn
• Ekaterina Klewitz, rehearsal
• Beethoven Orchester Bonn
• Hermes Helfricht, condcutor

The shepherds play an important role in Polish Christmas tales and songs, the Kolenden. They symbolize the simplicity, laughter and faith of the people who worship the baby Jesus: » Let’s all go to the stable!  « says one of the most beautiful Polish Christmas carols, which really makes your legs twitch and you can feel the shepherds running off together in their great joy. » Hej, Kolenda!  « is the motto of our Christmas concert, the centerpiece of which is a nativity play set to music. Some of the most popular kolendas are played, including the famous » Luleise, Jesulein «, which was sung to Frédéric Chopin by his mother.

• In cooperation: Stadtwerke Bonn.