The In Nomine Ensemble Advent Calendar is an annual digital series featuring daily performances from December 1–24. Each program highlights early music from the 16th to 18th centuries. Shared online, the series brings historically informed performance to a wide audience in an intimate and accessible format, fostering connection and community during the holiday season. Visit our Instagram and YouTube to explore previous series, and see below for full program details.
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Week 1 - G.F. Telemann Trio Sonata in F Major, IV. Allegro
Week 2 - G.F. Telemann Trio Sonata in F Major, III. Andante
Week 3 - G. F. Telemann Paris Quartet in E minor, V. Distrait
Week 4 - G. F. Telemann Trio Sonata in D minor IV. Presto
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Day 1 – Où s’en vont ces gais bergers from Noël sur les instruments, H.534 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
Day 2 – À la venue de Noël from Noël sur les instruments, H.534 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
Day 3 – Golden Rod I: Pastorale (Andante) from Airs for the Seasons: Winter – James Oswald (1710–1769)
Day 4 – Golden Rod II: Musette (Allegro moderato) from Airs for the Seasons: Winter – James Oswald (1710–1769)
Day 5 – Golden Rod III: Tempo di minuetto (Allegro) from Airs for the Seasons: Winter – James Oswald (1710–1769)
Day 6 – Une jeune pucelle from Noël sur les instruments, H.534 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
Day 7 – Noël provençal from Nouveau livre de noëls – Michel Corrette (1707–1795)
Day 8 – Les bourgeois de Châtres from Noël sur les instruments, H.534 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
Day 9 – Sçavez-vous, mon cher voisin – Jean-François Dandrieu (1682–1738)
Day 10 – Heart’s Ease I: Siciliana from Airs for the Seasons: Winter – James Oswald (1710–1769)
Day 11 – Heart’s Ease II: Allegretto amoroso from Airs for the Seasons: Winter – James Oswald (1710–1769)
Day 12 – Où s’en vont ces gais bergers from Noël dans le goût de la symphonie concertante – Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (1734–1794)
Day 13 – Bear’s Foot I: Pomposo moderato from Airs for the Seasons: Winter – James Oswald (1710–1769)
Day 14 – Bear’s Foot II: Affettuoso moderato from Airs for the Seasons: Winter – James Oswald (1710–1769)
Day 15 – Bear’s Foot III: Allegro from Airs for the Seasons: Winter – James Oswald (1710–1769)
Day 16 – Ah! ma voisine, êtes-vous fâchée from Noël en récit de flûte – Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (1734–1794)
Day 17 – Adam fut un pauvre homme from Symphonies en quatuor sur les noëls – Michel Corrette (1707–1795)
Day 18 – Voici le jour solennel from Symphonies en quatuor sur les noëls – Michel Corrette (1707–1795)
Day 19 – Or nous dites, Marie from Noël sur les instruments, H.534 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
Day 20 – Prelude from The Division Violin (Fourth Edition) – John Playford (1623–1686)
Day 21 – Snowdrop: Gavotta (Allegro) from Airs for the Seasons: Winter – James Oswald (1710–1769)
Day 22 – Snowdrop: Affettuosissimo (Larghetto) from Airs for the Seasons: Winter – James Oswald (1710–1769)
Day 23 – Le Roi des cieux vient de naître from Symphonies en quatuor sur les noëls – Michel Corrette (1707–1795)
Day 24 – Joseph est bien marié from Noël sur les instruments, H.534 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
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Day 1 – Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming – Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
Day 2 – The Wexford Carol – Traditional Irish (arr.)
Day 3 – Joseph est bien marié from Noëls pour les instruments (H.531, H.534) – Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
Day 4 – Quodlibet from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Day 5 – Ar Hyd y Nos (“All Through the Night”) – Traditional Welsh; first published by Edward Jones (1752–1824)
Day 6 – Les Nations: “L’Impériale” – François Couperin (1668–1733)
Day 7 – Trio Sonata in C minor – Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)
Day 8 – Ma’oz Tzur (“Rock of Ages”) – Traditional Jewish (arr.)
Day 9 – À la venue de Noël from Nouveau Livre de Noëls – Michel Corrette (1707–1795)
Day 10 – À la venue de Noël from Recueil de Noëls – Claude Balbastre (1724–1799)
Day 11 – Pourquoy, doux rossignol – Jacques Hotteterre (1674–1763)
Day 12 – Masters in This Hall (melody from Alcyone, 1706) – Marin Marais (1656–1728)
Day 13 – Dance for the Fairies from The Fairy Queen – Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Day 14 – La Comète – Jacques Gallot (c.1625–c.1695)
Day 15 – Cold and Raw – Traditional; from John Playford (1623–1686), The English Dancing Master
Day 16 – Trio Sonata No. 1 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
Day 17 – Now Comes Winter from The Fairy Queen – Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Day 18 – Il Pastor Fido – Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782)
Day 19 – How blest are shepherds from King Arthur, Z.628 – Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Day 20 – A Ground – Henry Eccles Jr. (fl. early 18th century); in John Playford collections
Day 21 – Go nightly cares from A Pilgrimes Solace (1612) – John Dowland (1563–1626)
Day 22 – Dido’s Lament from Dido and Aeneas – Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Day 23 – Sheep May Safely Graze (Schafe können sicher weiden) – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Day 24 – Greensleeves – Traditional English; in John Playford’s The Division Violin
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Day 1 – Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), Toccata from L’Orfeo
Day 2 – Traditional Catalan song, arr. Davison, The Carol of the Birds
Day 3 – 16th-century English carol, The Coventry Carol
Day 4 – Michael Praetorius (c.1571–1621), arr. Drancsak, Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
Day 5 – Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764), L’Hymne à la nuit
Day 6 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755), Suite de pièces que l’on peut jouer seul, Op. 40: Rondeau gracieusement
Day 7 – William Byrd (1543–1623), Galliard “Ph. Tregian”, MB 60
Day 8 – William McGibbon (1690–1756), Belsie Bell
Day 9 – Harold Darke (1888–1976), In the Bleak Midwinter
Day 10 – John Williams (1932–), Somewhere in My Memory
Day 11 – William McGibbon, Pinkie House
Day 12 – Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), Bassoon Concerto in G major, RV 493: Largo
Day 13 – Franz Xaver Gruber (1787–1863), Silent Night
Day 14 – William McGibbon, There’s Three Good Fellows Ayont Yon Glen (from A Collection of Scottish Tunes)
Day 15 – William McGibbon, The Bonniest Lass in a’ the Warld
Day 16 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755), Trio Sonata in E minor, Op. 37, No. 2: Adagio
Day 17 – Welsh traditional carol, Deck the Halls
Day 18 – Richard Storrs Willis (1819–1900), It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Day 19 – François Couperin (1668–1733), arr. Davison, Pièces de clavecin, Sixième Ordre: Les Bergeries
Day 20 – John Playford (1623–1686), The Division Violin: Greensleeves
Day 21 – George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), Trio Sonata in B minor, Op. 2, No. 1, HWV 386b: Largo
Day 22 – Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707), Trio Sonata in A minor, BuxWV 272
Day 23 – William McGibbon, arr. Drancsak, Stone, Davison, Lee, Pinkie House
Day 24 – Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1723), Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8: Adagio