John Williams
Olympic Fanfare and Theme (arrangement by Frederik Bauersfeld) (1984)
Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata XIII à 8 (arrangement by Frederik Bauersfeld) (1615)
Johann Sebastian Bach
»Jauchzet, frohlocket!« from the Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (arrangement by Frederik Bauersfeld) (1734)
Jan Koetsier
Sonata Praeclassica op.142 (1995)
Johann Sebastian Bach
»Jesu bleibet meine Freude« BWV 147 (arrangement by Enrique Crespo) (1723)
Engelbert Humperdinck
Overture to Hänsel and Gretel (arrangement by Hans-Ulrich Nonnenmann) (1892)
John Iveson
The Londonderry Air (1983)
Joan Javits/Philip Springer/Tony Springer
Santa Baby (arrangement by John Iveson) (1953)
Roger Harvey
Festive Cheer (1990)
Gordon Goodwin
A few good men (arrangement by Frederik Bauersfeld) (2020)
- Achille Fait Horn
- David Neuhoff Horn
- Selma Louise Ringdal Horn
- Simon de Klein Trumpet
- Pierre Evano Trumpet
- Gábor Jànosi Trumpet
- Linus Fehn Trumpet
- Pedro Olite Hernando Trombone
- Carsten Luz Trombone
- Leonardo Fernandes Trombone
- Jan Böhme Trombone
- Frederik Bauersfeld Tuba
- Uwe Mattes Percussion
»Sound the trumpets« is the motto of Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio. They are just as important as the festive trombones, horns and tuba when the brass players of the Gürzenich Orchestra light up the Philharmonie in a pre-Christmas concert. A musical cruise through the history of music, where distances are irrelevant: from Venice, where Giovanni Gabrieli made heavenly sounds rain down from several galleries at the same time in 1600, the journey takes us to Hansel and Gretel's enchanted forest and then on to the America of swing and pop with stops in between. Now Christmas can come!
