Four short choruses set a cappella with some divisi. Includes: Puer natus in Bethlehem; Quem pastores laudavere; Gloria in excelsis Deo; and In dulci jubilo.

A very fresh and different a cappella arrangement of this classic hymn. Using the traditional melody, new harmonic ideas are introduced which add a modern flair.

In his Christmas motet "Hodie Christus natus est" Schuetz employs the full mastery of his madrigalian musical language and exploits all the sonorous richness which the six part scoring offers him. The

A sacred madrigal for three solo parts with basso continuo for Christmas time. Schütz composed this short piece in imitation of a secular Italian madrigal by Marenzio. In the source, Schuetz's work is