#2 - Sunday, December 9, 2007, 8:00 pm – St. James
by-the-Sea
Julia Gooding, soprano
with Roger Hamilton organ; Jeremy West and Jamie Savan, cornetto
“Puer Natus”
Christmas music from 17th-century Italy and Germany for soprano and two cornetts
by Schütz, Frescobaldi, Praetorius, Cima, and others
The sound of the cornett, that curious hybrid of brass and woodwind, was likened by Mersenne to “a ray of sunshine piercing the shadows.” Two virtuoso performers join renowned soprano Julia Gooding and organist Timothy Roberts in a program of Christmas music from 17th-century Italy.
“The sounds of these “cornettes” expertly played are marvelously subtle and rightly claim to be nearest match to a human voice that can be uttered from an instrument.”
Lincoln Post
“This English soprano’s blend of passion, subtlety, technical control, and perfect diction blew your socks off!”
Irish Times
