Thursday, January 8, 2026

Currende Gives "OKersnacht schooner Dan de Daeghen" For Christmas

 


Christmas music from Flanders. Who doesn't know them, Christmas hits like "Nu zijt wellekome" (Now you are welcome) or "Hoe leit dit kindeken" (How does this child lie?). 

Centuries-old songs, anchored in our collective memory, and still very much alive. Although Christmas is a Christian holiday, these songs are not liturgical church music, but they originated in the atmosphere of private devotion — in living rooms and monasteries rather than churches. Many medieval and early modern song manuscripts and hymn books circulated in bourgeois and urban environments.

1. Veni Redemptor Gentium
Composer: Erik Van Nevel, Upon The Chant

2. Maria Die Soude Naer Bethlehem Gaen
Composer: Willem Ceuleers

3. Nu Sijt Wellekome
Composer: Piet Stryckers

4. O Salich Heylich Bethleem
Composer: Piet Stryckers

5. Laet Ons Met Herten Reine
Composer: Guilelmus Messaus

6. Stella Quam Viderunt Magi À 6
Composer: Johannes Le Febure

7. Videntes Stellam
Composer: Orlandus Lassus

8. Er Is Een Kindeke Gheboren
Composer: Piet Stryckers

9. Een Seraphinsche Tonghe
Composer: Piet Stryckers

10. O Nacht, O Blyde Nacht
Composer: Piet Stryckers

11. In ‘T Stalleken Van Bethlehem
Composer: Piet Stryckers

12. Hoe Leit Dit Kindeken
Composer: Piet Stryckers

13. O Kersnacht, Schooner Dan De Daegen
Composer: Piet Stryckers, Willem Ceuleers, Erik Van Nevel

14. Sarabande – Dulcedo Jesu & Ballo
Composer: Franciscus Munninckx

15. Quoniam Tus Solus Sanctus
Composer: Charles-Joseph Van Helmont

16. O Herders, Laet U Bocxkens En Schaepen
Composer: Willem Ceuleers



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