BAROQUE CHRISTMAS CONCERT:FROM THE CA

"Freiburg in winter. Accompanied by the sound of Johann Sebastian Bachs concerto in D major, the camera slowly glides over the snow-covered forests and roof tops of the half-timbered houses towards the Centre of the town, to the Freiburg Minster. The Minster is said to have the most beautiful spire in Christendom and is probably the oldest in Germany, having been completed during the Middle Ages and not added on during the 19th century as were the spires of the cathedrals in Ulm and Cologne. A magnificent setting, therefore, for a baroque Christmas concert. The towns Baroque Orchestra, now one of the best-known of its kind well beyond the countrys borders, welcomed that evening the American soprano Barbara Bonney, the baritone Matthias Goerne and the brass ensemble German Brass."