This week, Early Music Now presents songs to usher out the old year, and welcome the new; plus ditties and dances to bring some cheer to the cold winter days! Our performers include Pomerium, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, and The Dufay Collective.

Guillaume Dufay: Bon jour, bon mois. Performed by Piffaro.

Ludovicus Krafft: Novus annus. Performed by Stimmwerck.

Johan Schop: Der alt ist abgegangen. Performed by Mark Chambers, countertenor.

Samuel Scheidt: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist. Performed by Vox Luminis.

J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 28: Gottlob! Nun geht das Jahr zu Ende. Performed by Netherlands Bach Collegium.

Anon/John Playford: Selections from ‘To Drive the Cold Winter Away.' Performed by The Dufay Collective.

Anon.: The Old Year Now Away is Fled. Performed by Piffaro.

Anon.: Allemande de Symmerman. Performed by Les Witches.

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