4 Women - 40 Instruments - The Recorder Quartet Flautando Köln

Erna, the tree is needling

Heikko Deutschmann, Fotocredit Mathias Bothor

Countless stories are entwined around the "festival of love". And not without reason - Christmas is by no means always festive, peaceful and contemplative, but all too often hectic and stressful, sometimes lonely and sad, sometimes interspersed with minor or major quarrels or full of mishaps... but in any case, something very special for most of us.

With music and stories, Flautando Köln and Heikko Deutschmann illuminate the many faces of Christmas and lead you cheerfully, thoughtfully, ironically, enigmatically, bitingly, nostalgically and entertainingly through Advent to the "Festival of Festivals".