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J.S.Bach Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
What better way to celebrate Christmas and the return of live music-making than with J S Bach’s joyful Christmas Oratorio?
Although nowadays the Christmas Oratorio is normally performed in a single evening, it was actually written as separate cantatas to be performed at six different services in Leipzig between Christmas Day and Epiphany, 6 January. Three of the parts use celebratory trumpets and drums, while Part 2, focusing on the birth of Jesus, has a more pastoral tone with its haunting
Although nowadays the Christmas Oratorio is normally performed in a single evening, it was actually written as separate cantatas to be performed at six different services in Leipzig between Christmas Day and Epiphany, 6 January. Three of the parts use celebratory trumpets and drums, while Part 2, focusing on the birth of Jesus, has a more pastoral tone with its haunting
7:30pm
Tickets: £16/ £20; £8 students and unwaged. Tickets from Choir members or online at www.newcastlebachchoir.org.uk
Tickets: £16/ £20; £8 students and unwaged. Tickets from Choir members or online at www.newcastlebachchoir.org.uk
St George’s Church, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE2 2TF
Sat 20 Nov 2021
Website:
www.newcastlebachchoir.org.uk
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