In the historic Weimar Herder Church Sir John Eliot Gardiner finds the perfect setting for his recording of the Bach Christmas Oratorio. Against the backdrop of the dramatic altar and Lucas Granach ...

Christmas Oratorio Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor From the intense and heartfelt rapport between John Eliot Gardiner and his ensembles captured on this ...

We don’t often get to hear J.S. Bach’s great “Christmas Oratorio.” It’s made up of six separate cantatas, lasts about three hours and originally was offered in installments, sung over a nearly ...

Written in 1734, J. S. Bach's popular Christmas work is one of the choral masterpieces of the Baroque era - but the great composer took all of its tunes from other works. Towards the end of J. S. Bach ...

The Mad River Chorale is bucking local holiday tradition this year, eschewing Handel for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, performing Part I of his Christmas Oratorio — in English! “It’s got such a ...

We don’t often get to hear J.S. Bach’s great “Christmas Oratorio.” It’s composed in six parts, lasts about three hours, and originally was offered in installments, sung over a nearly two-week period, ...

Christmas is coming and Taylor Festival Choir and Orchestra is tuning up. They are ready to get the holiday off to a rousing start with Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio.” The concert will ...

Ring in the Yuletide season with a jubilant burst of music by Bach Last performed by Tafelmusik in 2015, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio bears the unmistakable hallmark of the composer’s genius. The ...