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Dr. Dana T. Marsh conducting the Washington Bach Consort

The Christmas Story

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio: Parts 1, 2, 5 and 6

Music Center at Strathmore

Composer

Johann Sebastian Bach
Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248

Director’s Series

The Bach Consort returns to the Music Center at Strathmore for what The Washington Post has called a “splendid” and “joyful” holiday performance of Christmas Oratorio. Of all such seasonal examples, this work is uniquely focused on the complete drama of the Nativity. The Consort offers this beloved European tradition every year with an all-star cast of soloists.

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Director’s Series

The Bach Consort returns to the Music Center at Strathmore for what The Washington Post has called a “splendid” and “joyful” holiday performance of Christmas Oratorio. Of all such seasonal examples, this work is uniquely focused on the complete drama of the Nativity. The Consort offers this beloved European tradition every year with an all-star cast of soloists.

Vocalists

  • Amy Nicole Broadbent Amy Nicole Broadbent soprano
  • Sylvia Leith Sylvia Leith alto
  • Thomas Cooley Thomas Cooley tenor and Evangelist
  • Dashon Burton Dashon Burton bass

Read the Program Notes

Mary Ann Gardner, Sally Wells, and National Endowment for the Arts, underwriters

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