The Christmas Story
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio: Parts 1, 2, 5 and 6
Date & Location
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.
...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 soprano
- Sylvia Leith alto
- Thomas Cooley tenor and Evangelist
- Dashon Burton bass
Mary Ann Gardner, Sally Wells, and National Endowment for the Arts, underwriters