Masaaki Suzuki, renowned Bach specialist and winner of the 2012 Bach Prize, conducts Bach’s Christmas Oratorio over two concerts.
This monumental retelling of the birth of Christ is also a definitive guide to what music is and how to do it.
This first concert – Friday 9 – features parts one to three, which are based on the Gospel of Matthew and tell the story of Jesus’ birth and the arrival of the shepherds.
This second concert – Saturday 10 – features parts three to six, which are based on the Gospel of Luke and cover the naming of Jesus and the journey and adoration of the Magi.
Performed in German with English surtitles.
5.45pm-6.15pm: OAE Extras Come and Sing the Christmas Oratorio
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