On this special extended Christmas edition of Baroque&Before, we present a recording of Cantatas 1,2,3, and 6 of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, recorded live in concert in Leipzig’s St. Thomas Church, where Bach was Kapellmeister from 1723 until his death in 1750. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra joins the Thomanerchor, the boys’ choir of St. Thomas Church, founded over 800 years ago.
PROGRAM
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
– Cantata No.1
– Cantata No.2
– Cantata No.3
– Cantata No.6
PERFORMERS
Catalina Bertucci, soprano; Susanne Krumbiegel, contralto; Tilman Luchdi, tenor (Evangelist); Martin Lattke, tenor; Andreas Scheibner, bass
St. Thomas Boys’ Choir; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Gotthold Schwarz, conductor