J S Bach Christmas Oratorio

Name: J S Bach Christmas Oratorio
Start: 2024-11-30T20:30:00+01:00
Location: Sherborne Abbey

Schedule

Sat Nov 30 2024 at 08:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Sherborne Abbey | Sherborne, EN

Don’t miss this rare chance to hear Bach’s magical setting of the Nativity in the Abbey, complete with a period orchestra of some of the top players in the country, led by Alison Bury.
Sherborne Chamber Choir
Sherborne Baroque Players
Soprano Katharine Hawnt
Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston
Tenor Edward Woodhouse
Baritone Tom Butler
Conductor Paul Ellis
Written in 1734, the Christmas Oratorio is among Bach’s most joyous music and celebrates the whole Christmas period: from the birth of Christ to the visit of the Three Kings, each event has its own cantata, which together create one of Bach’s great masterpieces. With festive choruses, some wonderful solo instrumental and vocal music and, of course, Baroque trumpets, what better way to start your Christmas celebrations?
We’ll be singing five of Bach’s six cantatas and our concert is estimated to end between 9.45pm and 10pm.
Tickets available now from our website: https://sherbornechamberchoir.org.uk/concerts/j-s-bach-christmas-oratorio-2, priced £8 to £22. students go free!