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Christmas Oratorio: Parts 1 – 3
This is a rare chance to hear all six parts of the original Christmas hit performed over two nights.
There could be no better way to end the year in which the OAE celebrates the 40th anniversary of its formation in 1986 than with a…
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Programme
1Credo from Missa Omnium Sanctorum, ZWV.21
2Cantata 1 (Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage)
Intermission
3Cantata 2 (Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend); Cantata 3 (Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen) from Christmas Oratorio. Performed in German, with surtitles.
4Statio quadruplex for Processione Theophorica, ZWV 158
5Cantata 4 (Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben)
6Cantata 5 (Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen); Cantata 6 (Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben) from Christmas Oratorio. Performed in German, with surtitles.
Performers
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Václav LuksConductorSK
Sofia Kirwan-BaezSopranoHC
Helen CharlstonMezzo-sopranoGC
Guy CuttingTenorFS
Florian StörtzBassCO
Choir of the Age of EnlightenmentEnsemble