Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Thomanerchor Leipzig

Johann Sebastian Bach
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Teil I)

Johann Sebastian Bach
„Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ“
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag für Soli, Chor, Orchester und Basso continuo, BWV 91

INTERMISSION

Johann Sebastian Bach
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Teile IV & V)

Johann Sebastian Bach
aus der Messe h-Moll, BWV 232: Sanctus in D (1724)

What would the Advent season be without Johann Sebastian Bach's music, especially the Weihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio) that all the musicians in Germany simply call ‘WO’? The Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the traditional boys' choir of the Leipzig Thomaner - founded in 1212 and thus one of the oldest choirs of all - and renowned soloists fill the Great Hall with the familiar sounds and festive atmosphere.