There is a reason Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio” is rarely performed. It is exceedingly long. And it is in six long parts. It has not been performed in the metro area in its entirety in more than a ...

Handel might have a chokehold on holiday-season oratorios with “Messiah.” But Bach’s lesser-known “Christmas Oratorio” has some festive fireworks and exultant beauty of its own. “The U.S. has adopted ...

We don’t often get to hear J.S. Bach’s great “Christmas Oratorio.” It’s made up of six separate cantatas, lasts about three hours and originally was offered in installments, sung over a nearly ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Outstanding: Oboist Xenia Loffler. In the great opening chorus, Jauchzet, frohlocket, of the first of the six separate cantatas that ...

Bach's remarkable and singular setting of the complete text of the mass encompasses the range of human experience, from joy to sorrow and solemnity to praise. Composed over a 25-year period, the work ...

The life of Jesus Christ is probably the world's most narrated story, but the 2021 Bach Festival in Leipzig still managed a premiere with its uniquely original presentation. The world-famous St.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Take note, Baroque music lovers. Apollo’s Fire is about to present something quite rare indeed. If this were Europe, there’d be little to report. This being the United States, ...

Three weeks from now, on Sunday December 22, Stephen Layton will conduct what has become one of the signal concerts in the seasonal calendar at St John’s, Smith Square in London – a performance of ...

Spreading the six cantatas that make up Bach’s Christmas Oratorio over the 12 days of Christmas, as originally intended, could be just the way to occupy the festive season. John Butt and his Dunedin ...