“Triumph, rejoice!” – Bach’s oratrio of hope and renewal

The Christmas Oratorio presents itself as a cycle of similarly structured individual works whose continuity rests on the Christmas narrative according to the Gospels of Luke and Matthew as well as on the recurrence of certain types of settings and the dramaturgy typical of Bach’s cantata oeuvre.

Our decision to dedicate one concert evening to each cantata highlights the distinctive nature of the Christmas Oratorio. Nevertheless, a concert performance of the entire work would have been equally possible, which proves once again the compositional genius of the Thomascantor. Indeed, there are likely only few works which are equally powerful whether performed as individual parts or as a whole.

From the protestant church Trogen in Switzerland
Choir and Orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation
Rudolf Lutz - Conductor

Chapters:
0:00:00 Overview
0:00:26 Bach - BWV 248, Part 1: "Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage", Concert on 15.12.2017
0:28:10 Bach - BWV 248, Part 2: "Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend", Concert on 14.12.2018
0:56:08 Bach - BWV 248, Part 3: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen", Concert on 20.12.2019
1:20:06 Bach - BWV 248, Part 4: “Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben”, Concert on 12.01.2018
1:43:05 Bach - BWV 248, Part 5: “Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen”, Concert on 18.01.2019
2:07:44 Bach - BWV 248, Part 6: “Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben”, Concert on 17.01.2020

Soloists

BWV 248, Part 1: “Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage”, cantata for the First Day of Christmas
Alto: Elvira Bill
Tenor: Daniel Johannsen
Bass: Stephan MacLeod

BWV 248, Part 2: “Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend”, cantata for the Second Day of Christmas
Soprano: Lia Andres
Alto: Margot Oitzinger
Tenor: Daniel Johannsen
Bass: Daniel Pérez

BWV 248, Part 3: “Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen”, cantata for the Third Day of Christmas
Soprano: Monika Mauch
Alto: Terry Wey
Tenor: Daniel Johannsen
Bass: Dominik Wörner

BWV 248, Part 4: “Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben”, cantata for the Feast of the Circumcision
Soprano: Miriam Feuersinger
Tenor: Daniel Johannsen
Bass: Tobias Wicky

BWV 248, Part 5: “Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen”, cantata for Sunday after New Year’s Day
Soprano: Marie Luise Werneburg
Alto: Margot Oitzinger
Tenor: Daniel Johannsen
Bass: Matthias Helm

BWV 248, Part 6: “Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben”, cantata for Epiphany
Soprano: Ruby Hughes
Alto: Alexandra Rawohl
Tenor: Daniel Johannsen
Bass: Tobias Wicky

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