Since the Middle Ages, the Christian world has performed the story of Jesus' birth in some dramatized and musical form up until Christmas. One of the most well-known today is Bach's Christmas Oratorio, which he wrote in 1734 when he was 50 years old. 

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Bach's Christmas Oratorio

Aalborg Central Waterfront

Karol Szymanowski wrote the intense choral piece Stabat Mater in grief after losing his niece. Sergei Prokofiev wrote his magnificent Symphony No. 5 during the Second World War - marked by the ravages of war, but with hope for a better future.

Christian Măcelaru Oslo Philharmonic Choir

Oslo Concert Hall

One of the fixed traditions of Christmas is Copenhagen Phil's performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio . So forget gift shopping and Christmas hustle and bustle for a few hours and instead follow Copenhagen Phil and the Copenhagen Boys' Choir to Bach's wonderful Christmas world.

Christmas is a busy time for everyone – even for a composer like Johann Sebastian Bach in the 1730s. He is not only responsible for all music in Leipzig's churches and for the teaching of the students at the affiliated school – he also has to write new music for the many holidays. And in the midst of an everyday life that would have given most people stress in a single week, Bach writes some of the greatest masterpieces of Western civilization.

The Christmas Oratorio

Church of Our Lady

The 6th Philharmonic Concert will feature a world premiere reflecting our times. Jörg Widmann, who has been in close artistic contact with Kent Nagano, especially since the great success of his ARCHE for the opening of the Elbphilharmonie, recently wrote a decidedly peace-loving work in view of the global wars: "Cantata in tempore belli". Jens Harzer takes on the role of the speaker. Ida Aldrian sings the alto part.

Jóhann Kristinsson

Events

Upcoming events

2 - 3 Feb, 2025

6th Philharmonic Concert · Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Past events

Dec 12, 2024

Bach's Christmas Oratorio · Aalborg Symfoniorkester

10 - 11 Oct, 2024

Christian Măcelaru Oslo Philharmonic Choir · Oslo Philharmonic

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Great Mass in C minor by Mozart

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Singer in Cantata in tempore belli by Widmann

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

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