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

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. 

Jóhann Kristinsson

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Bach's Christmas Oratorio · Aalborg Symfoniorkester

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Christian Măcelaru Oslo Philharmonic Choir · Oslo Philharmonic

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The Christmas Oratorio · Copenhagen Phil

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