Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Details

Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
London
SW1X 9DQ
England


Programme

Johann Sebastian BachChristmas Oratorio, BWV 248
George Frideric HandelFoundling Hospital Anthem, HWV 268
~ Interval ~
George Frideric HandelHallelujah Chorus

Performers

Ivor Setterfield – Conductor
Grace Davidson – soprano
Katie Coventry – mezzo-soprano
Ben Johnson – Tenor
Benedict Nelson – baritone

Trafalgar Baroque Ensemble
Barts Choir

Programme Note

In his Christmas Oratorio Bach drew on a long German tradition of sung Christmas narratives but as always surpassed them.

Like his Passion settings, the Biblical narrative is interspersed with solos and choruses commenting on the action. Though written in six parts to be performed over the main feast days of the Christmas season, it forms a continuous whole, especially Parts I-III describing the birth of Jesus, the angels appearing to the shepherds, and their visit to the manger.

Handel’s Foundling Hospital Anthem, if less familiar, fits the season with its charitable theme, and the concert ends with the Hallelujah chorus from Messiah.

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