Yorkshire Bach Choir & Yorkshire Baroque Soloists

Performance
  • Date and time: Saturday 9 December 2023, 7pm
  • Location: In-person only
    Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, Campus West, University of York (Map)
  • Admission: Tickets: £35; concessions £32; students/U35s £7, booking required

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Event details

Bethany Seymour  soprano
Robin Blaze  countertenor
Jonathan Hanley  tenor
Frederick Long  bass
Peter Seymour  conductor

Bach   Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

Written in 1734, when Bach was at the height of his considerable powers, the Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) is rarely heard in its complete form. Six cantatas composed for the feast days of Christmas and New Year present Bach at his most festive and vibrant. Bach’s largest orchestral forces are contrasted with exquisitely beautiful solo instrumental and vocal music. Bound together, Bach’s musical compendium powerfully encapsulates rituals of belief, the diversity of the human spirit and an ecstatic joy in the Christmas message. Yorkshire Baroque Soloists concludes its fiftieth-anniversary year with this spectacular festival scoring – the largest orchestra Bach ever called for.

Partners

In association with York Early Music Christmas Festival and Yorkshire Bach Choir.

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Venue details

  • Wheelchair accessible

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