Archived Event

Bach
Dunedin Consort; John Butt director
Date
Sat 16 Dec 2017, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Dunedin Consort
    • John Buttdirector

    Programme

        • Christmas Oratorio (Oratorium … Die heilige Weynacht) BWV248
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        • Christmas Oratorio: Cantatas I, IV, V & VI BWV248

    Overview

    Bach’s Christmas Oratorio offers a set of related cantatas,originally intended for consecutive performance on thesix church feasts between Christmas Day and Epiphany.

    John Butt and his Dunedin Consort, acclaimed for theirrevelatory readings of Bach, present four of the cantatasin one evening, leading listeners through its compellingaccount of the Nativity story and creating idealconditions to contemplate its timeless message.

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