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.