Monday 20 December 2021 7:30PM

Solomon's Knot

Bach
Live stream starts at 8:00PM

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This concert was live-streamed as part of the Autumn 2021 Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

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Solomon's Knot
Kinga Ujszászi violin, leader
Agata Darashkaite violin
Guy Button violin
Magdalena Loth-Hill violin
Joanne Miller viola
Ursina Braun cello
Jan Zahourek double bass
Eva Caballero flute
Marta Gonçalves flute
Andrés Villalobos Lépiz oboe
Oonagh Lee oboe
Nicola Barbagli oboe
Sami White oboe
Inga Maria Klaucke bassoon
Russell Gilmour trumpet
William Russell trumpet
Gareth Hoddinott trumpet
Rosemary Toll timpani
Anneke Scott horn
Anna Drysdale horn
Oliver-John Ruthven harpsichord, organ
Clare Lloyd-Griffiths soprano
Nathan Mercieca alto
Kate Symonds-Joy alto
Andrew Tortise tenor
Ruairi Bowen tenor
Jonathan Sells bass
Alex Ashworth bass

Much of its music adapted from previous compositions, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio consists of half a dozen cantatas designed to be performed on separate occasions during the Christmas period – as was originally the scheme in Leipzig between December 25 1734 and January 6 1735. As such, it is rarely heard complete. In this programme the first four cantatas are performed.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- - Christmas Oratorio BWV248
    - Cantata I: Jauchzet, frohlocket! Auf, preiset die Tage
    - Cantata II: Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend
Interval
- - - Cantata III: Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen
    - Cantata IV: Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben