Bach’s Christmas Oratorio & Christmas in Leipzig Lecture

As the grand finale to our Bach Festival 2017, the Chorus and Orchestra present Bach’s rarely heard

Christmas Oratorio, a collection of six cantatas for the feast days of the Christmas season. Soprano Sherezade Panthaki, one of today’s leading Baroque soloists, will be joined by Australian contralto Eleanor Greenwood, tenor Kyle Stegall, and bass-baritone Stephen Morscheck.  Concert is preceded by a FREE lecture by Bach Specialist, David Gordon, entitled Christmas in Leipzig.  The six magnificent cantatas stretch the limits of the performers and create a magical and unforgettable musical landscape. David Gordon describes the work's fascinating origins, and its first performance in 1734.