Bath Choral Society: Christmas Oratorio

Bath Choral Society
Bristol Ensemble
Cressida Sharp soprano
Marta Fontanals-Simmons alto
Alexander Sprague Evangelist/tenor
Niall Anderson bass
Katrine Reimers conductor

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio joyously proclaims the Christmas story and Bath Choral Society’s performance will open the Christmas celebrations at Bath Abbey. Rendered here in English, the performance will take us through the story of the Nativity, sharing in the intimacy of the sleeping child, the pastoral joy of the shepherds, the jubilant song of the angels and the majestic arrival of the Magi.

“…festive elation and jubilation in music …beyond the reach of any other composer” John Eliot Gardiner