Bach's Christmas Oratorio

Ruth Reinhardt was educated in both the violin and in the children's choir at the opera in Saarbrücken, and conducted other young people in an opera she had composed herself when she was only 17. She has conducted many orchestras in the United States and Europe; orchestras that know the broad repertoire, but also manage to create the slender sound we now associate with baroque music. It is mastered by Ruth Reinhardt, who has been praised for, among other things, that.

Today it is hard to imagine that JS Bach's music was almost forgotten after his death. Fashion changed, baroque music was replaced by a "lighter" style. The Christmas Oratorio was performed in Leipzig's churches at Christmas 1734, but, like most of Bach's music, was not printed. But the manuscript was passed down, so over 100 years after Bach's death it was performed in Berlin in 1857. In Denmark, a larger part of the oratorio was performed in 1895. Think that the music was hidden for many years, but that today we can celebrate with : “Jauchzet, frohlocket – ” when the oratorio opens with timpani and pomp.

Program:

JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio

Conducter

Ruth Reinhardt

Soloists:

Marlene Metzger, soprano
Sidsel Eriksen, everything
Jonathan Koppel, tenor
Magnus Piontek, bass

Choir:

Philharmonic Choir