Bach’s Magnificat is the most concise of his major choral works but contains some of the composer’s most profound religious expression, from the intimate to the fervent.Conducting from a seated ...

For some, Handel’s “Messiah” remains a cherished ritual. For others, it has become so predictable as to feel almost unavoidable — a seasonal monument polished smooth by repetition. This season, the ...

Handel might have a chokehold on holiday-season oratorios with “Messiah.” But Bach’s lesser-known “Christmas Oratorio” has some festive fireworks and exultant beauty of its own. “The U.S. has adopted ...

Joining the Society as soloists are Laquita Mitchell, soprano, Lucia Bradford, mezzo-soprano, Eric Finbarr Carey, tenor, and Adam Lau, bass, together with the Orchestra of the Society, all led by ...

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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Outstanding: Oboist Xenia Loffler. In the great opening chorus, Jauchzet, frohlocket, of the first of the six separate cantatas that ...

“Music to combat grief” is John Eliot Gardiner’s apt description of Bach’s Actus Tragicus, coupled on this CD with a timely performance of the Easter Oratorio. Gardiner’s long, in-depth experience of ...

Roderick Williams and Rhian Lois were the perfectly matched vocal soloists as James MacMillan conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a ferociously committed performance of his own Christma ...

The life of Jesus Christ is probably the world's most narrated story, but the 2021 Bach Festival in Leipzig still managed a premiere with its uniquely original presentation. The world-famous St.

Spreading the six cantatas that make up Bach’s Christmas Oratorio over the 12 days of Christmas, as originally intended, could be just the way to occupy the festive season. John Butt and his Dunedin ...