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.

LAKEVILLE, CT, UNITED STATES, November 22, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Crescendo, the award-winning music organization based in Lakeville, CT, presents two concerts ...

Things began auspiciously Sunday afternoon when the Washington Bach Consort closed its 2018-19 season at National Presbyterian Church with performances of Bach’s Ascension and Easter oratorios. With ...

In the 1730s Bach drew together elements of his sacred music, most famously in the six cantatas of the Christmas Oratorio. His two works for the present period of the church year are equally ...

The Easter Oratorio is one of the few works designated by Bach as an ‘oratorium’. David Vickers looks into its background and seeks out the finest recordings of this underestimated work A dozen years ...

Bach wrote just three large-scale choral works that he called oratorios, all in the space of a couple of years in the mid 1730s. Each was identified with a different season of the church year - ...

The Passion is the Biblical narrative of the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, as told in the Gospels of SS Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. In the Catholic tradition, settings of the story were ...

Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio was first performed in Leipzig on Christmas Day in 1734. In Germany, no matter what the economic and political times, it's the Christmas work. In the oldest ...

Uplifting holiday music from the MSU College of Music. Find inspiration this holiday season through the uplifting sound of the MSU Choral Union, University Chorale, and State Singers as they join ...

Suzy Klein introduces Sir John Eliot Gardiner, one of the pre-eminent exponents of the music of J S Bach, who returns to the Royal Albert Hall with the internationally renowned Monteverdi Choir and ...