This year’s run up to Christmas sees three sensational events from the Oxford Bach Soloists – two in Oxford and one in Bath. So get into the seasonal spirit with our spectacular line up of Christmas events…
WAKE UP!
Telemann’s vibrant Italianate Trumpet Concerto is combined with one of Bach’s great cantatas with its dramatic trumpet calls to wake up!
Sunday 10 December, 3:15 pm
New College Chapel, Holywell Street, Oxford, OX1 3BN
Telemann:
Trumpet Concerto in D TWV 51:D7
(Soloist: Simon Desbruslais)
Telemann:
Psalm 100 “Jauchzet dem Herrn”
JS Bach:
Cantata “Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!”
(Watch! pray! pray! watch!) BWV 70
Telemann may have been the first to write a solo concerto for the trumpet and in this Trumpet Concerto in D he makes extraordinary demands on the soloist requiring exceptional control of breathing and embouchure. Composed around the same time in Weimar, Bach’s dramatic cantata includes the stirring trumpet calls to wake up!
CHRISTMAS BAROQUE
Oxford comes to Bath with an evening of festive baroque cheer in the beautiful city centre setting of St Michael’s Church.
Saturday 16 December, 7:30 pm
St Michael’s Church, Broad Street, Bath, BA1 5LJ
Corelli:
Christmas Concerto
Handel:
Messiah (excerpts)
Praetorius:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Purcell:
Behold, I bring you glad tidings
Bach:
Magnificat (excerpts)
Air on a G string BWV 1068
Wachet auf (excerpts)
This Christmas, enjoy an evening of festive baroque cheer presented by the Oxford Bach Soloists in the heart of the historic city of Bath. Experience the atmosphere conjured by the sounds of period instruments and voices, performed by the next generation of young vocalists and instrumentalists in this evening of Christmas Baroque.
BACH’S CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
The perfect way to celebrate your Christmas Eve with Bach’s ebullient response to the Christmas story alongside the ever popular ‘Jesu, joy of man’s desiring’
Sunday 24 December, 5:00 pm
New College Chapel, Holywell Street, Oxford, OX1 3BN
JS Bach:
Cantata 147: Herz und Mund und That und Leben
(Heart and mouth and deed and life)
JS Bach:
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Parts 4, 5, and 6)
Tickets include a free glass of bubbly.
Bach’s ebullient response to the Christmas story forms the major work in this concert with parts 4, 5 and 6. Alongside this is his cantata for the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth, featuring the popular Jesu, joy of man’s desiring. The perfect way to celebrate your Christmas Eve!
