VOCAL ESSENCE: BACH’S CHRISTMAS ORATORIO 2023
December 15, 2023 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Overview
“Shout for joy!” Back by popular demand, the Bach Society of Minnesota and the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers renew their collaboration to tell one of the greatest musical Christmas stories of all time. Hear three cantatas from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio as well as cantata 147, beloved for its setting of the tune “Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring.” Join us on this vivid musical journey through the mystery of the nativity led by Philip Brunelle and Matthias Maute, conductor of the Bach Society of Minnesota.
VOCAL ESSENCE: BACH’S CHRISTMAS ORATORIO 2023