CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
Jane Glover, conductor
Sunday, December 5, 7:30 PM
First United Methodist Church, Evanston
Ticket Prices: $60, $45, $38
NEARLY SOLD OUT: Call 312.551.1414 for limited visibility seating.
Tuesday, December 7, 7:30 PM
Harris Theater, Chicago
(Millennium Park)
Ticket Prices: $75, $60, $45, $38, $30
Free pre-concert lectures by Carl Grapentine will take place before each concert. Lectures begin at 6:30 PM in the church on Sunday, and at 6 PM at the Chicago Cultural Center on Tuesday.
PROGRAM
J. S. BACH
Christmas Oratorio (Weinachtsoratorium), BWV 248
HEAR THE MUSIC
“Part 1 no. 1, Chorus, Jauchzet, frohlocket”
“Part 1 no. 5, Chorus, Wie soll ich dich empfangen”
“Part 1 no. 8, Aria, Grosser Herr und starker Koenig”
“Part 2, Sinfonia”
“Part 3 no. 29, Duet, Herr, dein Mitleid”
“Part 5 no. 42, Jesus richte mein Beginnen”
“Part 6 no. 64, Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen”
Music of the Baroque
Chorus and Orchestra
Lisa Saffer, soprano
Jennifer Rivera , mezzo-soprano
Paul Agnew, tenor
This concert is expected to last approximately 3 hours.
From the heaven-storming timpani of the opening chorus, the Christmas story unfolds in dramatic narrative, moving arias, and inspiring chorales—performed with the power and passion Music of the Baroque always brings to Bach’s great choral works. Only subscribers are guaranteed seats for what is certain to be one of the most important events of the classical music year.
PROGRAM NOTES
From Christmas Day to Epiphany, the holiday season in eighteenth-century
Leipzig was filled with music—and as town cantor, Johann Sebastian Bach… Read more (pdf) »
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