Music concert

Weihnachtsoratorium 2024

Nederlands Kamerkoor & B'Rock Orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248
Peter Dijkstra
artistic direction
Evgeny Sviridov
concertmaster
Katja Stuber
soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl
alto
Reinoud Van Mechelen
tenor
Linard Vrielink
tenor (17 Dec)
Arttu Kataja
bass
Nederlands Kamerkoor
B'Rock Orchestra

The Nederlands Kamerkoor traditionally ushers in the festive season with the jubilant sounds of the Weihnachtsoratorium, Bach’s masterpiece for Christmas. With the choir, this work sounds, as the NRC described it last year, “clear as a cold gust of wind, crackling like the snow under your feet”.

Every year, the Nederlands Kamerkoor collaborates with a different baroque ensemble from the international top for this special occasion, and this year B’Rock Orchestra joins in, led by chief conductor Peter Dijkstra.

B'Rock lives up to its name: if you watched the swinging double bassist Tom Devaere without sound, you wouldn't know whether he was playing jazz or baroque. And so it perhaps should be, after all, the Weihnachtsoratorium is, above all else, exuberant festive music.
NRC (NL)
"The assignment was to stay balanced." 10.5 x 15 cm, colored pencil on paper

In the 24/25 season, house artist Arthur Devisscher translates our programs into his own visual language. This work was created for Bach's Christmas Oratorio.
Calendar
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December 23, 2024 Monday 19:30
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