Johann Sebastian Bach 31st March 1685 - 21st March 1750
The Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 61) in a portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, copy or second version of his 1746 canvas. The original painting hangs in the upstairs gallery of the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) in Leipzig, Germany.
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician.
One of the festive season’s most established classics, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio describes the nativity, the adoration of the shepherds and the naming of Jesus. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 and was intended to be performed in churches.
An oratorio is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists.
