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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – BWV 248: The Christmas Oratorio

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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 (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.

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – BWV 244: St Matthew Passion

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Johann Sebastian Bach 31st March 1685 - 21st March 1750

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 (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.

The St Matthew Passion is a Passion, a sacred oratorio for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander.

It sets chapters 26 and 27 of the Gospel of Matthew (in the Luther Bible) to music, with interspersed chorales and arias. The original Latin title Passio Domini nostri J.C. secundum Evangelistam Matthæum translates to “The Passion of our Lord J[esus] C[hrist] according to the Evangelist Matthew”.

The St Matthew Passion is the second of two Passion settings by Bach that have survived in their entirety, the first being the St John Passion, first performed in 1724.