Type: Oratorio
Company: Collegium Vocale Gent
Composer: Johannes Sebastian Bach
Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe
Venue: Salle Henry le Boeuf, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Year: 2013

A joyful performance of Bach's famous Christmas Oratorio. A tender performance, that glows with warmth and serenity. The choir’s transparent tone and the orchestra’s supple phrasing present Bach’s music as human and divine. Uniting perfect baroque precision with emotional grace Collegium Vocale Gent sings with crystalline clarity. Herreweghe’s refined conducting allows every line to breathe with the joy and wonder of the Nativity presenting these intimate, contemplative, and timeless cantatas.