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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261212T160000
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URL:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/events/bachs-christmas-oratorio-part
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SUMMARY:Bach’s Christmas Oratorio\, Parts: 1\, 2\, 4\, 5\, 6
DESCRIPTION:Bach’s Christmas Oratorio offers a reverent telling of the 
 season’s story\, following the rhythm of the feast days: the Nativity (D
 ec 25)\, the angels’ announcement to the shepherds (Dec 26)\, the Na
 ming (Jan 1)\, the Magi’s journey (Jan 3)\, and the Epiphany (Jan 
 6). In this performance of Parts I\, II\, IV\, V\, VI\, Evangeli
 st Thomas Cooley delivers the Gospel narrative with distinctive clarity. B
 ach gives each moment its fitting character: choruses elevate the feast‑
 day praise with trumpets and timpani\, arias draw us close in reflection\,
  and chorales steady the heart in the voice of community. Rather than mere
  spectacle\, the oratorio offers welcome space for gratitude and seasonal 
 joy. In 2025\, Washington Classical Review recognized the Consort’s C
 hristmas Oratorio as the year’s “best Christmas concert.”\nClara Rot
 tsolk\, sopranoJanna Critz\, altoThomas Cooley\, tenor and evangelistEdwar
 d Vogel\, bass\n\n\nJoin us for Talking Bach at 3 p.m. This series of free
  pre-concert lectures by noted Bach scholar Michael Marissen is presented 
 one hour before Director’s Series performances.\n\nSuzanne R. &amp\; Rob
 ert L. McDowell Jr.\, Mary Ann Gardner\, Tamera Luzzatto &amp\; Alpheus Fa
 ir\, underwriters\n
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CATEGORIES:Concerts
LOCATION:National Presbyterian Church\, 4101 Nebraska Ave NW\, Washington\,
  DC\, 20016\, United States
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