December 12, 2025 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The Christmas story in readings and medieval and Renaissance music with period instruments and voices with carols for all to sing. Bob Sweeten tells the Christmas story. Musicians appear in period attire.
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December 13, 2025 – December 14, 2025 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Celebrate the season with the glorious sounds of Messiah! Handel’s beloved oratorio comes to life once more, performed on exquisite period instruments just as it was meant to be heard. From the triumphant Hallelujah to the soaring arias and stirring choruses, this is Messiah in its full, breathtaking splendor. Under the dynamic guest direction of Jos van Veldhoven, […]
December 13, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Johann Sebastian Bach Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248 Now a cherished Washington, DC tradition, our annual performance of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio is as joyous as the ringing-in of the holiday spirit itself, no matter how you celebrate! The Washington Post was inspired to say that this “joyous” telling of the Christmas story shows that the Consort “could go head-to-head […]
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December 13, 2025 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Celebrate the season with festive arias, cantatas, and instrumental works by J. S. Bach, his students, and family members! J.C.F. Bach’s charming mini-oratorio Die Kindheit Jesu is showcased along with other creative fruitings by Bach’s industrious protégés. With Michele Kennedy, soprano, Sophie Michaux, mezzo, Jason McStoots, tenor, & Daniel Fridley, bass.
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December 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm – Kyran Assing – violoncelle, violoncello piccolo, viole de gambe Susie Napper – viole de gambe Abraham David Ross – clavecin | harpsichord Un tissage ‘impitoyable’ de pièces pour violoncelle, violoncelle piccolo et viole de gambe – pimenté d’une touche de créole français trinidadien. A “merciless” weaving of solo works for violoncello, violoncello piccolo, and […]
