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An Advent Concert of Music by Bach

(en)

2003

An Advent Concert of Music by Bach

Overview: Nikolaus Harnoncourt leads the Concentus Musicus Vienna and Arnold Schoenberg Choir in a concert of Bach music at Austria's Kloster Melk Benedictine Monastery. Works included in this celebration of the coming of Christmas are Cantata BWV 61, "Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland"; Cantata BWV 147, "Herz und Mund"; and Magnificat in D Major BWV 243. Soloists are Christine Schafer, Anna Korondi, Bernarda Fink, Ian Bostridge, Christopher Maltman. With the Concentus Musicus Vienna and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir.

Status: Released

Release date: October 14, 2003

Top Cast

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

as Conductor

Christine Schäfer

Christine Schäfer

as Soprano 1

Anna Korondi

Anna Korondi

as Soprano 2

Bernarda Fink

Bernarda Fink

as Mezzo-soprano

Ian Bostridge

Ian Bostridge

as Tenor