Christmas Songs for Mixed Choir

The cantus firmus is present in four of the six movements, giving the cantata great unity. In addition to the opening chorus and final chorale, it is heard in one of the rare tercets in Bach's vocal w...

Bach's cantata BWV 151, whose wonderfully intimate opening aria is rightly considered one of Bach's "happiest inspirations" (Alfred Dürr), was composed for Christmas Day 1725. The flute and oboe d'amo...

Bach was not able to use the Weimar Advent cantata 'Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht' BWV 186a in Leipzig, as there was no performance of church music there between the 1st Sunday of Advent and Christmas. B...

The Christmas cantata "Gloria in excelsis Deo", which has always presented researchers with a number of exciting puzzles, is one of the few Latin works written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It consists of...

Carsten Klomp hat für die vorliegende Ausgabe den Orchestersatz der 1. Kantate aus Johann Sebastian Bachs Weihnachtsoratorium auf die Orgel übertragen. Damit ermöglicht er nicht nur eine Aufführung in...

Das Weihnachtsoratorium nur mit Orgel- statt mit Orchesterbegleitung? Kann das funktionieren - ausgerechnet bei diesem so festlichen und farbig orchestrierten Werk? Die vorliegende Bearbeitung zeigt:...

Das Weihnachtsoratorium nur mit Orgel- statt mit Orchesterbegleitung? Kann das funktionieren - ausgerechnet bei diesem so festlichen und farbig orchestrierten Werk? Die vorliegende Bearbeitung zeigt:...

The Christmas Oratorio with just organ instead of orchestral accompaniment? Can this work with such a festive and colorfully orchestrated piece? This arrangements show that it can, and surprisingly we...

The Advent cantata Machet die Tore weit has long been one of Telemann's most frequently performed church music works. Among the manuscripts that transmit the cantata is an important testimony to the e...

Camille Saint-Saëns composed his Oratorio de Noël for five vocal solos, mixed choir, strings, organ and harp in 1858. The work, which is sung in Latin, is based on texts from the Old and New Testament...

Camille Saint-Saëns composed his Oratorio de Noël for five vocal solos, mixed choir, strings, organ and harp in 1858. The work, which is sung in Latin, is based on texts from the Old and New Testament...

The Bohemian Shepherd's Mass from 1796 by Mozart's contemporary Jakub Jan Ryba is the most important of the so-called Czech Christmas masses. These are masses in a popularly reinterpreted sense, in wh...

If you are looking for an atmospheric and lyrical work with rewarding tasks for your choir, Rheinberger's Star of Bethlehem is the right choice. In nine scenes (Expectation, The Shepherds, Apparition...

Coro SATB (Kinderchor 1stg), 2 Eh, 2 Fg, 2 Tr, 2 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Org Die Weihnachtslieder-Messe 'Missa carminum' liegt hier in der Fassung für Chor und Orgel vor. Die Besonderheit an diese...

Coro SATB (Kinderchor 1stg), 2 Eh, 2 Fg, 2 Tr, 2 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Org Die Weihnachtslieder-Messe 'Missa carminum' liegt hier in der Fassung für Chor und Orgel vor. Die Besonderheit an diese...

for 3-part mixed choir and organ In this small Christmas mass Christian Vorbeck, cantor at St. Marien Witten, has arranged various melodies of well-known Christmas carols. The result is a work that is...

A Christmas cantata that was originally tailored to the church music requirements of the Wahrenholz congregation, but can certainly also be used for many other congregations and choirs. The level of...

A Christmas cantata that was originally tailored to the church music requirements of the Wahrenholz congregation, but can certainly also be used for many other congregations and choirs. The level of...

A Christmas cantata that was originally tailored to the church music requirements of the Wahrenholz congregation, but can certainly also be used for many other congregations and choirs. The level of...

First produced in Leipzig in 1734-35, Bach's Christmas Oratorio unfolds in a set of 6 cantatas unified by a Biblical narrative relating the story of the birth of Christ. This masterpiece of sacred mus...

Für die Komposition des Weihnachts-Oratoriums bediente sich Johann Sebastian Bach wie auch bei anderen großen Vokalwerken des Parodieverfahrens, d. h., er griff auf früher komponierte Sätze zurück (in...

Kuhnau's Magnificat in C major is - apart from his Biblical Sonatas - considered to be his most ambitious and best known work. However, as recent research has revealed, there are indeed many other lar...

The cantata O heilige Zeit [O Holy Time] of the former St. Thomas cantor Johann Kuhnau is the ideal baroque festive music for small scorings. Even though this is the larger of two cantatas with this t...