A Wonderful Three Day Event
Celebrate the festive season in style in 2018 as the Boston Symphony Orchestra bring you an epic three-day event as they perform Bach's magical Christmas Oratorio. Originally created between 1733 and 1735, Bach's Christmas Oratorio celebrates the key events in the nativity which is performed over a few days during the festive season.
Made up of both church and secular compositions with vocal soloists and choral sections, Bach's Christmas Oratorio was intended to be played over six days during the festive period with a day dedicated to each event in the nativity. The original programme included The Birth, The Annunciation of the Shepherds, The Circumcision and naming of Jesus, The Journey of Magi and The Adoration of the Magi.
Join the BSO as they bring you the majesty of Bach's epic work in a wonderful series of three concerts, filled with all the magic of the season this is a truly special way to spend Christmas with your loved ones.