Thomas Hengelbrock
Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio
The 23-year-old Camille Saint-Saëns wrote his »Oratorio de Noël« in the space of just 12 days. Lyrical and intimate in character, the work puts us in the Christmas mood on St Nicholas’s Day. This will be the first performance of the French oratorio on historic instruments.
Tonight’s interpretation is based on the new critical edition published by Bärenreiter, with which the internationally acclaimed Balthasar Neumann Ensembles under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock once again present the convincing results of their pioneering work. Vocal and instrumental works from the Russian Romantic period, among them rarities by Pavel Tchesnokov and Pyotr Tchaikovsky, round off the evening with atmospheric and contemplative sounds.
Performers
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Orchester
Balthasar-Neumann-Orchester
Agnes Kovacs soprano
Roxana Constantinescu mezzo-soprano
Annelie Sophie Müller mezzo-soprano
Linard Vrielink tenor
André Morsch baritone
director Thomas Hengelbrock
Programme
Piotr I. Tschaikowsky
Adagio molto Es-Dur
Pawel G. Tschesnokow
Cherubim-Hymnus op. 27/5
Mariä Verkündigung op. 40/2
Taten der Rettung wirkt er op. 25/5
Alexander Glasunow
Thema und Variationen für Streichorchester g-Moll
César Cui
Meine Seele lobet den Herrn op. 93 / Magnificat
– Interval –
Camille Saint-Saëns
Oratorio de Noël (Weihnachtsoratorium) op. 12
Zugaben:
Gabriel Fauré
Cantique de Jean Racine op. 11
Alexander Yegorov
Bogoroditse devo (Ave Maria)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier / aus: Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248
Series
Thomas Hengelbrock