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.

Cast

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Conductor

Christine Schäfer

Soprano 1

N/A

Anna Korondi

Soprano 2

Bernarda Fink

Mezzo-soprano

N/A

Ian Bostridge

Tenor

Christopher Maltman

Baritone