Program

Camille Saint-Saëns, Oratorio de Noël (Christmas Oratorio)

Prelude

Johann Sebastian Bach, Mass in B Minor, BWV 232

XIX. Et in Spiritum Sanctum

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339

5. Laudate Dominum

Johann Sebastian Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

I, 8: Großer Herr und starker König

Traditional, Les Anges dans nos campagnes

Arcangelo Corelli, Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 (Christmas Concerto)

2. Allegro

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Elias, Op. 70

Arioso: Ja, es sollen wohl die Berge weichen

Johann Sebastian Bach, Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her, BWV 701: Fughetta

Francesco Manfredini, Concerto grosso in C major, Op. 3, No. 12 (Christmas Concerto)

1. Pastorale

Traditional, Mon beau sapin (O Tannenbaum)

Christopher Rouse, Karolju

5. Little March of the Three Kings

Camille Saint-Saëns, Oratorio de Noël (Christmas Oratorio)

Benedictus

Adolphe Adam, O Holy Night (Minuit chrétiens)

Mykola Leontovych, Carol of the Bells

George Frideric Handel, Tochter Zion, freue dich

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Traditional, O du fröhliche

Christmas at Konstanz Cathedral with Ludovic Tézier, Cassandre Berthon, and the Bodensee Philharmonie

Festive music by Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns, and more

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Cast

Ludovic Tézier — Baritone

Cassandre Berthon — Soprano

Bodensee Philharmonie

Gabriel Venzago — Conductor

Program notes

This festive program at the gorgeous Konstanz Cathedral by the Bodensee Philharmonie and Gabriel Venzago with a couple of star singers — soprano Cassandre Berthon and her husband, baritone Ludovic Tézier — is even better than a cup of cocoa by the fireside. Get into the holiday spirit with soul-warming selections from Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Mass in B Minor, Mendelssohn's Elias and Lobgesang, and more classical favorites alongside beloved yuletide carols like "O Holy Night" (in its original French version!), "Carol of the Bells," and "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing."