{"id":861,"date":"2021-12-24T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/?p=861"},"modified":"2021-12-24T23:27:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T23:27:48","slug":"bach-christmas-oratorio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/bach-christmas-oratorio\/","title":{"rendered":"J.S. Bach &#8211; Christmas Oratorio &#8211; Harnoncourt, Conductor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas_Oratorio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christmas Oratorio<\/a> (German: Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV 248, is an oratorio by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/j-s-bach\/\">Johann Sebastian Bach<\/a><\/strong> intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 and incorporates music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a now lost church cantata, BWV 248a. The date is confirmed in Bach&#8217;s autograph manuscript.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/LJts7bpW2VE\" width=\"728\" height=\"435\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Christmas Oratorio: Other Performance<\/h2>\n<h3>Ren\u00e9 Jacobs Akademie f\u00fcr Alte Musik Berlin<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vXNX6Ulzvn0\" width=\"728\" height=\"435\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV 248, is an oratorio by 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