Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Parts I-III (Saturday)

Cathrin Lange, soprano
Marion Eckstein, alto
Severin Böhm, tenor
Uwe Schenker-Primus, bass
BACHCHOR STUTTGART
BACHORCHESTER STUTTGART
Jörg-Hannes Hahn, conductor

Tickets at €20-52 (reductions of -50% for Cat. II-IV) and combined ticket for the concerts on 19 and 20 December (-10%) via +49 (0)711/2 555 555, www.bachchor.com and at the box office

Further concerts:
Thursday 17 December 2026, 7.30pm, Michaelskirche Kürnbach
Friday 18 December 2026, 7.30pm, Haus Schönblick Schwäbisch Gmünd

Attending performances of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio has long been a firm fixture on the last weekend of Advent in the Cannstatt Stadtkirche. With joyful and moving music, the incomparable work tells the Christmas story according to St. Luke. A hand-picked ensemble of soloists, the Bachchor and Bachorchester Stuttgart perform all six cantatas in two concerts under the baton of Jörg-Hannes Hahn. So once again this year, it’s time to sing “Jauchzet, frohlocket”!

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
Parts I, IV-VI

Cathrin Lange, soprano
Marion Eckstein, alto
Severin Böhm, tenor
Uwe Schenker-Primus, bass
BACHCHOR STUTTGART
BACHORCHESTER STUTTGART
Jörg-Hannes Hahn, conductor

Tickets at €20-52 (reductions of -50% for Cat. II-IV) and combined ticket for the concerts on 19 and 20 December (-10%) via +49 (0)711/2 555 555, www.bachchor.com and at the box office

Further concerts:
Thursday 17 December 2026, 7.30pm, Michaelskirche Kürnbach
Friday 18 December 2026, 7.30pm, Haus Schönblick Schwäbisch Gmünd

Attending performances of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio has long been a firm fixture on the last weekend of Advent in the Cannstatt Stadtkirche. With joyful and moving music, the incomparable work tells the Christmas story according to St. Luke. A hand-picked ensemble of soloists, the Bachchor and Bachorchester Stuttgart perform all six cantatas in two concerts under the baton of Jörg-Hannes Hahn. So once again this year, it’s time to sing “Jauchzet, frohlocket”!

Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
St Matthew Passion BWV 244 – first version 1727

Jakob Kunath, the words of Jesus
Lukas Siebert, Evangelist
Inga Schäfer, soprano
Marion Eckstein, alto
Simon Bailey, bass
GIRLS’ CHOIR OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. EBERHARD
BACHCHOR STUTTGART
BACHORCHESTER STUTTGART
Jörg-Hannes Hahn, conductor

Introduction 2.15pm: Prof. Dr. Meinrad Walter

Tickets at €20-52 (reductions of -50% for Cat. II-IV) via +49 (0)711/2 555 555, www.bachchor.com and at the box office

At the hour of Jesus’s death, Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew Passion is performed in its original version, in the form in which it was presumably first performed 300 years ago on Good Friday in Leipzig, but which is rarely heard today. The timeless greatness of this monumental work does not lie solely in its musical structure. The gospel account, chorales and freely-written poetry combine to make a comprehensive account of the Passion narrative – symbolic, dramatic, moving.