Weihnachts-Oratorium 2025
Every year, the Nederlands Kamerkoor festively heralds Christmas with Bach’s Christmas Oratorio in the Pieterskerk Leiden. This year, the Nederlands Kamerkoor works together with the German music ensemble Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. The complete Christmas Oratorio will be performed: starting with the festive cantata for the First Day of Christmas, up until Epiphany. The ensembles are led by chief conductor Peter Dijkstra.
Programme
J.S. Bach – Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248
Cantate 1 to 6
Performers
Nederlands Kamerkoor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Peter Dijkstra, chief conductor
Soloists
Carolyn Sampson soprano
Tim Mead alto
Zachary Wilder Evangelist
Krešimir Stražanac bass
Wolfgang
Use the Wolfgang app during the concert. Wolfgang is a smartphone app for live classical music. While the orchestra plays, Wolfgang tells you what you are hearing in the music at that precise moment. For more information see: www.wolfgangapp.nl.
Saturday 20 December 2025
Start concert: 19:30
Intermission: 20:45
End of concert: circa 22:30
Ticket prices:
1st tier: € 95.00
2nd tier: € 68.00
3rd tier: € 54.00
The net profits of this concert are used for the regular maintenance and preservation of the Pieterskerk Leiden.