Advent Concert

Jan van Eyck, The Suckling Madonna (1435)

Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantata BWV 63, “Christen, ätzet diesen Tag,” was composed for an initial performance on Christmas Day 1714 or 1715. Here a 1995 performance by the New London Consort (Catherine Bott, soprano; Christopher Robson, controtenore; Andrew King, tenore; Paul Agnew, tenore; Michael George basso) under the direction of Philip Pickett. An English translation of the text is available here, the German original, probably by Johann Michael Heineccius, is available here