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Harnoncourt conducts Bach: Advent Concert from Melk Abbey

Harnoncourt conducts Bach: Advent Concert from Melk Abbey

Concert

Concentus Musicus Wien

Production Date: 08/12/2000
82 Min

From the magnificent surroundings of Melk Abbey in Austria, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and his Concentus Musicus Wien present a glorious programme of favourite choral works by Johann Sebastian Bach: two of his best loved cantatas alongside the celebratory Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243. Filmed in December 2000, the concert features a superb quartet of some of the finest singers of the time, including soprano Christine Schäfer and tenor Ian Bostridge. The Arnold Schoenberg Chor completes the line-up for this inspiring concert for Advent.

Soloists
Christine Schäfer (Soprano), Anna Korondi (Soprano), Bernarda Fink (Contralto), Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Christopher Maltman (Baritone)
Ensembles
Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien
Conductor
Nikolaus Harnoncourt