Name: Bach, Christmas Oratorio: Chorus, "Herrscher Des Himmels" (Glover, 11/18) by Music of the Baroque
Duration: 2 min 11 s
Description: Dame Jane Glover directed this November 2018 performances of Bach's Christmas Oratorio. Music of the Baroque is in the process of creating a set of Bach's four major choral works. The first, the Mass in B Minor, was released in September 2020. Over the next few years we will record the St. Matthew Passion, the St. John Passion, and the Christmas Oratorio, all under Glover's direction.

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Dame Jane Glover directed this November 2018 performances of Bach's Christmas Oratorio. Music of the Baroque is in the process of creating a set of Bach's four major choral works. The first, the Mass in B Minor, was released in September 2020. Over the next few years we will record the St. Matthew Passion, the St. John Passion, and the Christmas Oratorio, all under Glover's direction.

Bach, Christmas Oratorio: Chorus, "Herrscher Des Himmels" (Glover, 11/18)

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Bach, Christmas Oratorio: Chorus, "Herrscher Des Himmels" (Glover, 11/18)

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