The Christmas Oratorio will be performed

On Saturday, 29 November 2025, at 6 p.m., Johann Sebastian Bach's most famous composition, the Christmas Oratorio, with cantatas 1 to 3, will be performed in the Friedensau Chapel, An der Ihle 5, 39291 Möckern-Friedensau. The soloists will be Julia Sophie Wagner (soprano), Marie Henriette Reinhold (alto), Tobias Hunger (tenor) and Daniel Blumenschein (bass). A chamber orchestra will accompany them. The soloists are Julia Sophie Wagner (soprano), Marie Henriette Reinhold (alto), Tobias Hunger (tenor) and Daniel Blumenschein (bass). A chamber orchestra will accompany the choir. Tickets are available in advance at www.cvents.eu (keyword: WO-25) for 19 euros, reduced price 14 euros (pensioners, trainees, severely disabled persons); reduced price 8 euros (schoolchildren, students, citizens receiving social assistance). Any remaining tickets will be available at the box office.

The Christmas Oratorio – consisting of a total of six cantatas – tells the story of the birth of Christ; it conveys hope and joy, warmth and light. When it was written in 1734, Johann Sebastian Bach was Thomascantor and city music director in Leipzig. Cantatas 1 to 3 of the cycle were premiered at Christmas 1734 in the Leipzig churches of St. Nikolai and St. Thomas.

The event is organised by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Berlin-Central German Union, in cooperation with Friedensau Adventist University. The Christmas Oratorio will be performed once more by the same ensemble on 30 November 2025 at 6 p.m. in St. Thomas Church in Erfurt.