Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

Celebrate the festive season with Bach's revelatory choral masterpiece.

A performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio is a transformative experience. Sublime choral and orchestral magic culminate in a feast for the senses. Bach wrote his Christmas cantatas to be performed on six different days. Here, you will immerse yourself in his masterpiece over one night.

In partnership with The Song Company, the Australian Chamber Orchestra presents a blockbuster performance of Bach's glorious oratorio, featuring exultant choral passages, a tenor soloist/narrator and magnificent orchestral forces. Bach canvases the joy and wonder of the nativity story as Mary contemplates motherhood, the angels appear in triumphant glory before the shepherds and wise men bow before a tiny babe.

Tognetti's affinity for Bach is famous and the Australian Chamber Orchestra's last presentation of this work, nearly a decade ago, blew critics and audiences away.

Season 2026: Australian Chamber Orchestra

The Australian Chamber Orchestra is one of the most acclaimed chamber orchestras in the world. Led by their pioneering Artistic Director Richard Tognetti, the Orchestra is defined by its exceptional virtuosity and an irrepressible sense of adventure and curiosity.

Tickets

Single tickets on sale Friday 17 October 2025.

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Artists

Richard Tognetti Director & Violin
Amy Moore Soprano & Co-Artistic Director, The Song Company
Jessica O'Donoghue Mezzo Soprano & Co-Artistic Director, The Song Company
Australian Chamber Orchestra

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio, BWV428

Presented in collaboration with The Song Company