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Baroque Gems for Advent (Melbourne)

  • St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne Flinders Street Melbourne, VIC, 3004 Australia (map)

A concert of joyful works by JS Bach to herald Advent, with two favourite cantatas, No.140 Wachet auf! (Sleepers awake!) and No.62 Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Come, Saviour of the nations), the double-chorus motet Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf BWV226 , as well as the festive Orchestral Suite No 1 BWV 1066, all with the outstanding Melbourne Baroque Orchestra on period instruments.

Melbourne Bach Chamber Choir

Melbourne Baroque Orchestra

Soloists

Jacqueline Porter (Soprano)
Timothy Reynolds (Tenor)
Simon Meadows (Baritone)
Saskia Mascitti (Mezzo)

Conducted by Rick Prakhoff

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