Weihnachts-Oratorium

Each year, the Netherlands Chamber Choir collaborates with a different top-tier international baroque ensemble for this special occasion. This year, the honor goes to the fantastic Flemish baroque ensemble B’Rock, once again under the direction of our chief conductor Peter Dijkstra. In previous years, the choir has collaborated with the Freiburger Barockorchester, Concerto Köln, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Christmas Oratorio


“★★★★ It feels like walking through a snow-covered landscape: the voices are clear as the fresh air, the orchestra subtly crackles like snow under your feet.” - NRC

"If Bach intended his Christmas Oratorio to sound like heaven opening up and angels descending, then the Netherlands Chamber Choir made it happen." - Trouw

"Can it be more beautiful, joyful, intense, spiritual, even more ethereal than this Christmas Oratorio by the great Bach in a packed, atmospherically lit Pieterskerk? Yes, Peter Dijkstra is capable of it! With 'his' Netherlands Chamber Choir and the very familiar Concerto Köln, you feel that this Christmas experience transcends all others." - Leids Dagblad