J.S. Bach, Christmas Oratorio BWV 248-I, at Christmas Day

The opening chorus is an ecstatic celebration of God having sent His Son to humankind. The scoring includes trumpets, timpani, flutes, oboes, strings, choir, and continuo. The first four bars are set in motion by a solo for the timpani; and then the rushing scales of the woodwinds and the strings and the fanfares in […]