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An elegant celebration of the Christmas miracle: Bachs Kantate ‘Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ’ (BWV 91) performed by the Collegium Vocale Gent conducted by Philippe Herreweghe. The concert took place in 2016 in the Saint-Roch church in Paris. Starring: Grace Davidson | SOPRANO Damien Guillon | ALTUS Thomas Hobbs | TENOR Peter Kooij | BASS Collegium Vocale Gent Philippe Herreweghe | CONDUCTOR The cantata ‘Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ’ was composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) for Christmas Day 1724. The opening chorale, whose instrumentation (in contrast to other cantatas) was augmented by an additional oboe and by horns and timpani, sounds accordingly festive. ‘Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ’ is a choral cantata, since it is based on a hymn by Martin Luther from 1524. As such, BWV 91 conforms to the usual scheme: stanzas 1 and 7 of Luther’s hymn were taken verbatim and form the cantata’s opening and closing chorales. Strophe 2 still corresponds approximately to Luth
