Concerto Copenhagen, under the direction of Lars Ulrik Mortensen, joins an international line-up of vocal soloists for a concert of J. S. Bach's grand oratorio music in the atmospheric Holmens Kirke, a Renaissance church in the heart of Copenhagen.
The programme traces a life story in reverse. It opens with the Easter Oratorio, with Mary Magdalene and the disciples at the empty tomb, moves to the Ascension Oratorio, where the disciples are left with wonder, praise and longing, and closes with two cantatas (nos. 5 and 6) from the Christmas Oratorio, following the Magi towards Bethlehem. The period instruments of Concerto Copenhagen are well suited to the church's wooden carvings and chandeliers.
