Sokkelund Sangkor brings Bach's Magnificat together with the first three parts of the Christmas Oratorio, a combination the choir first performed for its 40th anniversary in 2024 and now repeats this year. Conductor Morten Schuldt-Jensen leads the choir, the Leipziger Kammerorchester and four soloists: Trine Wilsberg Lund, Mareike Morr, Richard Resch and Andy Haberer.
Before the concert, there is an introduction in which the conductor, with help from soloists, choir and orchestra, explains and illustrates selected parts of the works, for example a musical theme or device, or how a theological point is expressed in the music. It is a long-standing tradition at the choir's Christmas concerts, and the introduction is open to everyone who arrives early.
