Solomon’s Knot performs Bach’s Christmas Oratorio entirely from memory and without a conductor, creating an immediacy and spontaneity that draws audiences into the drama of the music. The eight singers are both soloists and ensemble, performing with a virtuosic period-instrument orchestra in a vivid chamber-music style.
JS Bach Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248
Cantatas I, III, V, VI
SOLOMON’S KNOT
Soprano Zoë Brookshaw, Clare Lloyd-Griffiths
Alto James Laing, Kate Symonds-Joy
Tenor Thomas Herford, David de Winter
Bass Alex Ashworth, Jonathan Sells (artistic director)
Trumpet Russell Gilmour, William Russell, Gareth Hoddinott
Timpani Rosemary Toll
Organ & Harpsichord James Johnstone
