Scoring: Coro SATB, Fl, Ob, Eh (Obda), Fg, 3 Tr, Timp, Trg, Org, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb

A perfect way to finish off a Christmas concert. Heribert Breuer, founder and conductor of the Berlin Bach Academy, conceived this four-minute piece as a final farewell to follow performances of the Christmas Oratorio. Alternatively it can easily be programmed together with other Christmas pieces with similar scoring.

The Sicilian folk tune O sanctissima gradually emerges from a sustained organ pedal point in...