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Bach's Christmas
Lucie Skeaping focuses on 1723 - Bach's first Christmas as kantor at the Thomasschule, where he was responsible for supplying the liturgical music forthe main churches in the city. Featuring the Magnificat in E flat, BWV243a, composed forhis inaugural Christmas Day Vespers, in a recording by Collegium Vocale directed by Philippe Herreweghe.

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Philippe Herreweghe.
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