Choral settings from the Christmas Oratorio Part I-III
by Johann Sebastian Bach
4-Part - Sheet Music

Mixed choir-SATB, organ (Mixed choir (SATB), Organ)

SKU: BA.BA07525

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Holger Gehring. Stapled. Choir & Organ. Organ reduction. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA07525. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA07525).

ISBN 9790006541508. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: German, English. Preface: Antje Wissemann.

The movement “Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage” (Shout ye exultant this Day of Salvation) is an essential part of the Christmas music repertoire, but for many parishes a lack of instrumentalists and finances makes the performance of the work in its original orchestration very difficult.

This new “Choir & Organ” arrangement of the popular choral movements from parts I-III of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio responds to precisely this need for a smaller orchestration. A second volume with the choir movements from parts IV-VI will be published later.


Holger Gehring
has been the Kreuzorganist in Dresden since 2004 and also teaches organ at the Hochschulen in Dresden and Leipzig. In cooperation with the Dresdner Kreuzchor, and as a solo organist and cembalist, he appears regularly in concerts within Germany as well as abroad.