Saint-Saens, Camille - Christmas Oratorio (Version for Choir & Organ) (L).

Saint-Saëns, Camille    (1835-1921)


Christmas Oratorio   Op. 12
Bearbeitung für Soli, Chor und Orgel
Series: Chor & Orgel
Instrumentation: Organ, Mixed Choir

Reviews of this publication:

* Camille Saint-Saëns

Owing to its Latin text, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio has found
admirers all over the world.
Saint-Saëns avoids theatrical effects in his church music and relies
almost entirely on
homophonic choral writing. Here the operatic allusions so popular in
his day have given way
to a mixture of romantic élan and reminiscences of the Baroque. The
subtitle reads
“dans le style de J. S. Bach” although the composer was unaware of
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio.

In this unusual form the oratorio, of which the final movement is
already a hit with many choruses,
is well-suited for performance during the Advent and Christmas
seasons, providing a welcome
change from Bach.

- A “discovery” for Christmas and Advent concerts

- Relatively simple choral writing

- Sensitive organ arrangement

Christmas Oratorio Choir&Org

Additional Details

• Edition No -
  BA7514
• Instrumentation -
  solo, mx chor, org
• Format -
  Vocal Score Paperback
• Publisher -
  Barenreiter
• Edition -
  Score
• ISBN13 -
  9790006521661
• Binding -
  stapled
• Duration -
  35
• Editor -
  &nbsp:
• Composer -
  Saint-Saens C.