It has ten movements or sections prelude in the style of bach. Camille saint saens, antonia bourve, sabine czinczel, romano giefer, vocalensemble rastatt saint saens. The christmas oratorio was conceived as a set of six cantatas. Quare fremuerunt gentes part 6 of the christmas oratorio with chrous, violins and organ see also. Notes schirmers vocal score is based on this one, which is better for performances in latin. African noel andre thomas christmas fantasy robert train adams meryl amland, marianne adams, soprano 1 d marianne wolf, karen stella, soprano 2 jane regan, barbara greeno, alto d loren kwan, tenor d bill whitson, bass it came upon the midnight clear o come, all ye faithful please sing on cue. I listen to rachmaninoffs vespers, faures requiem, like opera arias and am starting to listen to complete operas. Christmas oratorio johann sebastian bach 1685 1750. Owing to its latin text, saintsaens christmas oratorio has found admirers all over the world. Help local families in need by bringing a package of diapers to be given to children at the ywca family center. Christmas oratorio promusica chamber orchestra columbus. Unlike the passion settings and the oratorios of bachs exact contemporary handel, the six parts of his christmas oratorio were performed on separate days. Performed by mainz bach choir, bachorchester mainz conducted by diethard hellmann.
We are one of the top suppliers of woodwind, brass and orchestral strings across sussex and are main agents for most of the instruments we sell. It was first performed in paris on december 25, 1858. Saintsaens christmas oratorio features some lovely music in a decidedly frenchromantic veina couple of nice ariasduets, etc. Search results from audio recording, latin, saintsaens. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Brendan curran, baritone, has performed throughout the western u. Choral, organ, piano sheet music book by camille saint saens 18351921. In a rare complete performance we present all six glorious cantatas, each with its own vivid sound world pastoral doublereeds, introspective strings, noble horns, celebratory trumpets and timpani. The original instrumentation for the christmas oratorio is harp, organ, and strings in the standard five sections.
Price new from used from audio cd, hybrid sacd dsd, september 18, 2007 please retry. See below for the time entries for each part click on show more. The full score and instrumental parts are available on rental directly from the editor. I am not going to discuss the oratorio as a work of christmas music since i dont think it has. Saintsaens wrote it in 10 days as well to which i can only say that he should have tried that trick more often. Its a really fantastic piece beautiful to listen to and to play insing. Page 1 saintsaens, camille 1835 1921 by patricia juliana smith.
Here the operatic allusions so popular in his day have given way to a mixture of romantic elan and reminiscences of the baroque. Library of congress prints and photographs division. It is also popularly known as the organ symphony, even though it is not a true symphony for organ, but simply an orchestral symphony where two sections out of four use the pipe organ. Saint saens wrote it in 10 days as well to which i can only say that he should have tried that trick more often. Bachs magnificent christmas oratorio traces the events of the christmas season from the birth of jesus to the arrival and worship of the magi. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Le deluge, oratorio for voices, chorus, and orchestra, op. See all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Camille saintsaens, antonia bourve, sabine czinczel, romano giefer, vocalensemble rastatt saint saens. Musescore, melody assistant, harmony assistant, ou tout autre logiciel musical compatible avec les formats fournis mscz, mus, myr, midi, musicxml. A distinctive chamber musiclike instrumentation, with lyrical soloistic parts and a modest choral part combine to create a basic pastoral mood which has led this.
Search results from audio recording, latin, saintsaens, camille. If you use and like, thank you to consider support donation. Jane bloodworth, mezzosoprano, has performed extensively as a soloist in opera, oratorio and recital, as well as in many choral groups throughout the us, south america and europe. December 911 to give back to our columbus community, promusica is partnering with the ywca to host a diaper drive at our concerts december 911. Alt et ecce angelus domini stetit juxta illos, et claritas dei circumfulsit illos, et timuerunt timore magno. Lukas 2, 8 tenor et pastores erant in regione eadem vigilantes et custodientes vigilias noctis super gregem suum. Saintsaens avoids theatrical effects in his church music and relies almost entirely on homophonic choral writing. For 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music without asking you anything in exchange. Free choir training aids for the whole christmas oratorio, including tollite hostias. The work, sung in latin, is based on texts from the old and new testaments, the psalms and gospels, as well as the catholic christmas liturgy.
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