Oratorio De Noël, op. 12
The Oratorio de Noël, Op. 12, by Camille Saint-Saëns, also known as his Christmas Oratorio, is a cantata-like work scored for soloists, chorus, organ, strings and harp. While an organist at La Madeleine, Saint-Saëns wrote the Christmas oratorio in less than a fortnight, completing it ten days before its premiere on Christmas 1858. The vocal score of this oratorio was prepared later by the composer and organist Eugene Gigout, a colleague of Saint-Saëns.
Movements
- Prélude (dans le style de Séb. Bach)
- Récit et chœur: Et pastores errant - Gloria
- Air: Expectans expectavi Dominum
- Air et chœur: Domine, ego credidi
- Duo: Benedictus qui venit
- Chœur: Quare fremuerunt gentes
- Trio: Tecum principium
- Quatuor: Alleluja
- Quintette et chœur: Consurge, Filia Sion
- Chœur: Tollite hostias