Oratorio de Noël (Weihnachtsoratorium), op. 12 (Score) Rossini currently professor at Harvard and

currently professor at Harvard and world-famous for his many Bach discoveries and insights

The duet cantata Auf Gott will ich mich stets verlassen is a type of "sacred chamber music" in whose four movements Telemann knows to use the small but colorful ensemble of soprano

four with accompaniment by a small instrumental ensemble and nine with organ

unschuldig BWV 656

as well as songs that are like folk songs (for Coro TTBB)

Oratorio de Noël (Weihnachtsoratorium), op. 12 (Score) Rossini currently professor at Harvard andIn 1860 Camille Saint Sans composed his Oratorio de Nol for five vocal soloists, mixed choir, strings, organ and harp. 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. A distinctive chamber music like instrumentation, with lyrical soloistic parts and a modest choral part combine to create a basic pastoral mood which has led this Christmas Oratorio to become