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. If you use and like, thank you to consider support donation. If you want to learn to sing the other choir voices for this song, you can practice them by following the training tracks below. Charles camille saint saens was a french composer and performer. Camille saintsaens composer 18351921 play or download midi files from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. This recording of saint saens christmas oratorio and respighis christmas cantata seems like it has been around forever lp in the 80s, cd in the 90s, and this hybrid sacd in 2005 and for good reason. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Help local families in need by bringing a package of diapers to be given to children at the ywca family center. He was extraordinarily productive in all genres, particularly deklassiske. Quare fremuerunt gentes part 6 of the christmas oratorio with chrous, violins and organ see also. This oratorio was originally composed for solo voices, chorus, strings, harp and organ. Ensemble was chosen among other brilliant and well known baroque musicians like ars nova copenhagen with paul hillier, royal concertgebouw, amsterdam with william christie, etc. Although it only took a fortnight to complete, he still submitted it just 10 days before its premiere performance in 1858. It was first performed in paris on december 25, 1858.
Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Lukas 2, 8 tenor et pastores erant in regione eadem vigilantes et custodientes vigilias noctis super gregem suum. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Caprice on danish and russian airs soni ventorum wind quintet. Barbara kind, sopran christina bischoff, mezzosopran annkathrin zschunke, alt friedemann hecht, tenor thomas neubauer, bass musikalische begleitung. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. The marriage was unhappy and unsuccessful, although it produced two children. The composer was only 23, and had not yet grown contemptuous of church dogma as he would later be, when he wrote this modest, devotional, and mostly contemplative work in 1858. His most famous piece is the carnival of the animals, despite the fact that saint saens forbade complete performances of it shortly after its premiere, only allowing one movement, the swan, a. Sep 18, 2007 the question arises often when the work is by saintsaens, whose best known works are the 3rd symphony and carnaval des animaux. Either your browser does not support inline frames or it is currently configured not to display inline frames.
Now that you have this pdf score, members artist are waiting for a feedback from you in. The libretto, a poeme biblique by louis gallet, is based on the biblical story of noah and the flood. Public domain strings, harp, organ, soli smatbr, and chorus satb 10. Christmas oratorio promusica chamber orchestra columbus. Saintsaens also wrote articles on aspects of ancient roman theatre and art, as well as philosophy. In 1875, saintsaens married 19yearold marielaure truffol, they lived with his mother. For 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music without asking you anything in exchange. Here the operatic allusions so popular in his day have given way to a mixture of romantic elan and reminiscences of the baroque. The saintsaens, written in 1863, is firmly rooted in lateromanticism, although there are many references to bygone times, first and foremost to bach. Owing to its latin text, saintsaens christmas oratorio has found admirers all over the world. Saintsaens avoids theatrical effects in his church music and relies almost entirely on homophonic choral writing. 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.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Orchester concertino berlin anna koim, harfe arno schneider, orgel chor. It has ten movements or sections prelude in the style of bach. 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. An oratorio is to all intents and purposes an opera on a religious subject. This piece was originally scored for five vocal soloists, chorus, harp, string quartet and organ. Free choir training aids for the whole christmas oratorio, including tollite hostias. The question arises often when the work is by saintsaens, whose best known works are the 3rd symphony and carnaval des animaux. Oratorio saint saens download free sheet music and scores.
Saintsaens christmas oratorio features some lovely music in a decidedly frenchromantic veina couple of nice ariasduets, etc. Here we have two christmas oratorios well, sort of. Please look at problems with windows media player, and then use the back button to return to this midi file page. Fiocco lamentations du jeudi saint on authentic baroque period.