Christmas Oratorio

per SATB e solisti (MS, T, & B), con organo e flauto o piccolo ensemble Con questo maestoso lavoro Chilcott affronta una pietra miliare del repertorio corale, l'Oratorio di Natale. Le parole di San Luca e San Matteo si intrecciano con la poesia del XVI-XIX secolo per creare un'avvincente rivisitazione della storia del Natale.

PART 1

1. Hymn: Lo! how a Rose e er blooming (Chorus)
2. The Angel Gabriel (Evangelist, Gabriel, Mary)
3. Magnificat (Mezzo-soprano solo, Chorus)
4. Hymn: Thou whose almighty word (Chorus)
5. And it came to pass in those days (Evangelist)
6. A Boy was born (Chorus)
PART 2
7. And there were in the same country shepherds (Evangelist, Angel, Chorus)
8. Hymn: Shepherds, in the field abiding (Chorus)
9. And they came with haste (Evangelist)
10. Love came down at Christmas (Mezzo-soprano solo, Chorus)
PART 3
11. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Evangelist, Chorus, Herod)
12. A Carol to the King (Chorus)
13. Hymn: As with gladness men of old (Chorus)
PART 4
14. And when eight days were accomplished (Evangelist)
15. Nunc dimittis (Bass solo, Chorus)
16. And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things (Evangelist, Simeon)
17. Hymn: A great and mighty wonder (Chorus)