作曲者 | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)・カミーユ・サン=サーンス |
タイトル | Oratorio de Noèl op. 12 (arr. Soloists, Choir, Organ) [organ reduction] |
出版社 | Bärenreiter・ベーレンライター |
シリーズ名 | Choir & Organ |
楽器編成 | Soloists, Choir and Organ |
楽器編成(詳細) | Soli/Mixed choir/Org |
品番 | 9790006521661 |
編曲者 | Andreas Köhs |
難易度 | 中級 |
言語 | フランス語 |
形状 | 81 ページ・27.0 x 19.0 cm・223 g・Stapled |
演奏時間 | 30分 |
出版年 | 2017年第5刷 |
出版番号 | BA 7514 |
ISMN | 979-0006521661 |
Owing to its Latin text, Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio has found admirers all over the world. Saint-Saëns avoids theatrical effects in his church music and relies almost entirely on homophonic choral writing. Here the operatic allusions so popular in his day have given way to a mixture of romantic élan and reminiscences of the Baroque. The subtitle reads " dans le style de J. S. Bach" although the composer was unaware of Bach's Christmas Oratorio.
In this unusual form the oratorio, of which the final movement is already a hit with many choruses, is well-suited for performance during the Advent and Christmas seasons, providing a welcome change from Bach.
- A "discovery" for Christmas and Advent concerts
- Relatively simple choral writing
- Sensitive organ arrangement