Christmas oratorio

A Christmas oratorio (German: Weihnachtsoratorium; French: Oratorio de Noël) is an oratorio written for Christmas or the Christmas season.

Examples of Christmas oratorios

Examples of Christmas oratorios include:

Christmas oratorios as a set of Christmas cantatas

Some Christmas oratorios consist of a collection of Christmas cantatas, to be performed during several days of the Christmas season. Examples include:[1]

  • Liebes-Andachten, nach dem Jahrgang aus denen Evangeliis eingerichtet, cycle of Christmas cantatas by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, first performed 25–27 December 1719 in Gotha (music lost).[2]
  • Das Volck so im Finstern wandelt, Christmas oratorio by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, first performed 25–27 December 1728 in Gotha.[3]
  • Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Johann Sebastian Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium, premiered from 25 December 1734 to 6 January 1735 in Leipzig.[4]

Ach, dass die Hülfe aus Zion über Israel käme, is a Christmas oratorio retroactively compiled from 10 cantatas by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, which were performed from 25 December 1736 to 6 January 1737 in Sondershausen (recorded 1999–2000).[5][6][7][8]

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References
  1. (in German) Irmgard Scheitler. Deutschsprachige Oratorienlibretti: von den Anfängen bis 1730. Schöningh, 2005. ISBN 3506729551, pp. 338–345
  2. Samantha Owens, Barbara M. Reul, Janice B. Stockigt Music at German Courts, 1715-1760: Changing Artistic Priorities. Boydell & Brewer, 2011 (reprint 2015). ISBN 9781783270583, p. 204
  3. Texte zu einem Weihnachts-Oratorium 1728 – Texte zu einem Weihnachts-Oratorium 1728 at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 September 2016) at www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mielorth/stoelzel
  4. Bach Digital Work 00314
  5. Abstracts von Aufsätzen zu Stoelzel Abstracts von Aufsätzen zu Stoelzel at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 September 2016) at www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mielorth/stoelzel
  6. Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Weihnachtsoratorium at operadata.stanford.edu
  7. Kobow / Mertens / Remy / Schwarz / Stolzel / Voss - Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel: Christmas Oratorio; Cantatas 1-5 CD at www.cduniverse.com
  8. David Vernier. Stölzel Christmas Oratorio at www.classicstoday.com
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