Christmas Oratorio - Bob Chilcott

for SATB and soloists (M-S, T, & B), with organ and flute or small ensemble With this majestic work Chilcott takes on a landmark of the choral repertory, the Christmas Oratorio. Words from St Luke and St Matthew are intertwined with 16th-19th-century poetry to create a compelling retelling of the Christmas story.

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)