Christmas Oratorio

schola-cantorum
(2012) Christmas Oratorio (65 min.)

Maria: mezzo-soprano, Evangelist: bass and choir: S.A.T.B.

Orchestra: oboe, cor anglais, clarinet in b flat, French horn, 1 percussionist (timpani), strings and organ.

Text from The Gospel of Luke and other text from the old and the new Testament and other text. Sung in Latin.

The Christmas Oratorio was premiered in Hallgrímskirkja on the second of December 2012, by Schola cantorum chamber choir, Caput ensemble, Björn Steinar Sólbergsson, organ, Kirstin Erna Blöndal, soprano, Jóhann Smári Sævarsson, bass, conducted by Hörður Áskelsson.