This is a chronological list of

oratorio An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is mus ...

s from the 16th century to the present. Unless otherwise indicated, all dates are those when the work was first performed. In some cases only the date of composition is known. In others, the oratorio has only been performed on a recording. There is considerable overlap between the oratorio and the

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. The meaning of ...

, especially during the 19th century. The works listed below are those that have most often been referred to as oratorios.

16th century

Emilio de' Cavalieri Emilio de' Cavalieri (c. 155011 March 1602), or Emilio dei Cavalieri, the spellings "del" and "Cavaliere" are contemporary typographical errors, was an Italian composer, producer, organist, diplomat, choreographer and dancer at the end of th ...

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Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo ''Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo'' (Portrayal of the Soul and the Body) is a musical work by Emilio de' Cavalieri to a libretto by Agostino Manni (1548-1618). With it, Cavalieri regarded himself as the composer of the first opera or orator ...

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17th century

Pietro della Valle Pietro Della Valle ( la, Petrus a Valle; 2 April 1586 – 21 April 1652), also written Pietro della Valle, was an Italian composer, musicologist, and author who travelled throughout Asia during the Renaissance period. His travels took him to the ...

– ''Oratorio della Purificatione'' (1640, the earliest documented use of the word "oratorio" to describe a musical composition) * Cornelis Thymenszoon Padbrué – ''De tranen Petri ende Pauli'' (published 1647, only partial score survives) *

Giacomo Carissimi (Gian) Giacomo Carissimi (; baptized 18 April 160512 January 1674) was an Italian composer and music teacher. He is one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque or, more accurately, the Roman School of music. Carissimi established the ...

– '' Jephte'' (before 16 June 1648) *Giacomo Carissimi – ''Baltazar'' (mid-17th century) *Giacomo Carissimi – ''Diluvium universale'' (mid-17th century) *Giacomo Carissimi – ''Dives malus'' (mid-17th century) *Giacomo Carissimi – ''Ezechias'' (mid-17th century) *Giacomo Carissimi – ''Jonas'' (mid-17th century) *Giacomo Carissimi – ''Abramo e Isacco'' (mid-17th century) *Giacomo Carissimi – ''Job'' (mid-17th century) *Giacomo Carissimi – ''Judicium extremum'' (mid-17th century) *Giacomo Carissimi – ''Judicium Salomonis'' (before 1669) *

Marc-Antoine Charpentier Marc-Antoine Charpentier (; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his ''Te Deum'', ''Marche en rondeau''. This theme is still us ...

– ''Judith sive liberata'' H.391 (mid 1670s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Canticum pro pace'' H.392 (mid 1670s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Canticum in nativitatem Domini'' H.393 (mid 1670s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''In honorem Caecilliae, Valeriani et Tiburij canticum'' H.394 (mid 1670s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Pour la fête de l'Epiphanie'' H.395 (mid 1670s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Historia Esther'' H.396 (mid 1670s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Cacillia virgo et martyr Octobre vocibus'' H.397 (mid 1670s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Pestis Mediolanensis'' H.398 (mid 1670s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Prélude pour Horrenda pastis'' H.398 a (1679) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Filius prodigus'' H.399 (1680) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Prélude pour l'enfant prodigue'' H.399 a (1681–82) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''L'enfant prodigue'' H/399 b (date unknown) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''L'enfant prodigue'' H.399 c (date unknown) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Canticum in honorem Beatae Virginis Mariae...'' H.400 (1680) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Extremum Dei judicium'' H.401 (early 1680s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Sacrificium Abrahae'' H.402 *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Symphonies ajustées au sacrifice d'Abraham H.''402 a (date unknown) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Le sacrifice d'Abraham'' H.402 b (date unknown) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Mors Saülis et Jonathae'' H.403 (early 1680s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Josue prélude'' H.404 a (1679) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Josue'' H.404 (early 1680s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''In resurrectione Domini Nostri Jesu Christi'' H.405 (1681–82) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''In circumcisione Domini / Dialogus inter angelum et pastores'' H.406 (1682–83) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Dialogus inter esurientem, sitientem et Christum'' H.407 (1682–83) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Elévation'' H.408 (1683) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''In obitum augustissimae nec non piissime Gallorum regina lamentum'' H.409 (1683) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Praelium Michaelis Archangeli factum in cocho cum dracone'' H.410 (1683) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Caedes sanctorum innocentium'' H.411 (1683–85) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Nuptiae sacrae'' H.412 (1683–85) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Caecilia virgo et martyr'' H.413 (1683–85) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''In nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi canticum'' H.414 (1683–85) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Caecilia virgo et martyr'' H.415 (1686) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Prologue de la Ste Cécile après l'ouverture : Harmonia coelistis'' H.415 a (1686–87) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''In nativitatem Domini canticum'' H.416 (late 1680s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Dialogus inter Christum et homines'' H.417 (early 1690s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''In honorem Sancti Ludovici regis Galliae'' H.418 (early 1690s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Pour Saint Augustin mourant'' H.419 (late 1690s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Dialogus inter angelos et pastores Judae in nativitatem Domini'' H.420 (late 1690s) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''In nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi canticum'' H.421 (1698–99) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Judicium Salomonis'' H.422 & H.422 a (1702) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Dialogus inter Magdalena et Jesu 2 vocibus Canto e Alto cum organo'' H.423 (date unknown) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Le reniement de St Pierre'' H.424 (date unknown) *Marc-Antoine Charpentier – ''Dialogus inter Christum et peccatores'' H.425 & H.425 a date unknown) *

Louis-Nicolas Clérambault Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (19 December 1676 – 26 October 1749) was a French musician, best known as an organist and composer. He was born, and died, in Paris. Biography Clérambault came from a musical family (his father and two of his sons w ...

- ''L'histoire de la femme adultère'' ( 1699 ?) C.191 * Sébastien de Brossard - ''Dialogus poenitentis animae cum Deo'' (1699 ?) SdB.55

18th century

*Sébastien de Brossard - ''Oratorio sopra l'immaculata conceptione della B Virgine'' (1702 - 1713) SdB.56 *

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

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Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno ''The Triumph of Time and Truth'' is the final name of an oratorio by George Frideric Handel produced in three different versions across fifty years of the composer’s career: ''Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (The Triumph of Time and Disi ...

'' (1707) *George Frideric Handel – ''

La resurrezione ''La resurrezione'' (''The Resurrection''), HWV 47, is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, set to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652–1728). Capece was court poet to Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Queen Marie Casimire ...

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Francesco Maria Veracini Francesco Maria Veracini (1 February 1690 – 31 October 1768) was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas. As a composer, according to Manfred Bukofzer, "His individual, if not subjective, style has ...

– ''Il trionfo della innocenza da S Niccolò'' (?1712) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Brockes Passion The ''Brockes Passion'', or ' (title in English: ''The Story of Jesus, Suffering and Dying for the Sins of the World''), is a German oratorio libretto by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, first published in 1712 and going through 30 or so editions in th ...

'' (1715) *Francesco Maria Veracini – ''Mosè al mar rosso, ovvero Il naufragio di Faraone'' (?1715; revised as ''La liberazione del popolo ebreo nel naufragio di Faraone'', 1723) *

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread a ...

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Juditha triumphans ''Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie'' (Latin: 'Judith triumphant over the barbarians of Holofernes'), RV 644, is an oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi, the only survivor of the four that he is known to have composed. Although the rest of ...

'' (1716) *Francesco Maria Veracini – ''L'incoronazione di Davidde'' (1717) *Francesco Maria Veracini – ''La caduta del savio nell’idoltria di Salomone'' (1720) *

Jan Dismas Zelenka Jan Dismas Zelenka (16 October 1679 – 23 December 1745), baptised Jan Lukáš Zelenka was a Czech composer and musician of the Baroque period. His music is admired for its harmonic inventiveness and mastery of counterpoint. Zelenka was raise ...

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Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis ''Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis conspicua orbi regia Bohemiae Corona: Melodrama de Sancto Wenceslao '' (''Under the Olive Tree of Peace and the Palm Tree of Virtue the Crown of Bohemia Splendidly Shines Before the Whole World: Melodrama to Saint ...

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Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

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St John Passion The ''Passio secundum Joannem'' or ''St John Passion'' (german: Johannes-Passion, link=no), BWV 245, is a Passion or oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the older of the surviving Passions by Bach. It was written during his first year as direc ...

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Johann David Heinichen Johann David Heinichen (17 April 1683 – 16 July 1729) was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in Dresden. After he died, Heinichen's music attracted little a ...

– ''L'aride tempie ignude'', passion oratorio (1724?) *Francesco Maria Veracini – ''L'empietà distrutta nella caduta di Gerico'' (1724) *Johann Sebastian Bach – ''

Easter Oratorio The ''Easter Oratorio'' (), 249, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, beginning with ("Come, hasten and run"). Bach composed it in Leipzig and first performed it on 1 April 1725. History The first version of the work was completed as a ca ...

'' (1725) *Johann Sebastian Bach – ''

St Matthew Passion The ''St Matthew Passion'' (german: Matthäus-Passion, links=-no), BWV 244, is a '' Passion'', a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander. It sets ...

'' (1727) *Johann David Heinichen – ''Come? S'imbruna il cieli Occhi piangete'' (1728), passion oratorio (1724?) *Jan Dismas Zelenka – ''Il Serpente di Bronzo'' (1730) *

Willem de Fesch Willem de Fesch (, 1687, Alkmaar – 3 January 1761) was a virtuoso Dutch violone player and composer. The pupil of Karel Rosier, who was a Vice- Kapellmeister at Bonn, de Fesch later married his daughter, Maria Anna Rosier. De Fesch was ...

– ''Judith'' (1732) * Maurice Greene – ''The Song of Deborah and Barak'' (1732) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Esther Esther is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther. In the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus seeks a new wife after his queen, Vashti, is deposed for disobeying him. Hadassah, a Jewess who goes by the name of Esther, is chosen ...

'' (1732) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Athalia Athaliah ( el, Γοθολία ''Gotholía''; la, Athalia) was the daughter of either king Omri, or of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel, the queen consort of Judah as the wife of King Jehoram, a descendant of King David, and later quee ...

'' (1733) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Deborah According to the Book of Judges, Deborah ( he, דְּבוֹרָה, ''Dəḇōrā'', " bee") was a prophetess of the God of the Israelites, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and the only female judge mentioned in the Bible. Many scholars ...

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Johann Adolph Hasse Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a co ...

– ''Il cantico de' tre fanciulli'' (1734) *Johann Sebastian Bach – ''

Christmas Oratorio The ''Christmas Oratorio'' (German: ''Weihnachtsoratorium''), , is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It is in six parts, each part a cantata intended for performance on one of t ...

'' (1734) *Johann Sebastian Bach – ''

Ascension Oratorio Ascension or ascending may refer to: Religion * "Ascension", "Assumption", or "Translation", the belief in some religions that some individuals have ascended into Heaven without dying first * Ascension of Jesus * Feast of the Ascension (Ascen ...

'' (1735) * Johann Georg Reutter – '' Gioas re di Giuda'' (1735) *

William Boyce William Boyce may refer to: *William Boyce (composer) (1711–1779), English-born composer and Master of the King's Musick * William Binnington Boyce (1804–1889), English-born philologist and clergyman, active in Australia *William Waters Boyce ( ...

– ''David’s Lamentation over Saul and Jonathan'' (1736) *George Frideric Handel – '' Alexander's Feast'' (1736) *Jan Dismas Zelenka – '' I penitenti al sepolcro del redentore'' (1736) *Maurice Greene – ''Jephtha'' (1737) *George Frideric Handel – '' Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità'' (1737) *Johann Adolph Hasse – ''Le virtù appiè della croce'' (1737) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Israel in Egypt ''Israel in Egypt'', HWV 54, is a biblical oratorio by the composer George Frideric Handel. Most scholars believe the libretto was prepared by Charles Jennens, who also compiled the biblical texts for Handel's ''Messiah''. It is composed ent ...

'' (1738) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Saul Saul (; he, , ; , ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of Israel. His reign, traditionally placed in the late 11th century BCE, supposedly marked the transition of Israel and Judah from a scattered tri ...

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Giuseppe Bonno Giuseppe Bonno (29 January 1711 – 15 April 1788) Michael Lorenz gives his first name as "Joseph" because Emperor Joseph I was his godfather; Lorenz also asserts that Bonno was born on 30 JanuaryHaydn Singing at Vivaldi's Exequies: An Ineradic ...

– ''Eleazaro'' (1739) *Giuseppe Bonno – ''San Paolo in Athene'' (1740) *George Frideric Handel – ''

L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato ("The Cheerful, the Thoughtful, and the Moderate Man"), HWV 55, is a pastoral ode by George Frideric Handel based on the poetry of John Milton. History Handel composed the work over the period of 19 January to 4 February 1740,Michael O'Connell ...

'' (1740) *Johann Adolph Hasse – ''Serpentes ignei in deserto'' (1740) *

John Christopher Smith John Christopher Smith (born Johann Christoph Schmidt; 1712, Ansbach3 October 1795, Bath, Somerset, Bath) was an English composer who, following in his father's footsteps, became George Frideric Handel's secretary and amanuensis. Life John Chri ...

– ''David's Lamentation over Saul and Jonathan'' (Hickman's Rooms, 1740) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Messiah In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of ''mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach'' ...

'' (1741) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Samson Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution o ...

'' (1741) *Johann Adolph Hasse – ''Giuseppe riconosciuto'' (1741) *Johann Adolph Hasse – ''I pellegrini al sepolcro di Nostro Signore'' (1742) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Joseph and his Brethren ''Joseph'' ( HWV 59) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel completed in the summer of 1743. ''Joseph'' is composed to an English language libretto by the Reverend James Miller, based on Apostolo Zeno's Italian language libretto for ''Gius ...

'' (1743) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Semele Semele (; Ancient Greek: Σεμέλη ), in Greek mythology, was the youngest daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia (Greek goddess), Harmonia, and the mother of Dionysus by Zeus in one of his many origin myths. Certain elements of the cult of Dionysu ...

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Thomas Arne Thomas Augustine Arne (; 12 March 17105 March 1778) was an English composer. He is best known for his patriotic song "Rule, Britannia!" and the song "A-Hunting We Will Go", the latter composed for a 1777 production of ''The Beggar's Opera'', whic ...

– ''The Death of Abel'' (1744, lost except for 'Hymn of Eve') *Thomas Arne – ''Judith'' (1744) *Maurice Greene – ''The Force of Truth'' (1744) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ...

'' (1744) *Johann Adolph Hasse – ''Ci'l un parantê und parsol scelopgrini'' (1744) *Francesco Maria Veracini – ''L'errore di Salomone'' (1744) *Thomas Arne – ''

Alfred Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ...

'' (1745, oratorio version, later an opera) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Belshazzar Belshazzar (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Bēl-šar-uṣur'', meaning " Bel, protect the king"; ''Bēlšaʾṣṣar'') was the son and crown prince of Nabonidus (556–539 BC), the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Through his mother he might ...

'' (1745) *Johann Adolph Hasse – ''La Caduta di Gerico'' (1745) *Willem de Fesch – ''Joseph'' (1746) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Judas Maccabaeus Judah Maccabee (or Judas Maccabeus, also spelled Machabeus, or Maccabæus, Hebrew: יהודה המכבי, ''Yehudah HaMakabi'') was a Jewish priest (''kohen'') and a son of the priest Mattathias. He led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleu ...

'' (1746) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Occasional Oratorio ''An Occasional Oratorio'' ( HWV 62) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, based upon a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton after the poetry of John Milton and Edmund Spenser. The work was written in the midst of the Jacobite rising of 1745–1746 ...

'' (1746) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Joshua Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ...

'' (1747) *Johann Adolph Hasse – ''Santa Elena al Calvario'' (1747) *

Franz Xaver Richter Franz (Czech: František) Xaver Richter, known as ''François Xavier Richter'' in France (December 1, 1709 – September 12, 1789) was an Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician who spent most of his life fir ...

– ''La Deposizione della Croce'' (1748) *George Frideric Handel – '' Alexander Balus'' (1748) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Solomon Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah (Hebrew language, Hebrew: , Modern Hebrew, Modern: , Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yahweh, Yah"), ...

'' (1748) *George Frideric Handel – '' Susanna'' (1748) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Theodora Theodora is a given name of Greek origin, meaning "God's gift". Theodora may also refer to: Historical figures known as Theodora Byzantine empresses * Theodora (wife of Justinian I) ( 500 – 548), saint by the Orthodox Church * Theodora o ...

'' (1749) *George Frideric Handel – '' The Choice of Hercules'' (1750) *Jean-Joseph de Mondonville - ''Coeli enarrant gloria'' (1750) *Johann Adolph Hasse – ''La conversione di Sant' Agostino'' (1750) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Jephtha Jephthah (pronounced ; he, יִפְתָּח, ''Yīftāḥ''), appears in the Book of Judges as a judge who presided over Israel for a period of six years (). According to Judges, he lived in Gilead. His father's name is also given as Gilead, ...

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Carl Heinrich Graun Carl Heinrich Graun (7 May 1704 – 8 August 1759) was a German composer and tenor. Along with Johann Adolph Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time. Biography Graun was born in Wahrenbrüc ...

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Der Tod Jesu ''Der Tod Jesu'' (''The Death of Jesus'') is an oratorio libretto by Karl Wilhelm Ramler. In its setting by Carl Heinrich Graun in 1755, it was the most often performed Passion of the 18th century in Germany. The poem is part of the '' Empfin ...

'' (1755) *George Frideric Handel – ''

The Triumph of Time and Truth ''The Triumph of Time and Truth'' is the final name of an oratorio by George Frideric Handel produced in three different versions across fifty years of the composer’s career: ''Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (The Triumph of Time and Disil ...

'' (1757) * John Stanley – ''Jephthah'' (1757) *Johann Adolph Hasse – ''S. Petrus et S. Maria Magdalena'' (1759) *Giuseppe Bonno – ''Isacco figura del redentore'' (1759) *John Christopher Smith – ''Paradise Lost'' (1760) *John Stanley – ''Zimiri'' (1760) *Thomas Arne – '' Judith'' (1761) *John Christopher Smith – ''Rebecca'' (1761, reworking of music by Handel) *John Stanley – ''Arcadia'' (1762) *

Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesh ...

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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (3 February 1736 – 7 March 1809) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist, and one of the teachers of Ludwig van Beethoven. He was a friend of Haydn and Mozart. Biography Albrechtsberger was born at Kl ...

– ''La passione di Gesù Cristo'' (1762) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Nabal According to the 1st Book of Samuel Chapter 25, Nabal ( ''Nāḇāl'', "fool") was a rich Calebite, described as harsh and surly. He is featured in a story in which he is threatened by David over an insult, and ultimately killed by God. Biblica ...

'' (1764) *John Christopher Smith – ''Tobit'' (1764, reworking of music by Handel) *

John Worgan John Worgan (1724–1790) was an organist and composer of Welsh descent. He is best known for playing the organ at Vauxhall Gardens, the London public pleasure garden in the mid 18th century. Life Worgan was born in London in 1724. He was one of ...

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Christopher Smart Christopher Smart (11 April 1722 – 20 May 1771) was an English poet. He was a major contributor to two popular magazines, ''The Midwife'' and ''The Student'', and a friend to influential cultural icons like Samuel Johnson and Henry Fie ...

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Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (2 November 1739 – 24 October 1799) was an Austrian composer, violinist, and silvologist. He was a friend of both Haydn and Mozart. (webpage has a translation button) Life 1739–1764 Dittersdorf was born in ...

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

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Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots ' (complete title in historical spelling: '; The Obligation of the First and Foremost Commandment), K. 35, is a sacred musical play (''geistliches Singspiel'') composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1767 when he was 11 years old. It is Mozart's f ...

'' (1767, only the first part) *Francesco Maria Veracini – ''L'Assalone, ovvero L'infedelta punita'' (before 1768) *

Samuel Arnold Samuel Arnold may refer to: *Samuel Arnold (composer) (1740–1802), English composer and organist * Samuel Arnold (Connecticut politician) (1806–1869), U.S. Representative from Connecticut * Samuel Arnold (conspirator) (1834–1906), co-conspira ...

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Abimelech Abimelech (also spelled Abimelek or Avimelech; ) was the generic name given to all Philistine kings in the Hebrew Bible from the time of Abraham through King David. In the Book of Judges, Abimelech, son of Gideon, of the Tribe of Manasseh, is ...

'' (1768)S D Long and J Sawyer: ''The Bible in Music'' (2017), p.5 *

Michael Haydn Johann Michael Haydn (; 14 September 173710 August 1806) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. Life Michael Haydn was born in 1737 in the Austrian village of Rohrau, near the Hungarian border. ...

– ''Der Kampf der Busse und Bekehrung'' (1768) *Michael Haydn – ''Kaiser Constanstin I. Feldzug und Sieg'' (1769) *George Frideric Handel – ''

Gideon Gideon (; ) also named Jerubbaal and Jerubbesheth, was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiez ...

'' (1769) *

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...

– ''

Die Israeliten in der Wüste ''Die Israeliten in der Wüste'' (The Israelites in the Desert) is an oratorio by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Background While known mainly for his works in other genres, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach also composed several oratorios during his caree ...

'' (1769) *Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – ''Davide penitente'' (1770) *Michael Haydn – ''Der reumütige Petrus'' (1770) *Michael Haydn – ''Der büssende Sünder'' (1771) *

Josef Mysliveček Josef Mysliveček (9 March 1737 – 4 February 1781) was a Czech composer who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music. Mysliveček provided his younger friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with significant comp ...

– ''Adamo ed Eva'' (1771) *

Florian Leopold Gassmann Florian Leopold Gassmann (3 May 1729 – 21 January 1774) was a German-speaking Bohemian opera composer of the transitional period between the baroque and classical eras. He was one of the principal composers of '' dramma giocoso'' immed ...

– ''La Betulia Liberata'' (1772) *Samuel Arnold – ''The Prodigal Son'' (1773) *

Luffman Atterbury Luffman Atterbury (died 1796), was an English carpenter, builder and musician. Atterbury studied the harpsichord, composition, and harmony in the leisure time he could spare from his business, which was carried on in Turn Again Lane, Fleet Mark ...

– ''Goliah'' (5 May 1773, Haymarket Theatre, London) *

Charles Avison Charles Avison (; 16 February 1709 (baptised)9 or 10 May 1770) was an English composer during the Baroque and Classical periods. He was a church organist at St John The Baptist Church in Newcastle and at St. Nicholas's Church (later Newcas ...

(in collaboration with

Felice Giardini Felice de Giardini (12 April 1716 – 8 June 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. Early life Felice Giardini was born in Turin. When it became clear that he was a child prodigy, his father sent him to Milan. There he studied singing, ...

) – ''Ruth'' (1773) *Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – ''La Liberatrice del Popolo Giudaico nella Persia, o sia l’Esther'' (1773) *Giuseppe Bonno – ''Il Giuseppe riconosciuto'' (1774) *John Stanley – ''The Fall of Egypt'' (1774) *

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

– ''

Il ritorno di Tobia ' (''The Return of Tobias'') is an oratorio in two parts composed in 1775 by Joseph Haydn ( Hob. XXI:1). The work is the first oratorio the composer wrote and, according to Jones, was "his most extended and ambitious composition up to that time". ...

'' (1775) *

James Hook James Hook may refer to: * Captain Hook, the villain of J. M. Barrie's play and novel ''Peter Pan'' * James Hook (composer) (1746–1827), English composer and organist * James Hook (priest) (1771–1828), English priest, Dean of Worcester * Jame ...

– ''The Ascension'', (Covent Garden, 20 March 1776) *

Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian classical composer, conductor, and teacher. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg monarchy ...

– ''

La passione di Gesù Cristo LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...

'' (1776) *

John Abraham Fisher John Abraham Fisher (1744 – May or June 1806) was an English violinist and composer. Biography Fisher was born at Dunstable in 1744, the son of Richard Fisher. He was brought up in Lord Tyrawley's house, learning the violin from Thomas Pinto ...

– ''Providence'' (

Sheldonian Theatre Sheldonian Theatre, located in Oxford, England, was built from 1664 to 1669 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford. The building is named after Gilbert Sheldon, chancellor of the University at the time and the project's ...

, Oxford, 2 July 1777) *

Thomas Linley the younger Thomas Linley the younger (7 May 17565 August 1778), also known as Thomas Linley Junior or Tom Linley, was the eldest son of the composer Thomas Linley and his wife Mary Johnson. He was one of the most precocious composers and performers that h ...

– ''The Song of Moses'' (1777) * Robert Wainwright – ''The Fall of Egypt'' (1780, Liverpool) *

Marianna Martines Marianna Martines, also Marianne von Martinez (4 May 1744 – 13 December 1812), was a composer, pianist, and singer of the classical period, based in Vienna, Austria who knew Mozart and Haydn. Background Marianna Martines's paternal gra ...

– ''Isacco figura del redentore'' (1782) *Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – '' Davide penitente'' (1785) *

Antonio Rosetti Francesco Antonio Rosetti (c. 1750 – 30 June 1792) was a classical era composer and double bass player, and was a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart. There is considerable confusion regarding his name. The occasional mention of a supposed, ...

– ''Der sterbende Jesu'' (1785) * Anton Teyber – ''Gioas re di Giuda'' (1786) *Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf – ''Giobbe'' (1786) *Antonio Rosetti – ''Jesus in Gethsemane'' (1790) *

Joseph Eybler Joseph Leopold Eybler (8 February 1765 – 24 July 1846) was an Austrian composer and contemporary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Life Eybler was born into a musical family in Schwechat near Vienna.Badura-Skoda and Herrmann-Schneider (n.d.) His fat ...

– ''Die Hirten bei der krippe zu Bethlehem'' (1794) *

Antonio Casimir Cartellieri Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (27 September 1772 – 2 September 1807) was a Polish-Austrian composer, violinist, conductor, and voice teacher. His reputation dissipated after his death, not to be resurrected until the late 20th century. One son w ...

– ''Gioas re di Giuda'' (1795) *Joseph Haydn – '' The Seven Last Words of Christ'' (1796) *Joseph Haydn – '' The Creation'' (1798)

19th century

*Joseph Haydn – '' The Seasons'' (1801) *

Friedrich Witt Friedrich Jeremias Witt (November 8, 1770 – January 3, 1836) was a German composer and cellist. He is perhaps best known as the likely author of a Symphony in C major known as the Jena Symphony, once attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven. Bio ...

– ''Der leidende Heiland'' (1802) *

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

– '' Christ on the Mount of Olives'' (1803) *

Ferdinando Paer Ferdinando Paer (1 July 1771 – 3 May 1839) was an Italian composer known for his operas. He was of Austrian descent and used the German spelling Pär in application for printing in Venice, and later in France the spelling Paër. Life and career ...

– ''Il Santo Sepolcro'' (1803) *Antonio Casimir Cartellieri – ''La celebre Nativita del Redentore'' (1806) *Antonio Casimir Cartellieri – ''La purificatione di Maria Virgine'' (1807) *Ferdinando Paer – ''La Passione di Gesu Cristo'' (1810) *Joseph Eybler – ''

Die vier letzten Dinge ''Die vier letzten Dinge'' is an oratorio in three parts by the composer Joseph Eybler. The three parts depict the end of the world, resurrection of the dead, and redemption of the blessed. The oratorio is about the Four Last Things of man, which ar ...

'' (1810) *

Giacomo Meyerbeer Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera ''Robert le di ...

– ''Gott und die Natur'' (1811, Berlin) *

William Crotch William Crotch (5 July 177529 December 1847) was an English composer and organist. According to the American musicologist Nicholas Temperley, Crotchwas "a child prodigy without parallel in the history of music", and was certainly the most disti ...

– ''Palestine'' (1812)Scholes, Percy A. 'The Century of Oratorio', in ''The Mirror of Music'' (1947), pp. 63–148 *

Maximilian Stadler Maximilian Johann Karl Dominik Stadler, Abbé Stadler (4 August 1748, in Melk – 8 November 1833, in Vienna), was an Austrian composer, musicologist and pianist. In 1766 he entered the Benedictine Monastery in Melk Abbey where he served as Be ...

''Die Befreyung von Jerusalem'' (1813) * George Perry – ''Elijah and the Priests of Baal'' (1818) *

Friedrich Schneider Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider (3 January 1786 in Alt-Waltersdorf – 23 November 1853 in Dessau) was a German pianist, composer, organist, and conductor. Schneider studied piano first with his father Johann Gottlob Schneider (senior), and ...

– ''Das Weltgericht'' (1819) *

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

– '' Lazarus'' (composed 1820, unfinished) *

Simon Mayr Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the ...

– '' Gioas'' (1823) *Friedrich Schneider – ''Verlorne Paradies'' (1824) *

Louis Spohr Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten symphonies, ...

– ''Die letzten Dinge'' (1826, translated as ''The Last Judgement'' 1830) *

Bernhard Klein Bernhard Joseph Klein (6 March 1793 – 9 September 1832) was a German composer. Life Klein was born in Cologne. He married Lili Parthey (1800–1829) who was the sister of Gustav Parthey (1798–1872) and the granddaughter of Friedrich Nicolai ...

– ''Jephtha'' (1828, Cologne) *Friedrich Schneider – ''Pharao'' (1828) *

Peter Josef von Lindpaintner Peter Josef von Lindpaintner (8 December 1791 – 21 August 1856) was a German composer and conductor. Born in Koblenz as the son of a tenor, he studied with Peter Winter and Joseph Graetz. From 1819 onwards he was based in Stuttgart. Some o ...

– ''Der Jüngling von Nain'' (1829, English version ''The Widow of Nain'', 1850s) *Friedrich Schneider – ''Christus das Kind'' (1829) *Friedrich Schneider – ''Gideon'' (1829) *

Philip Trajetta Philip Trajetta (Filippo Traetta) (January 8, 1777 – January 9, 1854) was an Italian-born American composer and music teacher. The son of Italian composer Tommaso Traetta, in 1800 he moved as a political refugee to the United States, where he had ...

– ''Jerusalem in Affliction'' (1828, Philadelphia) * Philip Trajetta – ''Daughter of Zion'' (1829, Philadelphia) *Bernhard Klein – ''David'' (1830, Halle) * William Crotch – ''The Captivity of Judah'' (1834) *Louis Spohr – ''Des Heilands letzte Stunden'' (''Calvary'') (1834–35) *

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...

– ''

St. Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

'' (1836) *Friedrich Schneider – ''Getsemane und Golgotha'' (1838) *

Ferdinand Hiller Ferdinand (von) Hiller (24 October 1811 – 11 May 1885) was a German composer, Conductor (music), conductor, pianist, writer and music director. Biography Ferdinand Hiller was born to a wealthy Jewish family in Frankfurt am Main, where his fat ...

– '' Die Zerstörung Jerusalems'' (1840) *Louis Spohr – ''Der Fall Babylons'' (''The Fall of Babylon'') (1842, Norwich Festival) *

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

– ''

Paradise and the Peri ''Paradise and the Peri'', in German ''Das Paradies und die Peri'', is a secular oratorio for soloists, choir, and orchestra by Robert Schumann. Completed in 1843, the work was published as Schumann's Op. 50. The work is based on a German tran ...

'' (1843) * William Jackson – ''The Deliverance of Israel from Babylon'', (c 1845) *

Hector Berlioz In Greek mythology, Hector (; grc, Ἕκτωρ, Hektōr, label=none, ) is a character in Homer's Iliad. He was a Trojan prince and the greatest warrior for Troy during the Trojan War. Hector led the Trojans and their allies in the defense o ...

– ''

La damnation de Faust ''La damnation de Faust'' (English: ''The Damnation of Faust''), Op. 24 is a work for four solo voices, full seven-part chorus, large children's chorus and orchestra by the French composer Hector Berlioz. He called it a "''légende dramatique'' ...

'' (1846) *

Félicien David Félicien-César David (13 April 1810 – 29 August 1876) was a French composer. Biography Félicien David was born in Cadenet, and began to study music at the age of five under his father, whose death when the boy was six left him an impoverish ...

– ''Moïse au Sinaï'' ('Moses on Sinai') (1846) *

César Franck César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in modern-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was p ...

– ''Ruth'' (1846) *Felix Mendelssohn – ''

Elijah Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) was, according to the Books of ...

'' (1846) * George Perry – ''Hezekiah'' (1847) *Felix Mendelssohn – ''

Christus Christus may refer to: * Christ (title) People * Petrus Christus (c. 1410s – c. 1475), Dutch painter * Sir Christus (1978–2017), Finnish musician Music * ''Christus'' (Liszt), an oratorio * ''Christus'' (Mendelssohn), an unfinished oratorio ...

'' (composed 1847, unfinished (premiered posthumously 1852) * Félicien David – ''Eden'' (1848) * William Richard Bexfield – ''Israel Restored'' (composed 1851, premiered Norwich Festival, 1852) * William Jackson – ''Isaiah'' (1851) *Robert Schumann – ''Der Rose Pilgerfahrt'' (1851) *

Henry Hugh Pierson Henry Hugh Pierson (12 April 1815 – 28 January 1873) was an English composer resident from 1845 in Germany. He was born Henry Hugh Pearson and his middle name is sometimes given as Hugo.Nicholas Temperley, "Henry Pierson", in ''New Grove Dict ...

– ''Jerusalem'', (1852, Norwich Festival) *Robert Schumann – '' Scenes from Goethe's Faust'' (composed 1853, premiered posthumously 1862) *Hector Berlioz – ''

L'enfance du Christ ''L'enfance du Christ'' (''The Childhood of Christ''), Opus 25, is an oratorio by the French composer Hector Berlioz, based on the Holy Family's flight into Egypt (see Gospel of Matthew 2:13). Berlioz wrote his own words for the piece. Most of it ...

'' (1854) *

Charles Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ...

– '' Tobie'' (1854) * Henry Leslie – ''Immanuel'' (1854) *

Frederick Ouseley Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, 2nd Baronet (12 August 18256 April 1889) was an English composer, organist, musicologist and priest. Biography Frederick Ouseley was born in London, the son of Sir Gore Ouseley, and manifested an extraordinary ...

– ''St Polycarp'' (1854) * Ann Mounsey Bartholomew – ''The Nativity'', Op. 29, pastoral oratorio (1855) * Michael Costa – ''Eli'' (1855) *Charles Gounod – ''

Les Sept Paroles de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ sur la Croix ''Les Sept Paroles de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ sur la Croix'' (The seven words of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross) is an 1855 oratorio by Charles Gounod.Timothy Flynn - Charles François Gounod: A Research and Information Guide -2009 Page ...

'' (1855) *

George William Torrance George William Torrance (25 July 1835 – 20 August 1907) was an Irish composer, mainly of church music, who was resident in Australia for many years. Early life Torrance was born in Rathmines, Dublin and became a choirboy at Christ Church Cath ...

– ''Abraham'' (1855) *Henry Leslie – ''Judith'' 1858) *

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano C ...

– ''

Oratorio de Noël The ''Oratorio de Noël'', Op. 12, by Camille Saint-Saëns, also known as his Christmas Oratorio, is a cantata-like work scored for soloists, chorus, organ, strings and harp. While an organist at La Madeleine, Saint-Saëns wrote the Christmas ...

'' (1858) *

Anton Rubinstein Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein ( rus, Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн, r=Anton Grigor'evič Rubinštejn; ) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who became a pivotal figure in Russian culture when he founded the Sai ...

– ''Paradise Lost'' (1859), "sacred opera") *

Henry Hiles Henry Hiles (31 December 1826 – 20 October 1904) was an English composer, organist, writer, and music educator. Life He was born in Shrewsbury, Hiles was the youngest of six sons. His eldest brother, John Hiles, was known as an arranger of org ...

– ''David'' (1860) *

Charles Edward Horsley Charles Edward Horsley (16 December 1822 – 28 February 1876), English musician, was the son of William Horsley. He studied in Germany under Hauptmann and Mendelssohn, and on his return to England composed several oratorios and other pieces, n ...

– ''Gideon'' (1860, Glasgow Music Festival) *

Bernhard Molique Bernhard Molique (''Wilhelm Bernhard Molique;'' 7 October 180210 May 1869) was a German violinist and composer. Biography He was born in Nuremberg. His father was a musician and the boy studied various instruments, but finally devoted himself to ...

– ''Abraham'', op. 65 (1860) *

Alfred Gaul Alfred Robert Gaul (30 April 1837 — 13 September 1913) was an English composer, conductor, teacher and organist. Life and career Gaul was born in Norwich, where he studied under Zechariah Buck.Brown, James D. & Stratton, Stephen S: ''Brit ...

– ''Hezekiah''(1861) *

Charles Sandys Packer Charles Sandys Stuart Shipley Packer (1810–1883), commonly referred to as Charles S. Packer, was an Australian classical music composer, born in Reading, Berkshire, England. He was a graduate of The Royal Academy of Music in London. Packer was co ...

– ''Crown of Thorns'' (1863) * Michael Costa – ''Naaman'' (1864) * George William Torrance – ''The Captivity'' (1864) * Cesar Franck – ''La Tour de Babel'' (1865) *

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

– ''Die Legende von der heiligen Elisabeth'' (1865) *

John Stainer Sir John Stainer (6 June 1840 – 31 March 1901) was an English composer and organist whose music, though seldom performed today (with the exception of ''The Crucifixion'', still heard at Passiontide in some churches of the Anglican Communi ...

– ''Gideon'' (1865) *

Peter Benoit Peter Benoit (17 August 18348 March 1901) was a Flemish composer of Belgian nationality. Biography Petrus Leonardus Leopoldus Benoit was born in Harelbeke, Flanders, Belgium in 1834. He was taught music at an early age by his father and the vil ...

– ''Lucifer'' (1866) * Henry Hiles – ''The Patriarchs'' (1866) *

Théodore Dubois Clément François Théodore Dubois (24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French Romantic composer, organist, and music teacher. After study at the Paris Conservatoire, Dubois won France's premier musical prize, the Prix de Rome in 1861. He bec ...

– ''Les Sept Paroles du Christ'' (1867) *

William Sterndale Bennett Sir William Sterndale Bennett (13 April 18161 February 1875) was an English composer, pianist, conductor and music educator. At the age of ten Bennett was admitted to the London Royal Academy of Music (RAM), where he remained for ten years. B ...

– ''The Woman of Samaria'' (1867, Birmingham Festival) * Peter Benoit – ''De Schelde'' (1868) *

Arthur Sullivan Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (13 May 1842 – 22 November 1900) was an English composer. He is best known for 14 comic opera, operatic Gilbert and Sullivan, collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including ''H.M.S. Pinaf ...

– '' The Prodigal Son'' (1869) *

Otto Goldschmidt Otto Moritz David Goldschmidt (21 August 1829 – 24 February 1907) was a German composer, conductor and pianist, known for his piano concertos and other piano pieces. He married the "Swedish Nightingale", soprano Jenny Lind. Life Goldschmidt w ...

– ''Ruth'' (1870) * Anton Rubinstein – ''The Tower of Babel'' (1870, "sacred opera") Upton, George P.
The Standard Oratorios
' (1893) *

Julius Benedict Sir Julius Benedict (27 November 1804 – 5 June 1885) was a German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career. Life and music Benedict was born in Stuttgart, the son of a Jewish banker, and in 1820 learnt compo ...

– ''St Peter'' (1870, Birmingham Festival) *

William Cusins Sir William George Cusins (14 October 183331 August 1893) was an English pianist, violinist, organist, conductor and composer. Biography Born in London, Cusins entered the Chapel Royal in his tenth year and studied music in Brussels under Fran ...

– ''Gideon'' (1871, Gloucester) *

John Knowles Paine John Knowles Paine (January 9, 1839 – April 25, 1906) was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music. The senior member of a group of composers collectively known as the Boston Six, Paine was one of those ...

– ''St Peter'' (1872 - "America's first oratorio") * John Francis Barnett – ''The Raising of Lazarus'' (1873) *Franz Liszt – ''

'' (1873) *

George Alexander Macfarren Sir George Alexander Macfarren (2 March 181331 October 1887) was an English composer and musicologist. Life George Alexander Macfarren was born in London on 2 March 1813 to George Macfarren, a dancing-master, dramatic author and journalist, wh ...

– ''St John the Baptist'' (1873, Bristol Festival) *

Jules Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are '' Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther' ...

– ''

Marie-Magdeleine ''Marie-Magdeleine'' is an oratorio (Drame Sacré) in three acts and four parts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet. It was first performed at the Théâtre de l' Odéon in Paris on 11 April 1873, starring the famous contralto P ...

'' (1873) *Frederick Ouseley – ''Hagar'' (1873, Hereford Festival) * Edouard Silas – ''Joash'' (1873, Norwich Festival) *

Henry Smart Henry Thomas Smart (26 October 1813 – 6 July 1879) was an English organist and composer. Biography Smart was born in London, a nephew of the conductor Sir George Smart and son of a music publisher, orchestra director and accomplished violini ...

– ''Jacob'' (1873, Glasgow Festival) *Arthur Sullivan – '' The Light of the World'' (1873) *

Frederick Bridge Sir John Frederick Bridge (5 December 1844 – 18 March 1924) was an English organist, composer, teacher and writer. From a musical family, Bridge became a church organist before he was 20, and he achieved his ambition to become a cathedral ...

– ''Mount Moriah'' (1874) *César Franck – ''Rédemption'' (1874) *Jules Massenet – ''

Ève Ève is a French given name, the counterpart to the English name Eve and the Latinate Eva. Notable people with this name include: People * Ève Angeli, French musician * Ève Bazaiba, a member of the Movement of the Liberation of the Congo * Èv ...

'' (1875) *

Charles Swinnerton Heap Charles Swinnerton Heap (10 April 1847 – 11 June 1900) was an English organist, pianist, composer and conductor. Life Heap was born in Birmingham in 1847 and educated at the town's King Edward VI School, where he studied the organ under Walt ...

– ''The Captivity'' (1875, Birmingham Town Hall) *

Charles Villiers Stanford Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic music, Romantic era. Born to a well-off and highly musical family in Dublin, Stanford was ed ...

– ''The Resurrection'' (1875) * George Alexander Macfarren – ''The Resurrection'' (1876, Birmingham Festival) *Camille Saint-Saëns – '' Le Déluge'' (1876) *

Max Bruch Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a prominent staple of the standard v ...

– ''

Arminius Arminius ( 18/17 BC – 21 AD) was a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe who is best known for commanding an alliance of Germanic tribes at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, in which three Roman legions under the command of ge ...

'' (1877) *

John Liptrot Hatton John Liptrot Hatton (12 October 1809 – 10 September 1886) was an English musical composer, conductor, pianist, accompanist and singer. Early career Hatton was born in Liverpool to a musical family, for both his father John and grandfather wer ...

– ''Hezekiah'' (1877, Crystal Palace) * George Alexander Macfarren – ''Joseph'' (1877, Leeds Festival) *

Philip Armes Philip Armes (15 August 1836 – 10 February 1908) was an English organist, notably holding posts at Rochester, Chichester and Durham Cathedral. Musical career Armes was a chorister at the cathedral of his native city, Norwich, between 1846–4 ...

– ''Hezekiah'' (1878) *

Frederic Hymen Cowen Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (29 January 1852 – 6 October 1935), was an English composer, conductor and pianist. Early years and musical education Cowen was born Hymen Frederick Cohen at 90 Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica, the fifth and last c ...

– ''The Deluge'', (1878, Brighton Festival) *

– ''Le Paradis Perdu'', (1878) * John Stainer – ''The Daughter of Jairus'' (1878) *César Franck – ''

Les Béatitudes ''Les Béatitudes'', (Op. 25), CFF 185, FWV 53,The work was never published with an Opus number. is a French oratorio written by César Franck from 1869 to 1879 and scored for orchestra, chorus, and soloists. The text is a poetic meditation on th ...

'' (composed 1879, premiered posthumously 1893) *Arthur Sullivan – ''

The Martyr of Antioch ''The Martyr of Antioch'' is a choral work described as a "Sacred Musical Drama" by the English composer Arthur Sullivan. It was first performed on 15 October 1880 at the triennial Leeds Music Festival, having been composed specifically for that ...

'' (1880) *Jules Massenet – ''

La Vierge ''La Vierge'' is an oratorio (''légende sacrée'') in four scenes by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Charles Grandmougin. It was first performed at the Opéra in Paris on May 22, 1880. The oratorio is a recounting of the story of the V ...

'' (1880) *Philip Armes – ''St. John the Evangelist'' (1881) *Charles Gounod – ''La rédemption'' (1882) * George William Torrance – ''The Revelation'' (1882, Melbourne) *Joseph Barnby – ''Rebekah'' (1883) * George Alexander Macfarren – ''King David'' (1883, Leeds Festival) *John Stainer – ''Mary Magdalen'' (1883) *Alexander Mackenzie (composer), Alexander Mackenzie – ''The Rose of Sharon'' (1884, Norwich Festival) *Charles Gounod – ''Mors et vita'' (1885) *Dudley Buck – ''The Light of Asia (oratorio), The Light of Asia'' (composed 1886 (premiered 1887)Orr, N. Lee (2008)
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p. 98. University of Illinois Press *Antonín Dvořák – ''Saint Ludmila (oratorio), Saint Ludmila'' (1886, Leeds Festival) * W. S. Rockstro – ''The Good Shepherd'' (1886, Three Choirs Festival) *Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard – ''La Vision de Saül'' (1886) * Charles Villiers Stanford – ''The Three Holy Children'' (1886, Birmingham Festival) * Giovanni Bottesini – ''The Garden of Olivet'' (1887, Norwich Festival) * Frederic Hymen Cowen – ''Ruth'' (1887, Three Choirs Festival) * Luigi Mancinelli – ''Isaias'' (1887, Norwich Festival) *John Stainer – ''The Crucifixion (Stainer), The Crucifixion'' (1887) * Hubert Parry – ''Judith'' (1888, Birmingham Festival) *William Spark – ''Immanuel'' (1889) *Frederick Bridge – ''The Repentance of Nineveh'' (1890, Worcester Festival) * Edgar Tinel – ''St Francis'' (1890) *Philip Armes – ''St Barnabas'' (1891, Durham Cathedral) *Charles Gounod – ''Saint Francois d'Assise (Gounod), Saint Francois d'Assise'' (1891) * Charles Villiers Stanford – ''Eden'' (1891, dramatic oratorio) *Alexander Mackenzie – ''Bethlehem'' (1892) *Hubert Parry – ''Job'' (1892, Gloucester Festival) *Horatio Parker – ''Hora Novissima'' (1893) * Heinrich von Herzogenberg – ''Die Geburt Christi'', op. 90 (1894) *Hubert Parry – ''King Saul'' (1894, Birmingham Festival) *Edward Elgar – ''The Light of Life (Lux Christi)'' (1896) *Willard Patton (1853–1924) – ''Isaiah'' (1897) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''La Passione di Cristo'' (1897) *Walford Davies, Henry Walford Davies – ''Days of Man'' (1897) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''La Trasfigurazione di Cristo'' (1898) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''La Risurrezione di Lazzaro'' (1898) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''La Risurrezione di Cristo'' (1898) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''Il Natale del Redentore'' (1899) *Felix Draeseke – ''Christus. Mysterium in a Prelude and Three Oratorios'' (1899) * Frederic Hymen Cowen – ''Jephthah'' (1900, unfinished) *Horatio-Parker – ''A Wanderer's Psalm'' (1900, Hereford Festival) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''L'entrata di Cristo in Gerusalemme'' (1900) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''La Strage degli Innocenti'' (1900) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''Mosè'' (1900) *Jules Massenet – ''La Terre Promise'' (1900) *Edward Elgar – ''The Dream of Gerontius'' (1900)

20th century

*Horatio Parker – ''Legend of St Christopher'' (1902, Worcester Festival) *Henry Walford Davies – ''The Temple'', (1902, Worcester Festival) *Edward Elgar – ''The Apostles (Elgar), The Apostles'' (1903) *Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – ''The Atonement'' (1903, Hereford Festival) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''Stabat Mater'' (1904) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''Il Giudizio Universale'' (1904) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''Dies Iste'' (1904) * Henry Walford Davies – ''Everyman'' (1904) *Edward Elgar – ''The Kingdom (Elgar), The Kingdom'' (1906) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''Transitus Animae'' (1907) *Granville Bantock – ''Christ in the Wilderness'' (1907, Gloucester Festival) *Gabriel Pierné – ''Les enfants à Bethléem'' (1907) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''In Patris Memoriam'' (1909) * Granville Bantock – ''Gethsemane'' (1910, Gloucester Festival) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''Vespertina Oratio'' (1912) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''Le Sette Parole di Nostro Signore Gesu' Cristo sulla Croce'' (1913) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''La Samaritana'' (1913) *Camille Saint-Saëns – ''The Promised Land (Saint-Saëns), The Promised Land'' (1913) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''In Diebus Tribolationis'' (1916) *Erik Satie – ''Socrate'' (1920) *Arthur Honegger – ''Le roi David'' (1921) *Arnold Schoenberg – ''Die Jakobsleiter'' (composed 1922, revised 1944, unfinished) *Hermann Suter – ''Le Laudi'' (1924) *Ralph Vaughan Williams – ''Sancta Civitas'' (''The Holy City'') (1926) *Lucien Haudebert – ''Dieu vainqueur'' (1927, Mannheim) *Igor Stravinsky – ''Oedipus rex (opera), Oedipus rex'' (1927) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''Il Sogno Interpretato'' (1928) * Robin Milford – ''A Prophet in the Land'' (1929, Three Choirs Festival 1931) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''In Fratris Memoriam'' (1930) * George Dyson (composer), George Dyson – ''The Canterbury Pilgrims (Dyson), The Canterbury Pilgrims'' (1931) *Paul Hindemith – ''Das Unaufhörliche'' (1931) *Paul Ben-Haim – ''Joram'' (1931-33) *Arthur Honegger – ''Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher'' (1935) *Lennox Berkeley – ''Jonah'' 1936, Leeds Festival (1937) *Robert Nathaniel Dett – ''The Ordering of Moses'' (1937, revived 2014, Cincinnati) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''In Transitu Sancti Patris Nostri Francisci'' (1937) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''Natalitia'' (1937) *Herbert Howells – ''Hymnus Paradisi'' (composed 1936-38, premiered 1950) *Franz Schmidt (composer), Franz Schmidt – ''The Book with Seven Seals'' (1938) *Ahmed Adnan Saygun – ''Yunus Emre (Oratorio), Yunus Emre'' (1942) *Frank Martin (composer), Frank Martin – ''Le vin herbé'' (1942) *Martin Shaw (composer), Martin Shaw – ''The Redeemer'' (1944) *Michael Tippett – ''A Child of Our Time'' (1944) *William Wordsworth (composer), William Wordsworth – ''Dies Domini'' (1944) *Frank Martin – ''In terra pax'' (1945) *William Lloyd Webber – ''St. Francis of Assisi'' (1948) *Frank Martin – ''Golgotha (oratorio), Golgotha'' (1949) *Dmitri Shostakovich – ''Song of the Forests'' (1949) *Ernst Hermann Meyer – ''Mansfeld Oratorio'' (1950) *Lorenzo Perosi – ''Il Nazareno'' (1950) *Sergei Prokofiev – ''On Guard for Peace'' (1950) *Heitor Villa-Lobos – Symphony No. 10 (Villa-Lobos), Symphony No. 10, ''Sumé pater patrium: Sinfonia ameríndia com coros'' (Oratorio) (1952–53) *Léo Ferré – ''La Chanson du mal-aimé'' (1954, revised 1972) *Hans Vogt (composer), Hans Vogt – ''Die Stadt hinter dem Strom (opera), Die Stadt hinter dem Strom'' (opera-oratorio) (1955) *Vadim Salmanov – ''The Twelve'' (1957) *Bohuslav Martinů – ''The Epic of Gilgamesh (Martinů), The Epic of Gilgamesh'' (1958) *Alfred Schnittke – ''Nagasaki (Schnittke), Nagasaki'' (1958) *Frank Martin – ''Le Mystère de la Nativité'' (1960) *Daniel Jones (composer), Daniel Jones – ''St Peter'' (1962) *Raymond Warren – ''The Passion'' (1962) *Mordecai Seter – ''Midnight Vigil'' (1963, revised 1984) *Federico Mompou – ''Los Improperios'' (1964, expanded 1966-8) *Mikis Theodorakis- ''Axion Esti'' (1964) *Krzysztof Penderecki – ''St Luke Passion (Penderecki), St Luke Passion'' (1966) *Hans Werner Henze – ''Das Floß der Medusa'' (1968) *Raymond Warren – ''Songs of Unity'' (1968) *Mikis Theodorakis – ''The March of the Spirit'' (1969) *James Furman – ''I Have a Dream (oratorio), I Have a Dream'' (1970) * George Newson – ''Arena'', a 'staged oratorio', (fp Roundhouse (venue), Roundhouse, 6 September 1971) *Dmitry Kabalevsky – ''A Letter to the 30th Century'', Op. 93, (1972) *Darius Milhaud – ''Saint-Louis, roi de France'' (1972) *Mikis Theodorakis – Canto General (1972) *Michael Hurd (composer), Michael Hurd – ''Hip Hip Horatio'' (1975) *Howard Blake – ''Benedictus (Song of Zechariah)'' (1980) *Undine Smith Moore – ''Scenes from the Life of a Martyr'' (1981, Pulitzer Prize nominated) *Charles Wuorinen – ''The Celestial Sphere'' (1981) * Olle Elgenmark – ''Ordet vart kött'' (''The Word was made Flesh'') (1982) *Mauricio Kagel – ''Sankt-Bach-Passion'' (1985) *Peter Schickele – ''Oedipus Tex'' (composed 1985, premiered 1986) *Ronald Senator – ''Holocaust Requiem'' (1986, Canterbury) *Somei Satoh – ''Stabat Mater'' (1987) *Colin Touchin – ''Hilarion'' (1987) *Raymond Warren – ''Continuing Cities'' (1989) *Naji Hakim – ''Saul de Tarse'' (1991) *Paul McCartney – ''Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio, Liverpool Oratorio'' (1991) *Richard Shephard – ''There Was Such Beauty'' (1991, Gloucester Cathedral) *Mikis Theodorakis- ''Canto Olympico'' (1991) *René Clemencic – ''Kabbala'' (1992) * Geoffrey Poole – ''Blackbird'' (1993) *Mona Lyn Reese – ''Choose Life, Uvacharta Bachayim'' (1994) *Richard Einhorn – ''Voices of Light'' (1994) *Kay Gardner (composer), Kay Gardner – ''Ouroboros: Seasons of Life--Women's Passages, Ouroboros: Seasons of Life'' (1994) *Bob Farrell and Greg Nelson (producer), Greg Nelson – ''Saviour'' (1994) *Elliot Goldenthal – ''Fire Water Paper: A Vietnam Oratorio'' (1995) *Samuel Jones (composer), Samuel Jones – ''The Temptation of Jesus'' (Text, Holy Scriptures/Thomas Merton) (1995) *Antonio Braga – ''San Domenico di Guzman (oratorio), San Domenico di Guzman'' (1997) *Matthew King (composer), Matthew King – ''Gethsemane (Oratorio), Gethsemane'' (1998) *Raymond Warren – ''St. John Passion (Were You There?)'', passion setting with spirituals (1999) *John Adams (composer), John Adams – ''El Niño (oratorio), El Niño'' (2000) * Steve Elcock – ''Spei Cantus'', op.9 (2000) *Osvaldo Golijov – ''La Pasión según San Marcos (Golijov), 'La Pasión según San Marcos'' (2000) *Paul Spicer (musician), Paul Spicer – ''Easter Oratorio'' (2000)

21st century

* Jacob ter Veldhuis – ''Paradiso Oratorio'' (2001) *Anthony Davis (composer), Anthony Davis – ''Restless Mourning'' (2002), commemorating the 9/11 attacks *Nathan Currier – ''Gaian Variations'' (2004) *Piotr Rubik – ''Oratorium Świętokrzyska Golgota'' (2004) *Sally Lutyens – ''First Light: An Oratorio'' (2005) *Ilaiyaraaja – ''Thiruvasakam in Symphony, Thiruvasakam'' (2005) *Piotr Rubik – ''Tu Es Petrus'' (2005) *Julian Anderson – ''Heaven is Shy of Earth'' (2006, BBC Proms) *Howard Blake – ''The Passion of Mary'' (2006) *Paul McCartney – ''Ecce Cor Meum'' (2006) *Piotr Rubik – ''Oratorium Psałterz Wrześniowy'' (2006) *Kaija Saariaho – ''La Passion de Simone'' (2006) *Eric Idle and John Du Prez – ''Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)'' (2007) *Ted Hearne – ''Katrina Ballads'' (2007) *Paul Moravec – ''The Blizzard Voices'' (2008) *Antony Pitts – ''Jerusalem-Yerushalayim'' (2008) *Steven Stucky and Gene Scheer – ''4 August 1964'' (2008) *Jonathan Dove – ''There was a child'' (2009) *Richard Einhorn – ''The Origin (Einhorn), The Origin'' (2009) *Paul Spicer – ''Advent Oratorio'' (2009) *Donald Reid Womack – ''Voices of Kalaupapa'' (2009) * Kitty Brazelton – ''Ecclesiastes: A Modern Oratorio'' (2010) *Rob Gardner (composer), Rob Gardner – ''Lamb of God'' (2010) *Dinesh Subasinghe – ''Karuna Nadee'' (2010) *Jonathan Harvey (composer), Hans Küng (libretto) – ''Weltethos''; (premiered 2011) *John Adams – ''The Gospel According to the Other Mary'' (2012) *Colin Touchin – ''Choose the Light'' (2012, Coventry Mysteries Festival) *Philip Wilby – ''The Holy Face'' (2013, first performance 2017) *Neil Hannon – ''To our Fathers' in Distress'' (2014) *Ted Hearne – ''The Source (oratorio), The Source'' (2014) *Julia Wolfe – ''Anthracite Fields'' (2014) *Jóhann Jóhannsson – ''Drone Mass'' (2015, "a contemporary oratorio") *Nico Muhly – ''Sentences (Muhly), Sentences'' (2015) *Mark Simpson (clarinetist), Mark Simpson - ''The Immortal'' (Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 2015) *Jonathan Dove – ''A Brief History of Creation'' (2016) *Craig Hella Johnson – ''Considering Matthew Shepard'' (2016) *Peter Reulein and Helmut Schlegel – ''Laudato si' (oratorio), Laudato si (2016) *Anthony Ritchie – ''Gallipoli to the Somme'' (2016) *Thomas Gabriel (composer), Thomas Gabriel – ''Bruder Martin'' (2017) *Jörg Widmann – ''Arche (oratorio), Arche'' (2017) *Paul Moravec – ''Sanctuary Road'' (2018) *Roxanna Panufnik – ''Faithful Journey, a Mass for Poland'' (2018, fp. Katowice, 9/11/18) *Philip Sawyers – ''Mayflower on the Sea of Time'' (2018) *Julia Wolfe – ''Fire in my mouth'' (2018) *Bob Chilcott – ''Christmas Oratorio'' (Three Choirs Festival, 2019) * Simon Franglen – ''The Birth of Skies and Earth'' (2019) * Wadada Leo Smith – ''Rosa Parks: Pure Love. An Oratorio of Seven Songs'' (2019) * Karin Rehnqvist – ''Silent Earth'' (2020, fp. 29 January 2022, Amsterdam) *James MacMillan – ''A Christmas Oratorio'' (2021) *Peter Reulein and Bernhard Kießig – ''Eins (oratorio), Eins'' (2021) * Luke Styles – ''Voices of Power'' (Three Choirs Festival, fp 28 July 2022) * Kate Whitley – ''Our Future In Your Hands'' (Buxton Festival, fp 10 July 2022)

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