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Christus

Oratorio in seven movements. Elgar Commission of the Three Choirs Festival at Worcetser, August 1999. Duration: 70 minutes.

Text: collated poems and extracts by George Mackay Brown, Randall Jarrell, Czeslaw Milosz, Mervyn Peake, Charles Causley, Isaac Rosenberg and others.

Instrumentation: Soprano, mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists. Double chorus. Optional organ. Orchestra.

Reviews of the first performance may be read at https://www.francispott.com .

Year:

1999

Category:

Chorus + Orchestra

Minutes:

Location

Worcester Cathedral

United Kingdom

52° 11' 19.4136" N, 2° 13' 14.5452" W