Classical

Part One: Le songe dHérode (Herods Dream) Scene 3: Polydorus: Seigneur (My lord). Polydorus announces the arrival of the Jewish soothsayers. Scene 4: Herod and the soothsayers. Herod...

Part One: Le songe dHérode (Herods Dream) Scene 5: The stable in Bethlehem. Christ is in the manger as Mary and Joseph sing a lullaby to him. Peter...

Part One: Le songe dHérode (Herods Dream) Scene 6: Choir of angels: Joseph! Marie!. The angels warn them to flee to Egypt to escape Herods persecution. Berlioz...

Part Two: La fuite en Egypte (The Flight to Egypt) Overture. Another fugue in triple time. Peter Pears (tenor) Elise Morrison (soprano) John Cameron (baritone) Joseph Rouleau (bass) John Frost (bass) Edgar ......

Part Two: La fuite en Egypte (The Flight to Egypt) Ladieu des bergers (The shepherds farewell). Probably the most famous movement, often performed separately. Peter Pears (tenor) Elise Morrison...

Part Two: La fuite en Egypte (The Flight to Egypt) Le repos de la sainte famille (The repose of the Holy Family). A gentle movement depicting Mary,...

Part Three: Larrivée à Saïs (The Arrival at Sais) Narrator: Depuis trois jours (For three days...) The narrator describes the troubled journey from Bethlehem to Sais in...

Part Three: Larrivée à Saïs (The Arrival at Sais) Scene 2: Inside the Ishmaelites house. Finally the father of a family of Ishmaelites (in other words, unbelievers)...

Part Three: Larrivée à Saïs (The Arrival at Sais) Scene 3: Epilogue. The narrator describes how Jesus spent ten years growing up in Egypt. Narrator and chorus: O...

Introit: Dominus dixit ad me (mode II) Gradual: Tecun principium (mode II) Alleluia: Dominus dixit ad me (modeVII) Offertory: Laetentur caeli (mode IV) Communion: In splendoribus (mode VI) Invitatory: Christus natus...