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oratorio

[awr-uh-tawr-ee-oh, -tohr-, or-] / ˌɔr əˈtɔr iˌoʊ, -ˈtoʊr-, ˌɒr- /


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The year of events will begin with Oratorio of Hope at Fairfield Halls, a performance led by London Mozart Players and Grammy-nominated and Croydon-educated Tarik O'Regan.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2023

Handel’s ubiquitous “Messiah,” suited for Easter, is the Grinch who stole Christmas from Bach’s “Christmas” Oratorio.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2017

He is one of the finest modern conductors of Bach; with the Dunedin Consort, based in Edinburgh, he has made incisive, expressive recordings of the Passions, the B-Minor Mass, and the Christmas Oratorio.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 25, 2016

With the chorus and orchestra of the venerable Oratorio Society sing soloists Susanna Phillips, Matthew Plenk and John Moore.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2015

The figures in brackets refer to the present numbers in Novello's Edition of the Oratorio.

From The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" by Edwards, Frederick George




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