Christus
Oratorio fragament. Part I: The Birth of Christ; Part II: The Passion of Christ
by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn
Choir - Sheet Music

Orchestra tenor solo voice, SATTBB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass - Grade 3

SKU: CA.4016913

Oratorio fragament. Part I: The Birth of Christ; Part II: The Passion of Christ. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by R. Larry Todd. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Mendelssohn. Christus-Oratorium (Fragment). Innovative practice aids, Sacred vocal music, Oratorios, Lent and Passiontide, Holy Week, Christmas. Single Part, Viola. Composed 1847. Op. 97, MWV A 26. 4 pages. Duration 21 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 40.169/13. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.4016913).

ISBN 9790007063559. Language: German/English.

Mendelssohns unfinished 3rd oratorio in its first critical edition. The parts "Die Geburt Christi" and "Das Leiden Christi" are presented with full orchestration. In 1852, five years after Mendelsohn's death, two independently-performable fragments of an unfinished oratorio were published under the title "Christus". The second fragment, "The Suffering of Jesus", comes from the middle of the Passion story: the scene "Jesus before Pilot" is presented with rapid, dramatic alternation between the recitatives of the evangelist (tenor) and choruses of the people. A contemplative choral movement closes the fragment.