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Saint Nicolas
Benjamin Britten composed the 1948 choral work Saint Nicolas to celebrate the centenary of Lancing College, depicting the life of the titular fourth-century bishop.
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The top alternative to Saint Nicolas in 2026 is The Dream of Gerontius with a score of 9.4/10, followed by Belshazzar's Feast (9.3) and A Child of Our Time (9.1).
The Dream of Gerontius
Elgar’s *The Dream of Gerontius* is a sacred oratorio based on Cardinal Newman’s poem. Composed in 1900, it depicts the...
Belshazzar's Feast
Walton’s *Belshazzar’s Feast* is a 20th-century oratorio based on the Book of Daniel. The work depicts the final, opulen...
A Child of Our Time
A Child of Our Time is an oratorio by English composer Benjamin Britten, later revised and completed by Michael Tippett....
St. Luke Passion
Krzysztof Penderecki’s St. Luke Passion is a 20th-century Polish oratorio commemorating the 700th anniversary of Münster...
Saul
Handel's 1739 English oratorio dramatizing Israel's first king, notable for its psychological depth and the use of a car...
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Arthur Honegger's 1935 dramatic oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher is renowned for its unique blending of theater, music, a...
Israel in Egypt
Handel's 1739 English oratorio notable for its unusually large proportion of double choruses over solo arias, making it...
Solomon
Handel's 1749 English oratorio depicting Solomon's reign, best known for the orchestral sinfonia commonly called the Arr...
Le Roi David (King David)
Arthur Honegger's Le Roi David is a 1921 dramatic psalm that blends oratorio and stage drama, telling the biblical story...
Golgotha
Swiss composer Frank Martin wrote Golgotha in 1948, a passion oratorio noted for integrating the musical aesthetics of J...
Jephtha
Handel's 1752 oratorio about the biblical judge Jephtha, his last major choral work, composed as his eyesight was failin...
Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
Franz Schmidt's Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln is an Austrian oratorio completed in 1937, notable for its grand scale and a...
Theodora
Handel's 1750 oratorio about the early Christian martyr Theodora, reportedly his personal favorite, though it drew poor...
Samson
Handel's 1743 English oratorio adapted from Milton's Samson Agonistes by librettist Newburgh Hamilton, premiered at Cove...
The Apostles
The Apostles (Op. 49) is Elgar's 1903 oratorio, the first part of a planned trilogy on Christ and the early church, depi...
Sancta Civitas
Ralph Vaughan Williams's oratorio (1925) for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, drawing on the Book of Revelation and admi...
The Apostles (Elgar)
Oratorio by Edward Elgar (op. 49), premiered at the 1903 Birmingham Festival, depicting the calling of the apostles and...
Nicolas de Flue
Arthur Honegger's Nicolas de Flue is a 1940 secular oratorio commissioned for the Swiss National Exhibition, honoring th...
The Martyr of Antioch
Arthur Sullivan composed this dramatic oratorio in 1880 for the Leeds Festival, adapting Henry Hart Milman's tragic poem...
The Company of Heaven (Britten)
BBC radio cantata by Benjamin Britten, first broadcast in 1937, setting texts on the theme of angels and later revised f...
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