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Saint Nicolas
Benjamin Britten composed the choral work Saint Nicolas, Op. 42, in 1948 to celebrate the centenary of Lancing College in Sussex. The piece depicts the life and legends of the titular fourth-century Bishop of Myra. It is scored for a tenor soloist, mixed choir, a gallery choir of boys, strings, pian...
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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
Saul is an oratorio by George Handel composed in 1739. It depicts the life of King Saul from the Hebrew Bible, exploring...
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Honegger’s *Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher* presents a powerful oratorio exploring the events surrounding Joan of Arc's trial an...
Israel in Egypt
Israel in Egypt is an English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1739. The work is unique within Ha...
Solomon
Solomon is an English oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel, premiered in 1749. The work uses a biblical libretto...
Le Roi David (King David)
Le Roi David (King David) is a dramatic oratorio by Swiss composer Arthur Honegger, composed in 1921. The work tells the...
Golgotha
Golgotha is a passion oratorio composed by the Swiss composer Frank Martin in 1948. The work integrates the musical aest...
Jephtha
'Jephtha' is an oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1751, featuring a libretto by Thomas Morell based on the...
Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln is a monumental oratorio for soloists, chorus, orchestra, and organ composed by Austrian mus...
Theodora
"Theodora" is an oratorio in three acts composed by George Frideric Handel in 1750. The libretto, written by Thomas More...
Samson
Samson is an English language oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed at Covent Garden in London in 1743. Ne...
The Apostles
The Apostles is an oratorio for soloists, chorus, and orchestra by Edward Elgar, cataloged as Op. 49. It premiered at th...
Polish Requiem
The Polish Requiem is a large-scale choral work by Krzysztof Penderecki. Parts of the Requiem were composed beginning in...
Sancta Civitas
Sancta Civitas is an oratorio by Ralph Vaughan Williams, composed between 1923 and 1925. The work draws its text exclusi...
Nicolas de Flue
Nicolas de Flue is a secular oratorio by Arthur Honegger, written in 1940 for the Swiss National Exhibition. The work co...
The Martyr of Antioch
The Martyr of Antioch is a dramatic oratorio by Arthur Sullivan, composed for the Leeds Festival in 1880. Its text adapt...
The Company of Heaven (Britten)
The Company of Heaven is a sacred cantata by the English composer Benjamin Britten. It was written for BBC radio and fir...
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