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The Apostles
The Apostles is an oratorio for soloists, chorus, and orchestra by Edward Elgar, cataloged as Op. 49. It premiered at the Birmingham Festival in 1903 and depicts the calling of the apostles and the early days of the Church. The work was intended as the first part of a trilogy, followed by "The Kingd...
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The top alternative to The Apostles in 2026 is The Dream of Gerontius with a score of 9.4/10, followed by Theodora (8.2) and The Apostles (Elgar) (8.0).
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...
Theodora
"Theodora" is an oratorio in three acts composed by George Frideric Handel in 1750. The libretto, written by Thomas More...
The Apostles (Elgar)
The Apostles is an oratorio for soloists, chorus, and orchestra by Edward Elgar, cataloged as Op. 49. It premiered at th...
Christus (Liszt)
Christus is a large-scale oratorio by Franz Liszt, completed in 1872 and notable for its extensive duration of nearly th...
Les Béatitudes
Les Béatitudes is a grand oratorio by French Romantic composer César Franck, composed between 1869 and 1879. The work se...
The Music Makers
The Music Makers (Op. 69) is a 1912 work by English composer Edward Elgar, setting Arthur O'Shaughnessy's ode "We are th...
Job (Parry)
Job is an English oratorio by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, completed for the 1892 Three Choirs Festival. It sets episo...
The Golden Legend
The Golden Legend is a dramatic cantata by English composer Arthur Sullivan, first performed at the Leeds Festival in 18...
The Light of Life (Lux Christi)
The Light of Life, or Lux Christi, is an oratorio by Edward Elgar, published as Op. 29 and first performed in 1896. Its...
King Saul (Parry)
King Saul is a large-scale oratorio completed by the English composer Hubert Parry in 1894. It dramatizes the biblical s...
The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion is a Passion meditation by John Stainer, first performed in 1887. Written for solo voices, chorus, and o...
Judith (Parry)
Judith is a biblical oratorio by Hubert Parry, composed for the Birmingham Festival in 1888. Its subject is Judith, the...
La Rédemption
La Rédemption is a sacred oratorio by Charles Gounod, composed in 1882. The work presents a Christian account centered o...
Rédemption (Franck)
Rédemption is a large-scale choral and orchestral work by César Franck, composed in the early 1870s. Its title means “Re...
The Prodigal Son (Sullivan)
The Prodigal Son is a biblical oratorio by English composer Arthur Sullivan. Composed in 1869 for the Worcester Festival...
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...
Christus (Rubinstein)
Christus is a large-scale sacred oratorio by Anton Rubinstein, the Russian composer and pianist. The work presents the l...
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...
The Light of the World (Sullivan)
The Light of the World is a sacred oratorio by the English composer Arthur Sullivan. Written for the Birmingham Festival...
The Veil (Cowen)
The Veil is an oratorio by the English composer Frederic Cowen, written for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. It belon...
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