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Oratorio de Noël, or Christmas Oratorio, is a sacred choral work by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, written in 1858. Scored for vocal soloists, mixed chorus, strings, harp, organ, and winds, it presents the Nativity in five movements with a restrained pastoral character. The piece is designed for Christmas performance and shows Saint-Saëns combining nineteenth-century French sacred writing with classical clarity and carefully balanced ensemble textures.
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