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Adams, John
1947-0000
(b Worcester, MA, 15 Feb 1947). American
El Niño: A Nativity Oratorio <1999–2000>
SMsBar male ens (3 countertenors), chorus, opt children's chor
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A chamber version of this work is available (2019).
Source of text: Assembled and adapted from: Anonymous, Wakefield Mystery Play, Rosario Castellanos, Luke I, Gospel of James, Martin Luther, Haggai 6-9, Gabriela Mistral, Sor Juana Inès de la Cruz, Matthew 2, Isaiah, Rubén Darío, Vicente Huidobro, Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew. Language: English
Source of text: Assembled and adapted from: Anonymous, Wakefield Mystery Play, Rosario Castellanos, Luke I, Gospel of James, Martin Luther, Haggai 6-9, Gabriela Mistral, Sor Juana Inès de la Cruz, Matthew 2, Isaiah, Rubén Darío, Vicente Huidobro, Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew. Language: English
PART ONE [58']
1. I sing of a maiden
2. Hail, Mary, gracious!
3. La anunciación
4. For with God no thing shall be impossible
5. The babe leaped in her womb
6. Magnificat
7. Now she was sixteen years old
8. Joseph’s Dream
9. Shake the Heavens
10. Se habla de Gabriel
11. The Christmas Star
PART TWO [52']
12. Pues me dios ha nacido
13. When Herod heard
14. Woe unto them that call evil good
15. And the star went before them
16. The Three Kings
17. And when they were departed
18. Dawn Air
19. And he slew all the children
20. Memorial de Tlatelolco
21. In the day of the great slaughter
22. Pues está tiritando
23. Jesus and the Dragons
24. A Palm Tree
1. I sing of a maiden
2. Hail, Mary, gracious!
3. La anunciación
4. For with God no thing shall be impossible
5. The babe leaped in her womb
6. Magnificat
7. Now she was sixteen years old
8. Joseph’s Dream
9. Shake the Heavens
10. Se habla de Gabriel
11. The Christmas Star
PART TWO [52']
12. Pues me dios ha nacido
13. When Herod heard
14. Woe unto them that call evil good
15. And the star went before them
16. The Three Kings
17. And when they were departed
18. Dawn Air
19. And he slew all the children
20. Memorial de Tlatelolco
21. In the day of the great slaughter
22. Pues está tiritando
23. Jesus and the Dragons
24. A Palm Tree
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Contents—Part I; Part II
Contents—Part I; Part II