Christ in the Manger Choral single edition SATB

With his celebrated Pastorale from his Christmas Concerto, Arcangelo Corelli triggered a veritable boom in the Italy of the Baroque Era. In a sensitive arrangement, this present edition makes the pastorale by Pietro Antonio Locatelli for the first time accessible to choirs. The underlain German lyrics (Christus in der Krippe), which are subtly based on the music (with a singable English translation), have been taken from a Christmas poem by the Baroque poet Friedrich Rudolf Ludwig Freiherr von Canitz. Thus, a touching new Christmas song for choir has been composed in which solemnity and gentle pastoral melody are consummately unified. The organ or piano accompaniment (ad lib), which has been mostly orientated on the choral setting (collaparte), provides support for the vocal parts and lends the choral arrangement an added celebratory splendour. A great enrichment for Christmas choral concerts and festive occasions!