Oratorio Collection

Joseph Haydn / Creation
JOSEPH HAYDN Austrian musician and composer communing with nature, with a quotation from his oratorio, The Creation, below

Sir Edward Elgar, English composer
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), English composer at the time of the performance of his oratorio The Dream of Gerontius at the Worcester Music Festival. 1905

George Frideric Handel, German composer
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-British Baroque composer. Date: 18th century

A Muslim man performing his ablutions before prayer, washing his hands in a bowl of water. A servant pours water and another offers a towel. Musulmano che fa abluzione

Cartoon, Little birds who can sing and don t sing must not be surprised if they have to pay fifty pounds sometimes. John Sims Reeves (1821-1900), operatic, oratorio and ballad singer

Music cover, Half Hours with the Oratorios and other Sacred Compositions, by George Frederick West. 19th century

Handel composing the Hallelujah Chorus

John Braham, English tenor opera singer
John Braham (c.1774-1856), legendary English tenor opera and oratorio singer. circa 1820s

Oratorio de la Bonanova, Palma de Majorca, Majorca, Spain
Oratorio de la Bonanova, an oratory or sanctuary in Palma de Majorca, Majorca, Spain. Date: circa 1903

CONCERT AT EXETER HALL 1858
An afternoon performance of an oratorio at Exeter Hall, London Date: 1858

Chorus - Handel
A male chorus, singing Handels oratorio Judith Date: 1738

HANDELs MESSIAH
Angel trumpeters accompany the Hallelujah Chorus from his oratorio The Messiah

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Orchestra playing The Creati
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Austrian composer. Orchestra playing The Creation, written between 1796- 1798). University of Vienna (1808). Engraving, 1809. Color

Woman asleep and dreaming on a Christmas card. She has been playing music from Handels Messiah on a pipe organ, and dreams of angels announcing the birth of Christ -- For unto us a child is born

Angel with trumpet on a greetings card: Let the bright seraphim in burning row, Their loud uplifted angel trumpets blow (words by John Milton, set to music by Handel in his oratorio, Samson)

Handels Messiah premier, Fishamble Street, Dublin
The original entrance arch to Neals Music Hall, Fishamble Street, Dublin. It was here, at Noon on Tuesday 13th April, 1742, that over 700 men, without their swords, and women, without their hoops

Caricature of Charles Santley, English-born baritone
Caricature of Charles Santley (1834-1922), English-born operatic and oratorio singer. A comment on his recent conversion to Roman Catholicism. 1880

Caricature of John Sims Reeves, English tenor
Caricature of the operatic, oratorio and ballad singer John Sims Reeves (1821-1900) -- Mr Sims Reeves introduces a new tenor. 1880

Caricature of the singer John Sims Reeves
Caricature of the operatic, oratorio and ballad singer John Sims Reeves -- An Upper Tenor. circa 1880s

Sir Charles Santley - English opera and oratorio singer
Sir Charles Santley (1834-1922), English opera and oratorio singer (baritone), he became the most eminent English baritone and male concert singer of the Victorian era. Date: 1890

Handel performance announcement, 1732
An announcement of two performances of Esther by Handel in 1732 at the Kings Theatre, Haymarket on 2nd May 1732, and York Buildings, Villars Street on 20th April 1732. Date: 1732

Sir Alfred Herbert Brewer - Organist and Composer
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - Composer at the time of the performance of his oratorio, The Apostles, on 8th September 1904, the handwritten score of which can be seen to the right. Date: 1904

Handel admission ticket
Admission ticket to a performance of Samson by Handel, March 11th 1752. Date: March 11th 1752

The score to Handels Messiah
Copyprint only: location of original unknown.Enigmatic post it note on reverse of copyprint - Music page 8. Date: 18th century

Inauguration of St. Georges Hall, Liverpool, 1854
The inauguration of St. Georges Hall, Liverpool. Interior from the south, during the performance of the first oratorio. Building started in 1838

Samson - an oratorio
Title page of Samson by George Frideric Handel, as performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden

Lesueur, Jean Francois 1760-1837
Jean Francois Le Sueur (Lesueur). French composer of the classical era, best known for his operas and oratorios

Paisiello, Giovanni 1728 - 1800
Italian musical composer of the Classical era. Famed for his many operas, oratorios and religious works

Samuel Wesley
SAMUEL WESLEY (son of Charles, nephew of John) musician : child prodigy who wrote part of an oratorio at age 8, published at age 11, said to be finest organist of his day

Oratorio at Cambridge
Oratorio performed in St Marys Church, Cambridge

A Chorus of Singers
A male chorus, singing Handels oratorio Judith

Elgar Gerontius Music
EDWARD ELGAR Elgar with a quotation from the musical score of his oratorio, The Dream of Gerontius

Elgar King Profile
EDWARD ELGAR Composer at the time of the performance of his oratorio, The Apostles, on 8 September 1904

Neals Music Hall / Messia
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL Neals Music Hall, Dublin, where his oratorio Messiah was first performed

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