Christmas Oratorio. Par SCHUTZ HEINRICH. Probably first performed in 1660 this is the first German musical version of the Christmas Story, in which the words are narrated by the Evangelist as accompanied recitative and not set to music in the form of unaccompanied chorales. / Oratorio / Répertoire / Solistes (SAAATTTTBBB), Choeur Mixte (SSATTB) et O