Word: skirl
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Prades after the Civil War. In three emotion-packed hours the work unfolded the entire Nativity story, starting with the journey to Bethlehem and ending with the arrival of the kings and a final hosanna of thanksgiving. More operatic than oratorio-like in style, the work opened with a skirl of oboes and the beating of a high-pitched hand drum, developed its theme in a flow of Catalan folk-flavored melody, interspersed with grandiose choral effects and rich orchestral passages that sounded like amplifications of Casals' own famed cello tone. High points were an impressionistic dialogue between oboes...