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L'enfance du Christ (The Childhood of Christ), Opus 25, is an oratorio based on the Holy Family's flight into Egypt. (Gospel of Matthew 2:13) Berlioz wrote his own libretto for the piece. Most of it was composed in 1853 and 1854, but it also includes an earlier work La fuite en Egypte (1850).
Berlioz described the work as a Trilogie sacrée (sacred trilogy).
It is scored for Soloists and Choir
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