Pastoral Symphony (Pifa), from The Messiah (cello duo)

Title:Pastoral Symphony (Pifa), from the oratorio The Messiah

Composer: G. F. Handel, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Two Cellos

Note: This beautiful instrumental, used by Handel to set an idyllic mood for the angel’s pronouncement to the shepherds, is perfect music for Christmas Eve.

Please check out these Christmas duets for two cellos:

In the bleak midwinter

Lo, how a rose e’er blooming

Two Bach Chorales