Shorter oratorios are the "Easter Oratorio" and the "Ascension Oratorio". Bach also included three settings of the chorale melody in his "Christmas Oratorio". The symphony, concerto, sonata, opera, and oratorio have their origins in Italy. The work fuses elements of opera, oratorio and classical drama. In 2016, she sang the soprano solo in Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah". His major works were written here, including three symphonies, a Requiem and a Christmas Oratorio. In 1747 Handel wrote his oratorio "Alexander Balus". He collaborated with composer Carl Davis, producing "Liverpool Oratorio". George Frideric Handel used fragments of the melody in his oratorio "Solomon". "Not the Messiah" is a spoof of Handel's oratorio "Messiah". The composition for Ascension appeared thus in the same liturgical year as the "Christmas Oratorio". Handel wrote his "Judas Maccabaeus" oratorio (1746) on the subject. He had composed an "Easter Oratorio" already in 1725. In 1986, he sang the oratorio "Athalia" with Emma Kirkby. Next came "Deborah", strongly coloured by the coronation anthems and "Athaliah", his first English Oratorio.