James MacMillan
St Luke Passion
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke
James MacMillan
St Luke Passion
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB), Children's Choir and Organ
- Composer James MacMillan
- Series Hawkes Pocket Scores
- Edition Study Score
- Publisher Boosey & Hawkes
- Order no. BH13448
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Description:
Scored for chorus, children's choir, organ and chamber orchestra, St Luke Passion adopts a pared-back focus on choral voices over its 75-minute span. Seeking a more spiritual, inward approach to match Luke's text, the composer eschews settings of interpolated texts as arias and the customary Evangelist and Christ soli: everything is sung by choral forces. A children's choir grants a measure of innocence to Christ as the sacrificial lamb, emphasising aspects of otherness, sanctity and mystery.The Passion narrative is framed by a Prelude exploring the Annunciation and a Postlude taking us beyond the Crucifixion to the Resurrection and Ascension. These incorporate Gospel texts where Luke explains the Kingdom of God.