St Luke Passion, James MacMillan.SATB Choral Part

St Luke Passion
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke

Choral part - Christus score (children's choir) - mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, organ and chamber orchestra - English
Composer: MacMillan, James

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
Pages: 64
No.: BH 12979

Scored for chorus, childrens 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 Lukes text, the composer eschews settings of interpolated texts as arias and the customary Evangelist and Christ soli: everything is sung by choral forces. A childrens 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.

Content

• Prelude (tacet)
• Chapter 22
• Chapter 23
• Postlude