Bob Chilcott St John Passion

SATB and soloists (soprano, tenor, and two baritones), with organ or small ensemble Chilcott's mighty setting of words from the Gospel of St John is a dramatic yet optimistic retelling of the Passiontide story. As with Bach's great Passion settings, the role of the Evangelist is taken by the tenor soloist, who provides a melodious narrative throughout the work, in arioso style. The words of Jesus and Pilate are performed by solo baritones. Within the narrative, the SATB chorus becomes a crowd or a group of soldiers, commenting on the story in short outbursts, although the larger role of the choir is to perform the four meditations and five hymns that support the story. For the meditations-two of which include soprano solos-Chilcott has selected English poems from the 13th to the early 17th centuries.The five well-known hymn texts are set to new, original melodies, which are also intended for performance by an audience or congregation.

17 57 Ca

17 57 Ca - ia - phas the high priest. And Si - mon Pe - ter stood and warmed him - self. 60 S. A. f (EVANGELIST) f T. B. They said there - fore un - to him, f Art not thou al - so one of his dis - f Ped. 62 - ci not for online perusal only one of his dis - ci - ples, dis - ci - ples? - ples, - ci - ples, art not not one one of his dis - ci - ples, one thou al - so one of of his his dis dis - - ci ci - ples, one - ples, of his dis of his dis dis - - - ci ci ci - - - ples? ples? ples?

18 64 EVANGELIST f He de - nied it, and said, I PETER (TENOR) f am not. Man. 67 EVANGELIST mf 3 3 3 3 One mf of the ser - vants of the high priest, be - ing his kins - man whose ear Pe - ter cut off, 69 saith, f SERVANT (TENOR) mf poco rit. Tempo II ( q = c.60) EVANGELIST mp Did not I for online perusal only see thee in the gar - den with him? Pe - ter then de -nied a - f mf mp 73 mf espress. - gain: and im - me - diate - ly, im - me - diate - ly the cock mf espress. rit. p p Ped. crew.