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Bob Chilcott St John Passion

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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.

EVANGELIST PILATE f 20

EVANGELIST PILATE f 20 f Then said Pi - late un - to them, Take ye him, and f Man. 23 ff S. A. It (PILATE) EVANGELIST f T. 3 B. judge him ac - cord - ing to your law. The Jews there - fore said un - to him, ff Ped. 25 is not law - ful for us, for us to put a - ny man to death: ff marcato for online perusal only 31

32 28 EVANGELIST mf That the 3 say - ing of Je - sus might be ful - sub. mf marcato Man. 31 3 - filled, which he spake, sig - ni - fy- ing what death he should die. Then f for online perusal only 34 Pi f 3 - late en -tered in - to the judg-ment hall a - gain, and called Je - sus, and said un - to 37 PILATE f EVANGELIST mf slowing him, Art thou the King of the Jews? mf Je - sus an-swered him,

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