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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.

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71 3 mo - ther, and the dis-ci - ple stand-ing by, whom he loved, he saith un - to his mo - ther, JESUS EVANGELIST mp espress. p Wo - man, wo - - man, be - hold thy son! Then mp espress. Ped. JESUS mp espress. 3 saith he to the dis - ci - ple, Be - hold, be - hold thy p mp espress. Man. Ped. dim. p mo - ther, thy mo- ther, mo- ther! p 36 39 42 45 for online perusal only

72 13th-century English adap. BC 15. Meditation: Jesus, my Leman SOPRANO SOLO Elegiac and expressive q = c.63 p Man. 5 p espress. When I see u - pon the Cross Je - sus, my le - man,* And by him stand - ing for online perusal only mp p 9 mp cresc. Ma - ry and Jo - han, With mp cresc. Ped. his back scourged And his side pierced, 12 mf poco rit. For the love of man, Well ought I to weep And sins re - lin - quish, If I mp p cresc. mf mp *leman = loved one © Oxford University Press 2013. Photocopying this copyright material is ILLEGAL.

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