The Crucifixion (John Stainer)
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- CPDL #3625:
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- Editor: Rod Mather (submitted 2002-05-25). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Complete work. Listed under "The Crucifixion", not "Crucifixion, The".
General Information
Title: The Crucifixion
Subtitle: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer
Composer: John Stainer
Lyricist: J Sparrow-Simpsoncreate page (selected and wrote text, 1887)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Oratorio
Language: English
Instruments: Organ
Published:
Description: Tenor and Bass Soli and male Soli from the choir.
Movements (some available separately):
- Recit. And they came to a place named Gethsemane
- The Agony
- Processional to Calvary
- Recit. And when they were come
- [Hymn] The Mystery of the Divine Humiliation
- Recit. He Made Himself of no reputation
- The Majesty of the Divine Humiliation
- Recit. And as Moses lifted up the serpent
- Chorus God so loved the world
- [Hymn] Litany of the Passion
- Recit. Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them'
- Duet So Thou liftest Thy divine petition
- [Hymn] The Mystery of the Intercession
- Recit. And one of the malefactors
- [Hymn] The Adoration of the Crucified
- Recit. When Jesus therefore saw his mother
- Recit. Is It Nothing To You?
- [Chorus] The Appeal of the Crucified
- Recit. and Chorus After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished
- [Hymn] For the Love Of Jesus
External websites:
- Listen to a free recording of God so loved the world (a movement of this work) from Coro Nostro, a mixed chamber choir based in Leicester, UK.
- Learn your notes for this work
- Review of a recording of a new orchestrated version by Barry Rose (2001)
Recordings:
- Guildford Camerata with Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra; newly orchestrated and directed by Barry Rose; Lammas Records (2001) (Website for purchase)
Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at The Crucifixion.