The Crucifixion (John Stainer)
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- Editor: Rod Mather (submitted 2002-05-25). Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Complete work.
See below for additional settings of individual movements.
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
, some passages TTBB
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
- The Mystery of the Divine Humiliation
- [Hymn] Cross of Jesus
- 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
- Litany of the Passion
- [Hymn] Holy Jesu, by Thy Passion
- Recit. Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them'
- Duet So Thou liftest Thy divine petition
- The Mystery of the Intercession
- [Hymn] Jesus, the Crucified, pleads for me
- Recit. And one of the malefactors
- The Adoration of the Crucified
- [Hymn] I adore Thee
- 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
- For the Love Of Jesus
- [Hymn] All for 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.