St. John Passion

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general information

composition date: 2000
duration: 1h 30 min
editor: Sikorski, Karlsruhe
Commission: Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart en commémoration du 250e anniversaire de la mort de Jean-Sébastien Bach
Libretto (details, author): Texte en russe.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice(s), solo instrument(s), choir(s) and orchestra)

detailed formation

Soloist: soprano, tenor, baritone, solo bass voice, organ

4 flutes (also 2 piccolos), oboe, 4 clarinets (also Eb clarinet, bass clarinet), bassoon, 3 horns (also 3 Wagner tubas), 3 trumpets (also bass trumpet), 3 trombones, tuba, 6 percussionists, piano, electronic/MIDI keyboard/synthesizer, 16 violins, 14 second violins, 12 violas, 10 cellos, 8 double basses

information about the creation

date: September 1, 2000
: Allemagne, Stuttgart
interpreters: Natalia Korneeva : soprano, Viktor Lutsiuk : ténor, Fyodor Mozhayev : baryton, Gennady Bezzubenkov : basse, le Chœur de chambre de St. Pétersbourg, le Chœur du théâtre Mariinsky, l'Orchestre du théâtre Mariinsky, direction : Valery Gergiev.

observations

Cette œuvre est la première partie du cycle Passion and Ressurection of Jesus Christ According To St John, dont la seconde partie est St. John Easter. Elle peut être jouée indépendamment du cycle, contrairement à St. John Easter qui ne peut être joué sans la première partie.

Part titles

The Word
The Washing of Feet
The Commandment of Faith
The Commandment of Love
Hope
Liturgy in Heaven
Betrayal, Denial, Flagellation, Condemnation
Way to Golgatha
A Woman Clothed with the Sun
Entombment
The Seven Bowls of Wrath

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