ST LUKE PASSION

The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke

Writer : MACMILLAN James
Media : Study Score
Collection : Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1606
Publisher : Boosey & Hawkes, London

Scored for chorus, children’s choir, organ and chamber orchestra, St Luke Passion adopts a pared-back focus on choral voices over its 75-minute span. Seeking a more spiritual, inward approach to match Luke’s text, the composer eschews settings of interpolated texts as arias and the customary Evangelist and Christ soli: everything is sung by choral forces. A children’s choir grants a measure of innocence to Christ as the sacrificial lamb, emphasising aspects of otherness, sanctity and mystery. The Passion narrative is framed by a Prelude exploring the Annunciation and a Postlude taking us beyond the Crucifixion to the Resurrection and Ascension. These incorporate Gospel texts where Luke explains the Kingdom of God.

Sheet music for mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, organ and chamber orchestra