Composer:
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (978-0-19-340423-6)
Year Written:
2014
Year Published:
2014
Commissioned/Written for
From score: "Commissioned by the Warden and Fellows of Merton College, Oxford, to celebrate the 750th Anniversary of the foundation of the college"
Text:
Matthew 21.5; Matthew 21:9b-11; Vexilla regis prodeunt; Luke 7:37-38; Luke 7:44-45; Luke 7:50; Ave verum corpus; Matthew 26:20; Matthew 26:26-28; John 13:2; Ubi Caritas; John 13:4; John 13:12-15; John 13:21-27; John 13:30; Matthew 26:36; The Evil Hour; Matthew 26:47; Matthew 26:48-49; Intimations of Mortality; Mark 14:53-55; Mark 14:69-72; Mark 15:1-5; Mark 15:6-13; Mark 15:14-15; Psalm 137; Mark 15:23-39; Pange Lingua (Fornatus); Little Gidding; Luke 7:47-48; Luke 7:49
Length:
00:60:00
Scoring: Instruments:
Piccolo (+ alto flute), Bass Clarinet, Soprano saxophone (+alto saxophone), Horn, Harp, Violin (one player), Viola (one player), Double Bass (one player), Percussion, Violoncello (one player)
Difficulty:
3
Related Media:
From score: "First performed by Emma Tring (soprano), Nick Pritchard (tenor), the Choir of Merton College, Oxford, and the Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, conducted by Benjamin Nicholas, at Merton College on 4 April 2014"
The libretto was compiled by the chaplain of Merton College (Oxford), Rev. Dr. Simon Jones.
Gabriel Jackson wrote this piece at Brockley, England from April 2013 through February 2014.
The scoring is for soprano and tenor soloists, SATB choir, and ten players with the following instrumentation for ten players: piccolo (+ alto flute), bass clarinet, soprano saxophone (+ alto saxophone), horn, percusion--one player (basss drum, vibraphone, tubular bells, wind chimes--metal, tam tam, brake drum, water gong, suspended cymbals, vibraslap, three temple bells--high, medium, low, mark tree), harp, violin, viola, violoncello, doublebass.