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Krzysztof Penderecki's St. Luke Passion in Canada, Poland, and Austria

Jul. 12, 2018

Krzysztof Penderecki's <em>St. Luke Passion</em> in Canada, Poland, and Austria

Kent Nagano leads the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal in performances of Krzysztof Penderecki's St. Luke Passion (Passio et mors Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Lucam). The orchestra's tour begins in Quebec with a performance of the work on July 14 at the Amphitheatre de Lanaudière as part of the Lanaudière Festival. The ensemble heads to Europe for a performance on July 18 at the Auditorium Hall in Kraków and a performance at the Felsenreitschule in Salzburg to open the Salzburg Festival on July 20. These performances of Penderecki's groundbreaking St. Luke Passion are an especially fitting tribute to mark the upcoming 85th birthday of the great Polish composer.

Commissioned by the Westdeutschen Rundfunk Orchestra, the St. Luke Passion was premiered on March 30, 1966 at Münster Cathedral, Germany, under its full title Passio et mors Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Lucam. The text of the St. Luke Passion is in Latin and primarily drawn from the Gospel of Luke, with additions from the Gospel of John, Lamentations of Jeremiah and Psalms of David. In depicting the suffering and death of Christ, the work is also intended as an expression of the tragedy of World War II. Several of Penderecki’s compositions are similarly dedicated to victims of suffering, such as Threnody (1960) for the victims of Hiroshima and his piano concerto Resurrection (2002) for those lost in the 9/11 attacks. Please visit schott-music.com for a detailed look at this great Passion.


(Passio et mors Domini nostri Iesu Christi secundum Lucam/Krzysztof Penderecki/
Warsaw Boys Choir and Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir/Antoni Wit, conductor)

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Krzysztof Penderecki
Passio et mors Domini nostri Iesu Christi secundum Lucam (1966)
St. Luke Passion
for soprano, baritone, bass, speaker, 
boys' choir, 3 mixed choirs (SATB),
and orchestra
4(2picc, 1afl).0.0.bcl.2asax.3.cbn-6.4.4.1-timp-5perc-hp.harm.pno.org-str(24.0.10.10.8)
80'

 

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