Opus 11 - Two Passions

 

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Opus 11 No. 1

   The Passion according to St. Mark

         Chantry, 1963. PAS 662

             choir SATB, solos, keyboard

             English text (German translation later prepared and performed by Matthias Bender)

             25 movements

                      Commissioned by Pastor Fred Otto, March 3, 1954

                      Composed: 1954

                      First performance: Jan. 24, 1963 at General Walker Hotel, Berchtesgaden, Germany. GŸnter Mohrig, conductor.

             Text: Mark 14:1-15:46

             Chorales:

                  Valet will ich dir geben

                  O Traurigkeit

                  SchmŸcke dich

                  Herzlich tut mich

                  Jesu, meines Lebens Leben

                  O Welt, sieh hier

                  Ecce Agnus

                  Ringe recht

 

Opus 11 No. 2

   Johannis-Passion

         unpublished (as of August, 1995)

             choir SAB, ATTBBB solos, Orf orch, brass, ww, timp, cont, cong.

             33 movements

                      Commissioned by and dedicated to: Hans Jendis and his Gšttingen Kantorei.

                      Composed: Dec. 27, 1957—Aug. 18, 1958 (Cembalo part completed Dec. 1, 1958).

                      Reworked 1960 (revised manuscript score by Hainz Gottwald, LŸneburg)

                      First performance: Good Friday, March 27, 1959 in St. Jacobi, Gšttingen, Hans Jendis, conductor.

     [Autograph score and parts (except chorus), revised manuscript score, and recording of first performance are all housed in the Stadtbibliothek LŸbeck.]

             Text: John 11:46-57, 12:1-19, 13:1-38, 18:1–19:30

             Chorales:

                  Wir danken dir

                  Es sind doch selig

                  Ich grŸ§e dich

                  Herr Jesu Christ, du hšchstes Gut

                  Herr Jesu, deine Angst und Pein