The Palm Beach Atlantic University’s Oratorio Chorus and Concert Choir will join forces to perform St. John Passion by Bob Chilcott.
The Palm Beach Atlantic University’s Oratorio Chorus and Concert Choir will join forces to perform St. John Passion by Bob Chilcott. Chilcott’s setting of the Passion is an hour-long work telling the story of Christ’s trial and Crucifixion using the text from St. John’s Gospel. It was first performed in 2013 and is scored for soprano, tenor, and two baritone soloists, mixed choir, organ, and solo cello. The performance will feature PBA student and faculty vocal soloists. As in the great Passion settings by J.S. Bach, the story is narrated by a tenor Evangelist. The role of the choir is to play the part of the crowd or a group of soldiers who comment from time to time in short outbursts. The larger role of the choir is the singing of four poignant meditations and five hymns that support the story. At once devotional and passionate, touching and austere, St. John Passion is a very personal response to St. John’s account of Christ’s suffering – and a masterwork of dramatic storytelling.
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