St. Luke Passion

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St. Luke Passion is a large-scale sacred choral and orchestral work by Krzysztof Penderecki that combines avant-garde sonorities with traditional Passion forms to depict the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus as told in the Gospel of Luke.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Passion
oratorio
basedOn Gospel of Luke NERFINISHED
commissionedBy West German Radio (WDR) NERFINISHED
commissionedFor 700th anniversary of Münster Cathedral
composer Krzysztof Penderecki NERFINISHED
conductorAtPremiere Henryk Czyż NERFINISHED
dateComposed 1963
1964
duration approximately 70 minutes
firstRecordingYear 1960s
form traditional Passion form
genre contemporary classical music
sacred music
includesSection Crucifixus
Father, forgive them
Stabat Mater NERFINISHED
influencedBy Johann Sebastian Bach's Passions NERFINISHED
Polish sacred music tradition
language Latin
movementCount 27
notableFor dramatic choral writing
integration of avant-garde techniques with liturgical tradition
use of Latin liturgical texts
premiereCity Münster NERFINISHED
premiereCountry West Germany NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1966-03-30
premiereLocation Münster Cathedral NERFINISHED
publisher Schott Music NERFINISHED
scoredFor baritone solo
bass solo
boys' choir
large orchestra
mixed chorus
narrator (Evangelist) NERFINISHED
organ
soprano solo
speaker
structure large-scale multi-movement work
style atonal
expressionist
post-serial
subject crucifixion of Jesus NERFINISHED
suffering of Jesus
textLanguage Latin
textSource Vulgate Bible NERFINISHED
title Passio et Mors Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Lucam NERFINISHED
uses aleatoric techniques
avant-garde sonorities
tone clusters
twelve-tone techniques
yearCompleted 1965

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Krzysztof Penderecki notableWork St. Luke Passion