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Cantata misericordium
''Cantata misericordium'', op. 69, is a 1963 musical composition by British composer Benjamin Britten. Its single movement is based on the parable of the Good Samaritan and was composed for the centenary of the Red Cross.
==History and text==
This cantata was composed in 1963 for the centenary of the Red Cross.
The Latin text by Patrick Wilkinson recounts the Biblical parable of the Good Samaritan.〔 Because the work was to be premiered at an international event, Britten felt that Latin would be the most appropriate language. He had originally intended to use either the Biblical text or a medieval adaptation, but the International Committee of the Red Cross objected that explicitly religious text would be inappropriate to celebrate an organization with a firm nonsectarian stance.〔 To resolve this issue, Britten approached Wilkinson, a Latin professor at Cambridge University, to create a libretto for the work. The resulting text is "somewhat 'academic' and lacking in obviously expressive poetic qualities" but is notable for its "recondite, elegant, Classical Latin diction".〔
The work was premiered in Geneva on 1 September 1963 by soloists Peter Pears and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, with the Motet de Genève and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Uraufführungen )〕 It was performed again at The Proms later that month, conducted by Britten himself.
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