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''The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer'' is an oratorio composed by John Stainer in 1887. It is scored for a SATB choir and organ, and features solos for bass and tenor.〔(''The Crucifixion (John Stainer)'' ) from the (Choral Public Domain Library )〕 Stainer intended that piece would be within the scope of most parish church choirs; it includes five hymns for congregational participation.〔(British Choirs on the Net - ''The Crucifixion - John Stainer (1840 - 1901)'' by John Bawden )〕 The text was written by W J Sparrow Simpson, the librettist of Stainer's two earlier cantatas, ''The Daughter of Jairus'' and ''Mary Magdalene''.〔Janet Hopewell, ''Stainer's Librettist, W. J. Sparrow Simpson'', The Musical Times, Vol. 124, No. 1682 (Apr., 1983), pp. 255-256 〕 The work is dedicated "to my pupil and friend W. Hodge and the choir of Marylebone Church", who first performed it on February 24, 1887, the day after Ash Wednesday. Although the composer Ernest Walker dismissed the work, writing in 1924 that "Musicians today have no use for ''The Crucifixion''", and even Stainer characterized his work as "rubbish,"〔(''Stainer: The Crucifixion'' ), @ allmusic.com〕 the work continues to be performed today. The oratorio has been recorded several times, including a well-known recording from RCA Victor in 1929, featuring Richard Crooks and Lawrence Tibbett. 〔Barry Rose: "Not Another Crucifixion?" in ''The American Organist'' 37:4 (April 2003) on Rose's arrangement for orchestra (publ. Novello)〕 The oratorio consists of the following movements:〔(review of Naxos recording 8.557624 )〕 #And They Came to a Place Named Gethsemane (''tenor recitative'') #The Agony (''tenor and bass solo and chorus'') #Processional to Calvary (''organ solo'') and "Fling Wide the Gates" (''chorus and tenor solo'') #And When They Were Come (''bass recitative'') #The Mystery of the Divine Humiliation (''hymn'') #He Made Himself of No Reputation (''bass recitative'') #The Majesty of the Divine Humiliation ''tenor solo'' #And As Moses Lifted Up the Serpent (''bass recitative'') #God So Loved the World (''chorus or quartet a cappella'') #Litany of the Passion (''hymn'') #Jesus Said, 'Father, Forgive Them' (''tenor and male chorus recitative'') #So Thou Liftest Thy Divine Petition (''tenor and bass solo duet'') #The Mystery of the Intercession (''hymn'') #And One of the Malefactors (''bass solo and male chorus'') #The Adoration of the Crucified (''hymn'') #When Jesus Therefore Saw His Mother (''tenor solo and male chorus'') #Is It Nothing to You? (''bass solo'') #The Appeal of the Crucified (''chorus'') #After This, Jesus Knowing That All Things Were Now Accomplished (''tenor and male chorus recitative'') #For the Love of Jesus (''hymn'') Stainer's work has in recent times been performed in an orchestrated version. For instance Craig Hawkins' arrangement of the work has been performed in the USA (2004 premiere, New York) and the UK (Norwich, 2010). ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Crucifixion (Stainer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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