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Wolfgang Rihm: Deus Passus Resources
Libretto
Tenebrae read by Paul Celan (English)
Tenebrae by Paul Celan (auf Deutsche)
Wolfgang Rihm: Deus Passus
Audio is available for this one. The tracks are marked throughout the post. This analysis is the longest of the four, mostly because it is the one that resonated the most with me while I was studying the score. Hopefully, it will be worth the read.
There are very few texts that can [...]
Osvaldo Golijov: Pasión según San Marcos Resources
Video Interview of Osvaldo Golijov discussing the piece
Stills from a perfomance
Libretto
Program(me) notes
YouTube
Osvaldo Golijov: Pasión según San Marcos
When Helmuth Rilling approached Osvaldo Golijov regarding the Passion 2000 project, he had a specific idea in mind. “When I spoke to him at the beginning of the commissioning process, I tried to interest him in something to do with Passion processions. I once experienced one in Spain and it was so different from the [...]
Tan Dun: Water Passion After St Matthew
The second installment in this week’s feature on Passion setting.
Passions Old And New
Setting the Passion to music is a tradition nearly as old as the story itself. As early as the fifth century, the liturgy for Holy Week included plainchant settings of the Gospel accounts. It was the task of a single deacon to present the entire Passion, distinguishing between the narrative portions, the words [...]
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