Sven-David Sandström: The Passion of St John

Sven-David Sandström

The Passion of St John

for countertenor, baritone, mixed choir, tuba and string quartet

Text selection by Jakob Holtze SCORE

Sven-David Sandström

The Passion of St John

for countertenor, baritone, mixed choir, tuba and string quartet

Text selection by Jakob Holtze SCORE

Part I

1. Choir

4. St John, Choir

5. St John

6. Choir, St John

7. Choir, St John, Jesus 16

8. St John

9. St John, Jesus

10. St John, Choir, Jesus

11. Choral

12. St John

13. Choir

14. St John, Choir, Jesus

15. St John, Jesus

16. St John, Choir, Jesus

17. Choir, Jesus

18. Jesus, Choir

19. Choir, St John, Jesus

20. St John, Choir, Jesus

21. Choir

22. St John, Choir

23. Choral

24. St John, Jesus, Choir

26. Choir, St John, Jesus

27. Choral

28. St John, Choir, Jesus

29. Choir, St John

30. Choral

31. Choir, St John, Jesus

32. Tuba solo

33. Choir

Part II

St John, Choir

St John

Choir, St John

St John

Choir, St John, Jesus

Choir, St John

St John, Choir

Choral

St John, Choir

St John, Choir, Jesus

Choir, St John

St John, Choir

St John

Choral

48. St John, Choir

St John, Choir

Choir, St John

Soloists

St John – Countertenor

Jesus – Baritone

Mixed Choir

Tuba

String Quartet

• Accidentals are valid for one bar

TEXT SOURCES

• Theodor W. Adorno, from “Metaphysics”, edited by Rolf Tiedemann. Translated by Edmund Jephcott.

• Alcuin of York, trad. DP

• Dante Alighieri, from Inferno, trad. DP

• Walter Benjamin, from “Illuminations”, edited by Hannah Arendt, translated by Harry Zohn.

• The Bible, trad. References to book, chapter and verse. DP

• William Blake, from “Milton”. DP

• Paul Celan © Suhrkamp Verlag. English version: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Printed by permission.

• Harold Hart Crane, from “The Broken Tower” by Paul Mariani. © W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Printed by permission.

• Dorothy Day, from “The Long Loneliness”. © Katherine Hennessy. Printed by permission.

• Paul Gerhardt, trad., translation by Chr. M. Kragballe (1855) quoted from Den Danske Salmebog. DP

• N.F.S. Grundtvig, trad. DP

• Knut Hamsun (1859–1952), from ”Pan”, Gyldedals Bogklubber, 1995. © Knut Hamsun. Printed by permission.

• B.S. Ingemann, trad. DP

• Flavius Josephus, trad. DP

• James Joyce, from “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”. DP

• Johannes Jørgensen, “Solrødt” fra Lyrik, 1904, Gyldendalske Boglade, København.

• The Kaddish, trad. DP

• Thomas Kingo , trad. DP

• Jakob Knudsen, trad. DP

• Thomas Merton, From “The hermitage years” edited by John Howard Griffin.

• Morten Nielsen, various poems, quoted from “Digte”, Gyldendal, 1994.

• Rainer Maria Rilke. “O Lacrimosa”, from The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Mitchell. Vintage e-books, Random House. “Letter to Ilse Jake”, “Duino Elegies” DP. English version © Stephen Mitchell. Printed by permission.

• Marilynne Robinson, from “Housekeeping”. © Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Printed by permission.

• Siegfried Sassoon, “The Banishment”, “The Last Meeting” and “A Mystic as Soldier”.

• Ole Sarvig, (1921–1981) from “Udvalgte digte fra en digtkreds” (Wivels Forlag, 1952) “Salmer og begyndelser fra 1980’ere” (Gyldedal, 1982) and ”Hør jordens råb”(1982, Gyldedal) © 1952 resp 1982 Ole Sarvig. Printed by agreement with Gyldendal Group Agency.

• St Augustine, trad. DP

• St Francis of Assisi, trad. DP

• St Bernard of Clairvaux, trad. DP

• Dylan Thomas, from “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”. © Dylan Thomas Estate. Permission of The Trustees for the Copyrights of Dylan Thomas.

• Tomas Tranströmer, various poems from “The Great Enigma”, translated by Robin Fulton. © Tomas Tranströmer, Robin Fulton. Printed by permission.

• Oscar Wilde from “The Master”. DP

• Christian Wiman, from “My Bright Abyss” Meditation of a Modern Believer. © Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Printed by permission.

Duration: ca 1h 40 min

World premiere 18 March 2016; Konzerthaus Berlin Mogens Dahl Chamber Choir Brooklyn Rider, cond Mogens Dahl

ISMN 979-0-070-12742-4

Score: GE 12742 Parts: GE 12743 Vocal score: GE 12744

Study score: GE 12847 Choral Suite from The Passion of St John: GE 12824

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and mother

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And

andheknoweth - thathe saithtrue, that

he that saw mp it bare re-cord, and pp hisre-cord is true: f andheknoweth - thathe saithtrue, that

ye mightbelieve

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VlnII

Vla

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VlnII

Vla

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livered - ofthechild,sheremem - -bereth - nomore theanguish, - for joy thatamanisborn into

I

thought: Iwillgoup thehill

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on

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StJohn

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Vlc

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StJohn

bœjœ bœ bœ bœœœœ b œœœ bœ bœœbœœœœbœœ b

Tag

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StJohn

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VlnII

Vla

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StJohn

VlnI

And

asshewept, shestoopeddown,andlookedinto - the

And

asshewept, shestoopeddown,andlookedinto - the

And p asshewept, shestoopeddown,andlookedinto - the

JœœJœœ J

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pp

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pp

brudgom, - diga-le-nejegleve - vilog dø Kom!ladminsjælerlang - -esinrette - kvægestund, - atkysse - tusind’ - gange - dinsøde - rosen - -mundm

pp

brudgom, - diga-le-nejegleve - vilog dø Kom!ladminsjælerlang - -esinrette - kvægestund, - atkysse - tusind’ - gange - dinsøde - rosen - -mundm

pp

brudgom, - diga-le-nejegleve - vilog dø Kom!ladminsjælerlang - -esinrette - kvægestund, - atkysse - tusind’ - gange - dinsøde - rosen - -mundm

pp

brudgom, - diga-le-nejegleve - vilog dø Kom!ladminsjælerlang - -esinrette - kvægestund, - atkysse - tusind - gange - dinsøde - rosen - -mundm

pp

brudgom, - diga-le-nejegleve - vilog dø Kom!ladminsjælerlang - -esinrette - kvægestund, - atkysse - tusind’ - gange - dinsøde - rosen - -mundm

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StJohn

VlnI

VlnII Vla

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-sed be He, beyond - all thebles

StJohn

&bbbbb &bbbbb &bbbbb & ‹ bbbbb ?bbbbb ?bbbbb &bbbbb &bbbbb &bbbbb & ‹ bbbbb ?bbbbb ?bbbbb &bbbbb

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Hvor pp–ppp (justaudible)