Roxanne Gull, The Knighton Consort, David Cowen, Stephen Cooper - Simon Mold: Passiontide (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Passiontide: No. 1, Have Mercy O Lord
02. Passiontide: No. 2, God of Unexampled Grace
03. Passiontide: No. 3, Organ Interlude
04. Passiontide: No. 4, Christ Himself Bore Our Sins
05. Passiontide: No. 5, And When the Time (At Evening) Came
06. Passiontide: No. 6, Hail True Body
07. Passiontide: No. 7, By This He Was to Kedron River Come
08. Passiontide: No. 8, Behold There Came
09. Passiontide: No. 9, And Thus the Scriptures Are Accomplished
10. Passiontide: No. 10, The Reproaches
11. Passiontide: No. 11, Then They Arose
12. Passiontide: No. 12, When Pilate Saw He Could Effect No Good
13. Passiontide: No. 13, Weep Not for Him
14. Passiontide: No. 14, When I Waxed Fair
15. Passiontide: No. 15, Our Lord Refused a Grief-Augmenting Cup
16. Passiontide: No. 16, From Golgotha
17. Passiontide: No. 17, Psalm 22 (Extract)
18. Passiontide: No. 18, Forgive Them O My Father
19. Passiontide: No. 19, Amongst Those Friends
20. Passiontide: No. 20, Must My Son, My Treasure, Die
21. Passiontide: No. 21, No Sooner on the Cross Was Jesus Nailed
22. Passiontide: No. 22, O Perfect Life of Love
23. Passiontide: No. 23, Long Did I Toil
24. Passiontide: No. 24, Take Up Thy Cross
25. Passiontide: No. 25, It Is Finished

Simon Mold’s new setting is a triumph drawing deeply on the traditions of baroque Passion settings as well as such works as Stainer’s ‘The Crucifixion’ and Maunder’s ‘Olivet to Calvary’. This work is a masterpiece which, if there is any justice in the world, will be widely sung, to be appreciated by choirs, audiences and congregations.

A strikingly accessible work that explores a range of emotions with a sure feel for word-setting and an irrepressible tunefulness, while nonetheless capable of many passages of gravitas, poignancy and lingering beauty.

Highlights include dramatic moments in the Garden of Gethsemane and before Pilate, a searching setting of the Reproaches for choir and soloist, the heart-rending farewell duet for Mary and Jesus and a final scene that taps into the feelings of believer and non-believer alike.

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