At the end of the 18th century the town of Cádiz in southern Spain provided the backdrop for a Passion to mark Christ?s hour of death; its focal point was the reading and interpretation of Christ?s last words. Haydn wascommissioned to write short meditative music to be played alternately with the readings. Haydn composed a work for orchestra. Due to its success the publisher commissioned Haydn t…

Seven Last Words from the Cross is an attempt to write a modern alternative to Stainer's masterpiece The Crucifixion. Like the Stainer it is scored for two soloists choir and organ has one unaccompanied movement and includes hymns for everyone to sing. The narrator’s part has not been given to a man but to that fascinating disciple Mary Magdalene - Mary from Magdala. The work is intended…

In a few short years Richard Burchard has become one of the most sought-after and commissioned composers for choral music. His choral writing is romantic and rich harmonically with dense contrapuntal lines. Now he has brought that excellence into an extended work on the Seven Last Words accompanied by divisi strings. This is a breath-taking work. A keyboard reduction for organ that can also acco…

The seven last words - version for Orchestra

Seven Last Words of Christ

Kantate-The Seven Last Words From The Cross is a powerful large-scale work in which MacMillan employs strong contrasts and juxtapositions to address the drama of the Crucifixion. This is the Study Score of MacMillan’s fantastic choral work.

In a few short years Richard Burchard has become one of the most sought-after and commissioned composers for choral music. His choral writing is romantic and rich harmonically with dense contrapuntal lines. Now he has brought that excellence into an extended multi-movement work on the Seven Last Words of Christ accompanied by divisi strings. This 45 minute work is a breath-taking piece of music. …

Joseph Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross composed for mixed choir (SATB) with Piano accompaniment. The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour On the Cross is an orchestral work by Joseph Haydn commissioned for the Good Friday service at Cádiz Cathedral in Spain.

Hob.XX:2. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross (Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze) (Hob. XX:2) Oratorio (Vocal Version) The original orchestral version of 'The Seven Last Words' (Hob. XX:1A), probably composed in 1785/86, was later arranged by Haydn into an oratorio, probably in 1795/96. It is scored for SATB soloists, mixed chorus (SATB) and or…

Passion Music continues the fusion of jazz and choral music so successfully blended in Will Todd's Mass in Blue. The structure highlights different points in the Passion story beginning with a new setting of 'Greater love has no man' and including an evocative Stabat Mater a movement focusing on the seven last words of Christ and a setting of 'Were you there when they crucified my Lord?'. While…

Unlike the well-known settings of the Seven Last Words by Schütz or Haydn, in his opulently scored composition Franck provides commentary to the words of Jesus with excerpts from the Old and New Testaments as well as from portions of the Stabat Mater . In his transposition of the Latin text into music Franck reveals a rich palette of compositional parameters: ?different-sized ensembles, excitin…

Joseph Haydn's Die Sieben Letze Worte Unseres Erlösers Am Kreuze. The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross' Op.51 In 1785 or '86 Haydn received a commission from the Canon of Cadiz for what would serve essentially as 'incidental' music for a Good Friday service (akin to the one centering upon The Stations of the Cross although there are twelve of those) in which the celebrant recites in t…

Arrangement for String Quartet Study Score. By Franz Joseph Haydn. This edition: HN9771. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. Published by Henle.

Arrangement for String Quartet. By Franz Joseph Haydn. This edition: HN851. Henle Music Folios. Book only. 74 pages. Published by Henle Urtext Edition.

For Choral. (Vocal Scores). CD Sheet Music (Version 2.0). PDF file on CD. 5400 pages. Published by Subito Music.

(C Edition) For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook. With vocal melody, lyrics and chord names. Series: Hal Leonard Fake Books. 856 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

By Various Composers. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 8.5x11 inches. 416 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

For C instrument and voice. Format: fakebook (spiral bound). With chord names, vocal melody and lyrics. Jazz. Series: Hal Leonard Fake Books. 448 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 6.7x10.5 inches. 640 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

By Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Edited by Wilhelm Weismann. Arranged by August Eberhard Muller. Choir and piano. For Soprano voice, Tenor voice, and Bass voice (Soli), SATB Choir, Piano. This edition: Paperback. Original Works, Transcriptions, Liturgic

By Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by Moser, Dechert. For 2 violin, viola, violoncello. Op.1,Nos.1-6(B|,E|,D,G,B|,C); Op.2,Nos.1-6(A,E,E|,F,D,B|); Op.3,Nos.1,2,4,6(E,C,B|,A); Op.20,(Sun)Nos.1-3(E|,C,g); Op.33,(Quartets with Scherzi)(Jungfern,Bird or Russian)Nos.1,4,5,(b,B|;G,How do yo…

By Josef Haydn. For String Quartet. (String Quartets). CD Sheet Music (Version 2.0). PDF file on CD. 2400 pages. Published by Subito Music.

C Edition. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 6x9 inches. 864 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Bb Edition. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Size 9x12 inches. 448 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Organ Score. By Francois Clement Theodore Dubois. Arranged by N Stephens. (SATB). Choral Large Works. Size 10.5x14 inches. 64 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.