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Poulenc turned to writing also religious music in the 1930s, composing a Mass in G major for a cappella choir. He composed the Stabat Mater in 1950 in memory of the painter Christian Bérard in 1950. The late Gloria for soprano, choir and orchestra became one of his best-known works.
A Sermon on Miracles (1947), for soprano solo, unison choir & strings Four Madrigals (1947), for a cappella S.A.T.B. choir Three Incantations from a Marionette Tale (1948), for unison choir & piano
Op. 78, The Golden Vanity for boys' voices and piano (words by Colin Graham), 1966. Op. 79, The Building of the House overture, for chorus or organ or brass and orchestra, 1967. Op. 80, Cello Suite No. 2, 1967. Op. 81, The Prodigal Son, church parable (libretto by William Plomer, after the Gospel of Luke), 1968.
orchestra of woodwinds, strings and basso contiuo. The Passio secundum Joannem or St John Passion[a] (German: Johannes-Passion), BWV 245, is a Passion or oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the earliest of the surviving Passions by Bach. [1] It was written during his first year as director of church music in Leipzig and was first performed on 7 ...
Baroque oboe d'amore. The cantata is scored for four soloists—soprano, alto, tenor and bass—a four-part choir, and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of two oboes d'amore, two violins, viola and basso continuo. It is structured in two parts of four movements each. Its interpolation of chorus and arias with chorales is unique in Bach's cantatas ...
Madeleine Dring spent the first four years of her life at Raleigh Road, Harringay, before the family moved to Streatham. She showed talent at an early age and was accepted into the junior department of the Royal College of Music where she began on her tenth birthday. She was offered scholarships for violin and piano and chose violin.
The St Matthew Passion (German: Matthäus-Passion), BWV 244, is a Passion, a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander. It sets the 26th and 27th chapters of the Gospel of Matthew (in the Luther Bible) to music, with interspersed chorales and arias.
Performed. 1 April 1725 (1725-04-01): Leipzig. Movements. 11. Scoring. SATB soloists and choir, instruments. The Easter Oratorio (‹See Tfd› German: Oster-Oratorium), BWV 249, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, beginning with Kommt, eilet und laufet ("Come, hasten and run"). Bach composed it in Leipzig and first performed it on 1 April ...