ART SONGS
FOR HOLY WEEK
Art songs appropriate for use during Holy Week.
See also the Stabat Mater and Alleluia settings at: Settings of Popular Sacred Texts
PALM SUNDAY
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Stephen Adams: The Holy City (1892)
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Henry Dixon Cowell: The Donkey
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John Ireland: Santa Chiara (Palm Sunday: Naples)
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John Musto: Quiet Songs - No. 5, Palm Sunday: Naples
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Four Hymns - No. 1, Lord! Come away! [tenor, viola, piano]
MAUNDY THURSDAY
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C.P.E. Bach: Jesus in Gethsemane, from Sturms Geistliche Gesänge II/29, H. 752/29, Wq. 198/29
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Sergei Rachmaninoff: Iz 'Evangelija ot Ionna
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Franz Schubert: Evangelium Johannes, D. 607 (1818, published 1902)
GOOD FRIDAY
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Hendrik Andriessen: Miroir de Peine - No. 5, Crucifixion
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C.P.E. Bach: Passionslied "Erforsche mich, erfahr mein Herz", Wq 194/14; Passionslied "Herr, stärke mich, dein Leiden zu bedenken", Wq 194/23; Über die Finsterniss kurz vor dem Tode Jesu, Wq 197; Passionslied, from Sturms Geistliche Gesänge I/2, H. 749/2, Wq. 197/2; Passionslied, from Sturms Geistliche Gesänge II/6, H. 752/6, Wq. 198/6
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Samuel Barber: Hermit Songs, Op. 29 - No. 5, The Crucifixion
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Günter Bialas: Miserere, No. 3 from O miserere (vier Gesänge nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine) [baritone]
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Johannes Brahms: Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO. 33 - No. 14, Maria ging aus wandern
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Hans-Georg Burghardt: Pietà, Op. 35
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Andrew Downes: Five Holy Songs, Op. 11 (1976) - Spit in my face, ye Jews
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John Duke: Calvary
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Gabriel Fauré: En prière (1889/90)
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C. Armstrong Gibbs: The Tiger-Lily (1921)
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Charles Gounod: Calvary (There is a green hill far away)
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David W. Guion: Mary alone (1922)
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Daron Hagen: The Mild Mother (No. 11 from Echo's Songs) [medium voice, piano]
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Paul Hindemith: Das Marienleben, Op. 27 (1922-1923/1948) - No. 10, Vor der Passion; No. 11, Pietà
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Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe: Jesus auf Golgatha
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John Mitchell: La Corona, Op. 89 (1993) - No. 5 (or 6), By Miracles Exceeding (Crucifixion)
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Andrzej Nikodemowicz: Lamentacja [soprano, 2 clarinets, bassoon, cello - or - soprano, flute, cello, 2 pianos]
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Léon Orthel: Pietà, Op. 55 No. 3 (1971)
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Paul Rodney: Calvary [low voice]
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Francesco Saverio Giay: Sacrificium [soprano, violin, string orchestra]
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Franz Schubert: Vom Mitleiden Maria, D.632 (1818)
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Heinrich Schütz: Kleine geistliche Konzerte, Part 2 - No. 2, Was hast du verwirket?, SWV 307 [alto or haute-contre]
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Stein Skøyeneie: Tre pasjonssalmer (Three Passion Psalms) (1984-85) [voice, recorder]
HOLY SATURDAY
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Joseph Reveyron: Matinés due Samedi-Saint [low voice, organ]
EASTER SUNDAY
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C.P.E. Bach: Osterlied "Jesus lebt, mit ihm auch ich", Wq 194/10; Osterlied "Freywillig hab ichs dargebracht", Wq 194/22; Osterlied "Erinnre dich, mein Geist", Wq 194/42; Osterlied, from Sturms Geistliche Gesänge II/7, H. 752/7, Wq. 198/7
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Johannes Brahms: Marienlieder, Op. 22 - No. 6, Magdalena
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Peter Grönland: Osterfeyer (Christ is erstanden)
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David Lumsdaine: Easter Fresco [soprano, flute, horn, harp, piano]
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Daniel Pinkham: Carols and Cries - No. 9, Easter
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Maria Ponzone: Pasqua di risurrezione
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Sergei Rachmaninoff: Khristos voskres, Op. 26, No. 6
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John Richard Ronsheim: Easter-wings [medium voice, vibraphone]
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Ned Rorem: The Resurrection
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Franz Schubert: Jesus Christus unser Heiland (Osterlied), D.168a
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Martin E.F. Shaw: Easter Carol
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Charles Villiers Stanford: When Mary thro' the garden went, op. 127 no. 3
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Charles Tournemire: Cloches de Pâques [orchestra]
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs - No. 2, Easter [baritone]
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