La Pasión según San Marcos

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La Pasión según San Marcos

2000 – I want to record—like Rembrandt recorded the Jews, I want to record the Christians, simply that. For instance, my great grandmother had a picture of "Jeremiah Lamenting the Fall of Jerusalem" by Rembrandt—it's the greatest Jewish picture ever, and he was not a Jew, but he lived amongst them—I cannot aspire to be Rembrandt but if at least one section of the Passion has the truth about Christianity that Rembrandt's paintings have about Judaism, I'll be all right—that's enough.

Duration

87'00

Premiered

Beethovenhalle, Stuttgart, Germany

September 5, 2000

Premier Performance

by Luciana Souza, vocalist; Reynaldo Fernandez, vocalist and dancer; Samia Ibrahim, Soprano; Schola Cantorum de Caracas; Orquesta la Pasión: Mikael Ringquist, Leader; Geoff Nuttall, Concertmaster. María Guinand, Conductor

Commissioned

by the Internationale Bachakademie, Helmut Rilling, Artistic Director.

Dedicated

to María Guinand and the Schola Cantorum de Caracas

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See also:

• La Pasión según San Marcos - Demos Gracias (2000) for SATB chorus and 2 percussionists

• La Pasión según San Marcos - Three Arias (aka Tres Arias) (2000) for Brazilian jazz vocalist, soprano, chorus and chamber orchestra

• La Pasion Suite (arr. 2014) piano/vocal version suitable as a stand-alone work