Passion Music was commissioned for the choirs of St Martin-in-the-Fields and continues the fusion of jazz and choral music so successfully blended in 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?’.
The Jazz Missa Brevis gives new life to the sung Latin Mass texts in an accessible, short setting which embraces a variety of jazz styles, from the swinging jazz waltz Kyrie to the up-beat Latin-groove Gloria. The smooth jazz ballad Sanctus, 7/8 Benedictus and soulful Agnus Dei complete this inspiring Mass setting.
Tracklist:
01. Passion Music: Greater Love
02. Passion Music: We Believe
03. Passion Music: A New Commandment
04. Passion Music: Love Unknown
05. Passion Music: Stabat Mater
06. Passion Music: The Seven Last Words From The Cross
07. Passion Music: My Love Has Died For Me
08. Passion Music: Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep
09. Passion Music: Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
10. God So Loved The World
11. I Am Changed
12. Jazz Missa Brevis: Kyrie
13. Jazz Missa Brevis: Gloria
14. Jazz Missa Brevis: Sanctus
15. Jazz Missa Brevis: Benedictus
16. Jazz Missa Brevis: Agnus Dei
17. Tantum Ergo
18. What Sweeter Music
Personnel:
Will Todd Ensemble
St Martin’s Voices
Will Todd, piano
Shaneeka Simon, vocals Helen Lacey, soprano
John Turville, piano Ben Tomlin, bass
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![The Berkshire Boy Choir, Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein: Mass - A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers (1971/2017) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/01/TSwWwCX.jpg "The Berkshire Boy Choir, Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein: Mass - A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers (1971/2017) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")
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![Fabrice di Falco - Les sauvages (2017) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2017/12/auynew5.jpg "Fabrice di Falco - Les sauvages (2017) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")
![London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev - Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Stabat Mater (2013/2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/06/RuPkwTt.jpg "London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev - Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Stabat Mater (2013/2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")
![Teodor Currentzis - Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (2016) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2017/12/Royf8ol.jpg "Teodor Currentzis - Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (2016) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")
![Philippe Jaroussky - Vivaldi: Pieta - Sacred works (2014) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/04/ZqY2ycY.jpg "Philippe Jaroussky - Vivaldi: Pieta - Sacred works (2014) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")
![Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon - Bach: Missa 1733 (2012) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/11/oySLRs2.jpg "Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphael Pichon - Bach: Missa 1733 (2012) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]")
![Ensemble Zene & Bruno Kele-Baujard - Purcell, Byrd, Scarlatti, Lotti & Allegri: Via Dolorosa (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/11/ODIiSPr.jpg "Ensemble Zene & Bruno Kele-Baujard - Purcell, Byrd, Scarlatti, Lotti & Allegri: Via Dolorosa (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")
![James O’Donnell, Westminster Abbey Choir - Taverner: Choral Works (2016) [Hyperion FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/01/WMikQrf.jpg "James O’Donnell, Westminster Abbey Choir - Taverner: Choral Works (2016) [Hyperion FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")
![James O’Donnell, Westminster Abbey Choir - Taverner: Choral Works (2016) [Hyperion FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/01/WMikQrf-1.jpg "James O’Donnell, Westminster Abbey Choir - Taverner: Choral Works (2016) [Hyperion FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")
![Jordi Savall - Bach: Markus Passion, BWV 247 (2019) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/12/YiO8NMB.jpg "Jordi Savall - Bach: Markus Passion, BWV 247 (2019) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]")
![Philippe Herreweghe & Collegium Vocale Gent - Bach: Missa in h-moll, BWV 232 (2012) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/04/j7voMax.jpg "Philippe Herreweghe & Collegium Vocale Gent - Bach: Missa in h-moll, BWV 232 (2012) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]")
![Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor (Live in Paris) (2018) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/11/teKiuNc.jpg "Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor (Live in Paris) (2018) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]")