Stainer's Crucifixion

Venue: 

The Leys School Chapel, Cambridge, UK

Date: 

Saturday, 21 March, 2020

Organisation: 

The Leys Choral Society

The Crucifixion: A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer is an oratorio composed by John Stainer in 1887. It is scored for a SATB choir and organ, and features solos for bass (or baritone) and tenor.[1] Stainer intended for the work to be within the performance capabilities of most parish church choirs; it includes five hymns for congregational participation.[2] The text was written by W J Sparrow Simpson, the librettist of Stainer's earlier cantata Mary Magdalene.[3] The work is dedicated "to my pupil and friend W. Hodge and the choir of Marylebone Church", who first performed it on February 24, 1887, the day after Ash Wednesday.