Wood, C: St Mark Passion
Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Simon Wall (tenor), James Birchall (baritone), Edward Grint (bass) & Ruth Jenkins (soprano)
The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, Daniel Hyde (director)
Modestly tasteful, Wood's St Mark still fails to engender any passion.
Wood, C: St Mark Passion
Jonathan Vaughn (organ), Simon Wall (tenor), James Birchall (baritone), Edward Grint (bass) & Ruth Jenkins (soprano)
The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge, Daniel Hyde (director)
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Modestly tasteful, Wood's St Mark still fails to engender any passion.
About
Charles Wood made an important contribution to Anglican church music, with liturgical settings that remain part of cathedral choral repertoire. Answering a request from Eric Milner-White, the then Dean of King’s College, Cambridge, Wood completed his setting of the St Mark Passion in August 1920. As with J.S. Bach’s inclusion of Lutheran chorales in his St John Passion, here the flow of the biblical narrative in English, interspersed with well-known hymns for choir and congregation, provides the key to the work’s success.
Contents and tracklist
- Simon Wall, James Birchall, Edward Grint, Ruth Jenkins, Jesus College Choir, Cambridge, Jonathan Vaughn, Daniel Hyde, Simon Wall, James Birchall, Edward Grint, Ruth Jenkins, Jonathan Vaughn
- The Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
- Daniel Hyde
Awards and reviews
October 2008
Modestly tasteful, Wood's St Mark still fails to engender any passion.
