The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ: Vocal score on sale (New Horizons)

ISBN 10: 0193404230 ISBN 13: 9780193404236

Editorial: OUP Oxford, 2014

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A 10-piece ensemble, dominated by the glitter of harp, percussion and high woodwind, gives the work its dramatic scope, by turns taut and lean and then thickly spread, rich with melodic embroidery. The arresting opening - a saxophone erupting suddenly out of low instrumental rumbling into an ecstatic, primal arabesque of sound, like a latter-day Rite of Spring - sets the tone for a work whose chant-inflected lines and modal tonality speak directly and unaffectedly . . . It all adds up to an effective, emotionally charged contemporary Passion . . . (Alexandra Coghlan, Gramophone Magazine, March 2019)

Jackson's music is gripping: often appropriately stark and graphic, there are also moments of great beauty, such as the soprano solo in the Anointing at Bethany sections . . . Eliot's words and Jackson's music combined to offer hope and a positive outlook. The music became ever more radiant, offering balm and reassurance after the events previously depicted . . . The standing ovation indicated that I was far from alone in being impressed and moved by this score. It's an important, eloquent work and I'm impatient to hear it again. (John Quinne, Choir & Organ April 2014)

I had access to the score and libretto in advance of the performance and I thought the libretto worked extremely well on paper. However, when heard in performance it works brilliantly . . . Jackson's music gripped me from start to finish. The scoring for the instrumental ensemble is expertly judged. The choice of instruments enables the composer to exploit a range of piquant colouring possibilities and the use of the instruments is often imaginatively spare and always telling. There are moments of beauty . . . Both the choral writing and, even more so, the spare accompaniment displayed great economy of means but it was very powerful and effective . . . I was thrilled and moved by this score and the performance which it received . . . Jackson's score is important and eloquent and I am impatient to hear it again. (John Quinn, http://seenandheard-international.com, April 2014)

Gabriel Jackson is, of course, an already established composer and further performances in the UK of this recently published Passion will be richly deserved. It is a work that brilliantly provides an illuminating alternative to traditional Passion settings and should attract the attention of enterprising choirs willing to explore a contemporary and intelligently conceived score. (David Truslove, http://uk.bachtrack.com, April 2014)

The vocal lines are challenging, requiring accomplished singers able to negotiate both chromatic melodies and complex rhythms . . . The work is bold in both text and music, and it succeeds in its immediacy. The final section, setting the last portion of T. S. Eliot's Little Gidding, completes the work with sublime beauty. (Jason Overall, Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians, March 2015)

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for SATB (with divisions), S. and T. solos, and 10 players
Commissioned by Merton College, Oxford, this hour-long work for soloists, choir, and 10 players is divided into seven movements, beginning with Palm Sunday. Jackson's setting takes material from each of the four Gospel narratives, interspersed with Latin hymns and English texts by poets associated with Merton College over the centuries including Edmund Blunden and T. S. Eliot. The vocal score includes a piano reduction for rehearsal purposes.

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