Luke Passion (Schütz)

The St. Luke Passion ( SWV 480) , full title: Historia of the Passion and Death of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ according to the Evangelist St. Luke , is a sacred choral work composed by Heinrich Schütz . It dates from 1653 and forms the first part of the chorale trilogy, which he later completed with the St. John Passion (1665/66) and the St. Matthew Passion (1666).

The work is in F Lydian and the performance lasts about 40 minutes.

The line-up (mixed choir / SATB) is, unlike the famous Bach Passions , purely vocal.

literature

• Friedrich Spitta: The Passions according to the four Evangelists by Heinrich Schutz , 1886, new edition: Kessinger Publishing (2010), ISBN 9781168863591

Web links

• Sheet music of the St. Luke Passion in the public domain in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• Sheet music of the St. Luke Passion in the public domain at IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
• Notes from the St. Luke Passion in the public domain from Laurenzichor Bamberg