Will Todd has established himself as one of the UK's most popular choral composers. His anthem, The Call of Wisdom, was performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations with a TV audience of 45 million people. His breakthrough work, Mass in Blue (originally titled Jazz Mass), has been performed hundreds of times all over the world. 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:

Passion Music: Greater Love
Passion Music: We Believe
Passion Music: A New Commandment
Passion Music: Love Unknown
Passion Music: Stabat Mater
Passion Music: The Seven Last Words From The Cross
Passion Music: My Love Has Died For Me
Passion Music: Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep
Passion Music: Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
God So Loved The World
I Am Changed
Jazz Missa Brevis: Kyrie
Jazz Missa Brevis: Gloria
Jazz Missa Brevis: Sanctus
Jazz Missa Brevis: Benedictus
Jazz Missa Brevis: Agnus Dei
Tantum Ergo
What Sweeter Music

UPC: 635212056325
Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: 2.1.19
Format: CD

Todd / St Martins Voices - Passion Music / Jazz Missa Brevis (CD)