SATB choir, keyboard
accompaniment - Early
intermediate
SKU:
GI.G-10716
Christ
Jesus Is the Lord.
Composed by Peter M.
Kolar. Lent, Palm Sunday,
Good Friday, OT 26 A,
Exaltation of the Holy
Cross. Sacred. Octavo. 20
pages. GIA Publications
#10716. Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-10716).
Spanish.
Text Source: Filipenses /
Philippians 2:6-11, La
Biblia
Latinoamérica
Scripture: Philippians
2:6–11.
Comm
issioned by the American
Federation Pueri Cantores
to showcase diversity
within the
Spanish-language choral
repertoire, this advanced
choral piece written for
SATB voices and piano
accompaniment is a
setting of Philippians
chapter 2, in which Saint
Paul exalts Christ as the
“name above all
names†for having
taken on human form to
die on the cross. The
piece is in three
sections, mirroring the
three-part form of the
scripture passage: a
gentle, stoic homophonic
opening in C major, a
polyphonic, somber middle
section in A minor at the
words “even death
on a cross,†and an
exuberant section in A
major climaxing in the
final statement that
“Christ Jesus is
the Lord!†For
choirs looking for a
musical challenge and an
opportunity to showcase
the choral arts using
scriptural texts in
Spanish, this masterful
work makes for a
tremendous concert piece,
prelude or liturgical
anthem. Listen to this
piece performed at the
NPM 2022 National
Convention Choral
Institute Concert
below:.
