SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.2 – “Seven Last Words of Christ,” no. 3 (MacMillan)
(Ecce Lignum Crucis
in quo salus mundi pependit:
Venite adoremus.)
(Behold the Wood of the Cross
on which The Saviour of the world was hung
Come let us adore him.)
Verily, I say unto thee, today thou shalt be with me in Paradise.
- Composer: James MacMillan
- Choir: Polyphony
- Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia
- Conductor: Stephen Layton
See also a brief video interview with the composer:
Sacred Music Television, Vol. II
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.1 -- Vigilate (Byrd)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.2 -- Beati quorum via (Stanford)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.3 -- Veni, veni Emmanuel (Traditional French)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.4 -- Puer natus est nobis; Kyrie fons bonitatis (Gregorian chant)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.1 -- Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.2 -- Bogoroditse Devo Raduisya (Rachmaninoff)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.3 -- Kyrie X (Gregorian chant)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.4 -- Alma Redemptoris Mater (Palestrina)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.5 -- An organic pipe organ
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.1 -- Nyne Otpushchaeshi Raba Tvoego Vladyko (Rachmaninoff)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.2 -- O Sacrum Convivium (Messiaen)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.3 -- Miserere Nostri (Tallis)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.4 -- Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Bach)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.1 -- Playing Elizabeth’s Tune: The Life of William Byrd
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.2 -- Quis non amantem redamet (DVD trailer)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.3 -- Choral Prelude BWV 639 “Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ” (Bach)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.4 -- Ubi caritas (Durufle)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.1 -- A lesson in Sanctus XVIII
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.2 -- “Seven Last Words of Christ,” no. 3 (MacMillan)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.3 -- As One Who Has Slept (Tavener)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.4 -- Regina Caeli, organ improvisation
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 5.1. -- Caelitum Joseph (Gregorian chant)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2 – A report on Kile Smith’s Epiphany Vespers
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 5.4 -- Regina Caeli, simple tone
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 5.5 -- Chez Nous (Traditional French)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 6.1 -- Otche Nash (Kedrov)







I should think that the folks at the Chicago Colloquium would be interested in learning that!
It’s really, really good stuff…