The Healer (Jenkins)

The Healer
A Cantata for St Luke
by Karl Jenkins
Genre Cantata
Text
Language
  • English
  • Latin
Composed 2014 (2014)
Performed 16 October 2014 (2014-10-16): Grayshott[1]
Published by Boosey & Hawkes
Scoring
  • Soprano solo
  • Baritone solo
  • Mixed choir
  • String orchestra
  • Oboe
  • Percussion

The Healer, a Cantata for St Luke was written by Karl Jenkins in 2014. Much of the text was written by Terry Waite, Vivien Harrison and Carol Barratt; the remainder is taken from St Luke's Gospel, the Book of Common Prayer and The Shepherd by William Blake.[2]

The cantata's UK premiere was on 16 October 2014 in St Luke's Church, Grayshott, Hampshire, and was recorded and broadcast on Classic FM.[3]

Movements

Movement Text
Prelude Book of Common Prayer
Who is this man? This traveller? Carol Barratt
Ego sum terra Vivien Harrison
The eyes of a child Carol Barratt
Salus ... salus ... salus Terry Waite
The Shepherd Luke 15:4-7; William Blake
And suddenly Carol Barratt
Sozo Carol Barratt
Epilogue: Nunc Dimittis Luke 2:29-32

References

  1. ↑ "Boosey & Hawkes". Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Preface of the score.
  3. ↑ "Grayshott Concerts: WORLD PREMIER of "The Healer - A Cantata for St Luke" by Karl Jenkins". grayshott.com. 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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