'Next Easter, if not Bach, why not Todd?' C&O

Will Todd

Passion Music

Vocal score

Forces or Category: Female gospel soloist, SATB & jazz ensemble

Orchestration: pno, bass, drum kit, sax (sop/alto - 1 player), tpt, tbn, timp/perc

• 40-minute work, highlighting different points in the Passion story
• Continues the fusion of jazz and choral music so successfully blended in Todd's Mass in Blue
• Plenty of expressive freedom for the female gospel soloist, who sings both with the choir and independently
• Seven-part jazz accompaniment, presented as a piano reduction (for rehearsal only) in the vocal score

'Next Easter, if not Bach, why not Todd?' C&O

Passion Music

Vocal score

Will Todd

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Programme Notes:

Since composing Mass in Blue in 2003 I have been searching for another large-scale project in which to showcase my love of jazz improvising and the beauty and energy of the choral sound. Finally, in 2017, an opportunity arose to create a new jazz choral work for the choirs of St Martin-in-the-Fields, and Passion Music is the product of that. The work is an exploration of Easter-themed texts, roughly following the contours of the passion narrative, and uses a soloist as an

'Next Easter, if not Bach, why not Todd?' C&O

Passion Music

Vocal score

Will Todd

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'Next Easter, if not Bach, why not Todd?' C&O

Passion Music

Vocal score

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'Next Easter, if not Bach, why not Todd?' C&O

Passion Music

Vocal score

Will Todd

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A Q&A with composer Will Todd

British composer and pianist Will Todd has worked at the Royal Opera House, the Lincoln Center in New York, London's Barbican, and with Welsh National Opera, award-winning choirs The Sixteen, the BBC Singers, and Tenebrae. His music is valued for its melodic intensity and harmonic skill, which often incorporates jazz colours. We caught up with Will to ask him a few questions about his inspiration and approach to composition.

Posted on July 13, 2018

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'Next Easter, if not Bach, why not Todd?' C&O

Passion Music

Vocal score

Will Todd

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