"O Jesu, gone so far apart" [William Hawley]

"O Jesu, gone so far apart" [William Hawley]

First line of lyrics: O Jesu, gone so far apart

Part of: "The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. John"

Hawley, William; music (American, born 1950)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

2012 [copyright]

William Hawley

genre: oratorio|sacred music

solo: soprano|mezzo-soprano|tenor|bass

instrumentation: orchestra

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 2/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Vigil of St. Peter"|"'The Chiefest among ten thousand'" ("O Jesu, better than thy gifts")

Place in the larger work: The sixteenth passage in part 1 of the two part oratorio called "The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. John" (St. John Passion), which includes passages from the Gospel of John throughout; "Leaf from leaf Christ knows" (Christina Rossetti); "Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright" (from "Virtue" George Herbert), "Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended" (Anglican hymn); "O Jesu, gone so far apart" (from “Vigil of St. Peter” Christina Rossetti), "Jesus mine, Jesus mine" (from “Song of Peter’s Soul” William Hawley), "O happy rose-bud blooming" (from “Gone For Ever” Christina Rossetti).

Work contains multiple Christina Rossetti texts

Notes about the text: The text for this passage uses the complete text of poem "Vigil of St. Peter", followed by lines 6-9 of "'The Chiefest among ten thousand'" ("O Jesu, better than thy gifts").

Tempo markings: "Andante"; quarter note = 80

Performance instructions: "Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor, Bass Soloists" with orchestra is composed of 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets in B flat, 2 trombones; 1 bass trombone, timpani, harp, organ and strings.

Format 1: musical score|libretto

4 pages (pp. 46-49); libretto: 1 page (p. v); part 1 performance time 45 minutes; complete oratorio performance time 81 minutes

Format 2: electronic playback of score

performance time 1 minutes and 55 seconds

Other data reference(s): Hawley, William. "Addendum to Hawley Christina Rossetti Settings." Received by Mary Arseneau. 29 Apr. 2020.
"St. John Passion (Full Score)." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/st-john-passion-full-score-digital-sheet-music/21189188. Accessed 30 Apr. 2020.
"St. John Passion (Libretto)." Sheet Music Plus, https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/st-john-passion-libretto-digital-sheet-music/21200071. Accessed 30 Apr. 2020.

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

musical score: William Hawley

libretto: William Hawley

electronic playback of score: William Hawley

Record: CRM-vigilstpeter-hawley

File(s): CRM-vigilstpeter-hawley.pdf; CRM-vigilstpeter-hawley-libretto.pdf; CRM-vigilstpeter-hawley-mp3

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