The Healer (Jenkins)

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The Healer
A Cantata for St Luke
by Karl Jenkins
Genre Cantata
Text
Language
  • English
  • Latin
Composed2014 (2014)
Performed16 October 2014 (2014-10-16): Grayshott [1]
Publishedby 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]

Karl Jenkins Welsh musician and composer

Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins is a Welsh musician and composer. His best known works include the song "Adiemus" and the Adiemus album series; Palladio; The Armed Man; and his Requiem.

Terry Waite Envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury

Terence Hardy "Terry" Waite is an English humanitarian and author.

The Shepherd (Blake) William Blake poem

"The Shepherd" is a poem from William Blake's Songs of Innocence (1789). This collection of songs was published individually four times before it was combined with the Songs of Experience for 12 editions which created the joint collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794). Blake produced all of the illuminated printings himself beginning in 1789. Each publication of the songs has the plates in a different order, and sixteen other plates were published posthumously.

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]

Grayshott village in United Kingdom

Grayshott is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is on the Hampshire / Surrey border 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Haslemere by road, and 46 miles (74 km) southwest of central London. The nearest rail link is Haslemere railway station.

Movements

MovementText
PreludeBook of Common Prayer
Who is this man? This traveller?Carol Barratt
Ego sum terraVivien Harrison
The eyes of a childCarol Barratt
Salus ... salus ... salusTerry Waite
The ShepherdLuke 15:4-7; William Blake
And suddenlyCarol Barratt
SozoCarol Barratt
Epilogue: Nunc DimittisLuke 2:29-32

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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. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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