The Crucifixion by John Stainer

Monday, February 23, 2014 at 7 PM

The Crucifixion by John Stainer

Musica Sacra Cantorum Voices

Trinity United Methodist Church

3200 Manatee Avenue West, Bradenton

Sir John Stainer’s legacy has been largely kept alive through his great Victorian

oratorio The Crucifixion of which “God So Loved the World” is its centerpiece.

Subtitled “A Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer” Stainer’s

masterpiece was often compared in its importance to Handel’s Messiah during

the latter part of the 19th and early decades of the 20th century. Its dramatic,

meditative, and passionate choruses have made it one of the most performed

works in Britain during the season of Lent.

Stainer composed this work with audience participation in mind and included

several hymns for the audience to sing. This makes it unique in the realm of

grand oratorios.