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SATB+SATB+Baritone Solo | Advanced | Latin | 7’ | 2025
"Gethsemane" by JC Maynard is an a cappella work for double chorus based on the Passion. This text captures a striking moment of vulnerability seldom depicted in the stories of Christ, when the weight of his responsibility becomes unbearable. Following the Last Supper and prior to his arrest and crucifixion, Jesus takes his apostles with him to the Garden of Gethsemane to watch over him as he prays, but their inability to do so deepens his burden, isolating him from any saving grace but the Father’s. The dread present within the prayer portrays Christ’s confrontation of his own mortality as he struggles to accept the sacrifice that he must endure. It is a complex lament, a shattering of conviction, and a desperate cry for help in the grim face of death.
SATB+SATB+Baritone Solo | Advanced | Latin | 7’ | 2025
"Gethsemane" by JC Maynard is an a cappella work for double chorus based on the Passion. This text captures a striking moment of vulnerability seldom depicted in the stories of Christ, when the weight of his responsibility becomes unbearable. Following the Last Supper and prior to his arrest and crucifixion, Jesus takes his apostles with him to the Garden of Gethsemane to watch over him as he prays, but their inability to do so deepens his burden, isolating him from any saving grace but the Father’s. The dread present within the prayer portrays Christ’s confrontation of his own mortality as he struggles to accept the sacrifice that he must endure. It is a complex lament, a shattering of conviction, and a desperate cry for help in the grim face of death.