''Golgotha'' is an
oratorio
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for five soloists, orchestra, organ, piano and mixed choir composed by
Frank Martin from 1945 to 1948, premiered in Geneva on 29 April 1949 under the direction of
Samuel Baud-Bovy
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Golgotha de Frank Martin
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Movements
::First part
# Introduction choir: ''Père! Père! Père! Jusqu'à quel point nous as-Tu donc aimés!''.
# Les Rameaux.
# Le Discours du Temple.
# La Sainte Cène.
# Gethsémané.
::Second part
# Introduction dialogue: ''Que dirais-je, Que ferais-je?''.
# Jésus devant le Sanhédrin.
# Jésus devant Pilate.
# Le Calvaire.
# Dialogue of conclusion: ''O Mort! Où est ton aiguillon?''.
(texts from the four Gospels and Confessions of Augustine).
Bibliography
* Frank Martin, ''Lettres à Victor Desarzens'' (introduction, notes et index by Peter Sulzer); L'Âge d'Homme, Lausanne, 1988.
* Maria Boeke Martin, ''Souvenirs de ma vie avec Frank Martin''; L'Âge d'Homme, Lausanne, 1990.
* Harry Halbreich
Harry Halbreich (Berlin, 9 February 1931 – Brussels, 27 June 2016) was a Belgian musicologist.Dust jacket biography of Harry Halbreich from Halbreich (2007).Patrick Szersnovicz. Harry Halbreich (obituary). '' Diapason'', September 2016, No.649 ...
, ''Frank Martin: esquisse biographique et personnelle - Genèse et naissance de Golgotha, considérations générales - Frank Martin comments "Golgotha" - Brief analytical overview of the score''; Erato Records
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STU 70497-Club Gutenberg, January 1975 (recording "canned" on 1, 2 and 3 November 1968, expression in quotation marks from the composer to conductor of 25 September 1968).
* Frank Martin and Jean-Claude Piguet, ''Entretiens sur la musique''; La Baconnière, Neuchâtel, 1967 (a text based on interviews broadcast on Radio Suisse Romande during the 1966-1967 season).
* Roger Boss, ''Frank Martin'', Introduction to the concert of 18 February 1962; Concert program for the 40th anniversary of the Société chorale de La Chaux-de-Fonds (1922-1962)''
* Cover of ERATO's compact disc with the lyrics of Harry Halbreich (citing Frank Martin through the ''Entretiens sur la musique'') and Frank Martin himself about his "Messe pour double chœur a capella" attached to the ''Golgotha''.
References
External links
''Golgotha'' lyrics
on frankmartin.org
Golgotha (Martin)
on Discogs
Frank Martin: GOLGOTHA
on YouTube
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Compositions by Frank Martin
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Oratorios