Richard Danielpour’s dramatic oratorio The Passion of Yeshua—a work which has evolved over the last 25 years—is an intensely personal telling of the final hours of Christ on Earth. It incorporates texts from the Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian Gospels inspiring extraordinarily beautiful music that stresses the need for human compassion and forgiveness. Danielpour returns to the scale and majesty of Bach in this oratorio, creating choruses that are intense and powerful, and giving both Mary the mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene a central place in a work of glowing spirituality. Conductor JoAnn Falletta considers The Passion of Yeshua to be “a classic for all time.”
Danielpour, Richard
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Danielpour, Richard - Lyricist
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist
The Passion of Yeshua
1 Part I Scene 1: Prologue: Mi he'emin lishmuatenu (Who has believed what we have heard?) (Chorus) 05:30
2 Part I Scene 2: Pesach: Now before the Feast of Pesach (Narrator, Yeshua, Chorus) 05:14
3 Part I Scene 3: Ritual/Duet: Mah Nishtanah ha laylah … (Why is this night different…) (Miryam Magdala, Miryam, Chorus) 04:32
4 Part I Scene 4: Betrayal: When Yeshua had spoken (Narrator, Yeshua) 06:46
5 Part I: Intermezzo - Scene 5: In the Valley of the Shadow of Death: Gam ki eilech (Yes, though I walk) (Chorus, Yeshua, Kefa) 06:04
6 Part I Scene 6: Gethsemane: Bekha Adonai khasiti (In you Lord I take refuge) (Miryam, Narrator, Yeshua) 13:02
7 Part I Scene 7: Interlude: Ve kulanu catzon ta'inu (And all we like sheep) (Chorus) 03:59
Disc 2
1 Part II Scene 8: In the Palace of the High Priest: They who had seized Yeshua led him to Kayafa (Narrator, Kayafa, Chorus, Yeshua) 06:13
2 Part II Scene 9: Kefa's Denial: Ki Sha'ma'ti dibat rabim … (All I hear is whispering) (Miryam, Narrator, Chorus, Kefa) 10:10
3 Part II Scene 10: Yeshua Before Pilate: Ashira na Li'y'di'-di (Let me sing for my beloved) (Miryam Magdala, Narrator, Pilate, Chorus, Yeshua) 09:57
4 Part II Scene 11: Behold the Man: Pilate went outside again (Narrator, Pilate, Chorus, Miryam Magdala, Miryam) 08:38
5 Part II Scene 12: Via Dolorosa: Nigas vehu na'aneh … (He was oppressed) (Miryam Magdala, Narrator, Yeshua, Miryam, Chorus) 12:09
6 Part II Scene 13: Darkness over the Land: He saved others (Chorus, Narrator, Yeshua) 05:51
7 Part II Scene 14: Epilogue: Hen avdi et moch-bo (Behold my servant whom I uphold) (Chorus) 04:56
Total Playing Time: 01:43:01
