Harrison Birtwistle: The Last Supper: Mixed Choir: Vocal Score

Three Latin Motets-The Three Latin Motets were written as choral 'Visions' in the dramatic tableaux The Last Supper. The 'Visions' cut accross the physical action of the drama taking us through Christ's Passion in reverse order: The Crucifixion (O Bone Jesu) The Stations of the Cross (Pange Lingua) and The Betrayal (In Supremae Nocte Cenae). The work is scored for an 18 part mixed choir a cappella.