Twelve Words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ From and Beyond the Cross
Douglas Weiland
Live performance
St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne
5.10pm Holy Tuesday 31 March
Delayed video stream (recorded by 3MBS)
3pm Good Friday 3 April
Shane Chen (violin), William Hennessy (viola), Josephine Vains (cello)
Speaker—The Revd. Canon Dr Tim Watson, Precentor
Reader—The Revd. Lydia Thangadurai, Succentor
Douglas Weiland's piece takes its initial inspiration from the 1787 string quartet version of “The Seven Last Words of Christ” by Joseph Haydn, a work composed for performance on Good Friday.
The English (Australian) composer Douglas Weiland takes the narrative further, adding Words of Christ spoken after the Resurrection.
Renowned musician, William Hennessy AM, a longtime advocate of Weiland's music through The Weiland Project, offers here the Australian premiere of this beautiful work.