Easter Canticles

The three movements of Easter Canticles - Vigil, Crucifixion, and Resurrection - are structured as a triptych after the iconostasis of an Orthodox church. The three panels are meditations on scenes from the Passion of Jesus Christ: his prayerful agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, his crucifixion, and his resurrection. The combination of cello and organ captures the mysticism of these three events. The first movement is agonized and restless; the second portrays the crucifixion, even down to the hammering of the nails into Christ's hands; and the third depicts Christ's light-suffused resurrection. Part of the Concert Organ Series.