St. Luke Passion

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Passion oratorio

St. Luke Passion is a large-scale sacred choral and orchestral work by Krzysztof Penderecki that combines avant-garde sonorities with traditional Passion forms to depict the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus as told in the Gospel of Luke.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Passio et Mors Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Lucam	1
St Luke Passion	1
St. Luke Passion canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7728391 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St. Luke Passion
Context triple: [Krzysztof Penderecki, notableWork, St. Luke Passion]

A. Lukas-Passion
Lukas-Passion is a Baroque musical setting of the Passion according to St. Luke composed by German composer Heinrich Schütz.
B. St John Passion
The St John Passion is a sacred oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach that dramatically sets the Gospel of John’s account of Christ’s crucifixion to music for choir, soloists, and orchestra.
C. Passio
Passio is a minimalist sacred choral work by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt that sets the Latin text of the Passion according to St. John.
D. Angels with Instruments of the Passion
Angels with Instruments of the Passion is a group of Baroque angel sculptures, each bearing symbols of Christ’s Passion, created for Rome’s Ponte Sant’Angelo.
E. The Passions
The Passions is a video art series by Bill Viola that explores intense human emotions through slow-motion, high-definition depictions of faces and bodies in states of spiritual and psychological extremity.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: St. Luke Passion
Target entity description: St. Luke Passion is a large-scale sacred choral and orchestral work by Krzysztof Penderecki that combines avant-garde sonorities with traditional Passion forms to depict the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus as told in the Gospel of Luke.

A. Lukas-Passion
Lukas-Passion is a Baroque musical setting of the Passion according to St. Luke composed by German composer Heinrich Schütz.
B. St John Passion
The St John Passion is a sacred oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach that dramatically sets the Gospel of John’s account of Christ’s crucifixion to music for choir, soloists, and orchestra.
C. Passio
Passio is a minimalist sacred choral work by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt that sets the Latin text of the Passion according to St. John.
D. Angels with Instruments of the Passion
Angels with Instruments of the Passion is a group of Baroque angel sculptures, each bearing symbols of Christ’s Passion, created for Rome’s Ponte Sant’Angelo.
E. The Passions
The Passions is a video art series by Bill Viola that explores intense human emotions through slow-motion, high-definition depictions of faces and bodies in states of spiritual and psychological extremity.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Passion ⓘ oratorio ⓘ
basedOn	Gospel of Luke ⓘ
commissionedBy	West German Radio (WDR) ⓘ linked to: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
commissionedFor	700th anniversary of Münster Cathedral ⓘ
composer	Krzysztof Penderecki ⓘ
conductorAtPremiere	Henryk Czyż ⓘ
dateComposed	1963 ⓘ 1964 ⓘ
duration	approximately 70 minutes ⓘ
firstRecordingYear	1960s ⓘ
form	traditional Passion form ⓘ
genre	contemporary classical music ⓘ sacred music ⓘ
includesSection	Crucifixus ⓘ Father, forgive them ⓘ Stabat Mater ⓘ
influencedBy	Johann Sebastian Bach's Passions ⓘ linked to: St Matthew Passion Polish sacred music tradition ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
movementCount	27 ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic choral writing ⓘ integration of avant-garde techniques with liturgical tradition ⓘ use of Latin liturgical texts ⓘ
premiereCity	Münster ⓘ
premiereCountry	West Germany ⓘ
premiereDate	1966-03-30 ⓘ
premiereLocation	Münster Cathedral ⓘ
publisher	Schott Music ⓘ
scoredFor	baritone solo ⓘ bass solo ⓘ boys' choir ⓘ large orchestra ⓘ mixed chorus ⓘ narrator (Evangelist) ⓘ linked to: Evangelist organ ⓘ soprano solo ⓘ speaker ⓘ
structure	large-scale multi-movement work ⓘ
style	atonal ⓘ expressionist ⓘ post-serial ⓘ
subject	crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ linked to: Crucifixion of Jesus suffering of Jesus ⓘ
textLanguage	Latin ⓘ
textSource	Vulgate Bible ⓘ linked to: Vulgate
title	Passio et Mors Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Lucam ⓘ linked to: St. Luke Passion
uses	aleatoric techniques ⓘ avant-garde sonorities ⓘ tone clusters ⓘ twelve-tone techniques ⓘ
yearCompleted	1965 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krzysztof Penderecki → notableWork → St. Luke Passion ⓘ

James MacMillan → notableWork → St Luke Passion ⓘ

linked to: St. Luke Passion

St. Luke Passion → title → Passio et Mors Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Lucam ⓘ