• Alec Roth
  • Verlass uns nicht (Forsake us not) (2017)
    (A Passiontide motet for unaccompanied choir SSATBB)

  • Peters Edition Limited (World)
  • SSATTB
  • SSATTB
  • 4 min
  • Theodor Kliefoth
  • English, German

Programme Note

Verlass uns nicht
a motet before the Johannes-Passion of J. S. Bach
based on the plainsong hymn
Rex Christe Factor Omnium
for unaccompanied choir (SSATBB)

German text: Theodor Kliefoth (1875)
English translation: Alec Roth (2017)

Verlass uns nicht was commissioned by Ex Cathedra, supported by Isabel, Peer and Christopher in loving memory of Ernest Churcher. The first performance was given by Ex Cathedra directed by Jeffrey Skidmore, as a prelude to the performance of J. S. Bach's St John Passion, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Good Friday, 14 April 2017.