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SEVEN LAST WORDS FROM THE CROSS
Orchestra Organ Chorus
2-14-2026 7:30 pm - 8:40 pm (America/New_York) (1 hour 10 minutes)

Event Name: SEVEN LAST WORDS FROM THE CROSS
Organizer: CCMSched@ucmail.uc.edu
Event Locator: 2025-ADJAZR

• Choral Series •


SEVEN LAST WORDS FROM THE CROSS
CCM Chamber Choir
Joe Miller, music director and conductor
Featuring guest Chamber Orchestra

Widely admired as one of James MacMillan’s finest achievements, Seven Last Words from the Cross is an absorbing and moving concert experience for performers and audience alike. The cantata follows Christ’s final words at the Crucifixion, meditating on each to form a dramatic and emotional sequence. Both the vocal and instrumental parts draw on characteristic models: Lutheran baroque techniques for the chorus, and the sophisticated British and Polish 20th century traditions of writing for the string orchestra. Along with the MacMillan will be Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, offering a sumptuous respite from the emotional Lenten drama.

BARBER: Adagio for Strings

MACMILLAN: Seven Last Words from the Cross


 

Estimated run time: 70 minutes

 

Location: St. Xavier Church, 611 Sycamore Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

 

Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available. Buy tickets online.