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Gyöngyösi Levente: Iudas, mercator pessimus

from Tenebr Responsoria, Feria Quinta

Choral sheet music

Category: Mixed Voices
Instrumentation: coro (SATB)
Genre: Choral Work
Period: Contemporary Music
Language: Latin
Grade (1-6): 5,6
Extent: 12 pages
Format: 20,2 x 28,5 cm
Publication: October 15, 2026
Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó
Catalogue number: 20186
ISMN: 9790080201862
Tenebrae Responsoria, Feria Quinta (Responsories for Maundy Thursday) is a cycle of nine choral works commissioned by the Cantemus Mixed Choir of Nyíregyháza and its conductor, Soma Szabó. Each movement may also be performed independently.

In the Catholic liturgy, Maundy Thursday forms part of the Easter Triduum and commemorates the Last Supper and the betrayal of Jesus Christ. Its remarkably poetic, emotionally intense, and deeply moving texts invite the faithful to experience the Passion, to enter into the perspectives of Christ, Judas, and the disciples, and to deepen their own faith.

Iudas, mercator pessimus (''Judas, the most vile merchant''), the fifth movement of the cycle, is a very fast and lively, mocking choral piece, similar to the turbae of Bach's Passions, symbolizing the energetic outbursts of anger of the people (and thus of the faithful) against the traitor's deed.

The work is recommended for professional and advanced amateur choirs.

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