{"id":918,"date":"2023-10-19T23:36:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T23:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/choral\/passage\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T15:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T15:31:33","slug":"passage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/choral\/passage\/","title":{"rendered":"Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-1a959-eb45de9fef91bde127360d59a28e0d4e av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lo0j1oti-7a0bb4d78f8526208875db0944c2f0b1\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lo0j1oti-7a0bb4d78f8526208875db0944c2f0b1 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lo0j1oti-7a0bb4d78f8526208875db0944c2f0b1 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lo0j1oti-7a0bb4d78f8526208875db0944c2f0b1 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-67 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-67 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Passage-1030x1030.jpg\" alt='' title='Passage'  height=\"1030\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Passage-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Passage-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Passage-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Passage-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Passage-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Passage-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Passage-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Passage-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Passage-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Passage.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-svol-b044c246372ad496215ac5d2798fd9b3 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lo0j1di0-17827c04ddc0e6b97eb3d1e38f0cab75 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4 class=\"shared_content\" data-content-guid=\"u1286940-4_content\"><span class=\"Body-raleway-14-dark-grey\">Passage:<\/span> Faith from afar<\/h4>\n<div id=\"u643453-16\" class=\"clearfix colelem shared_content\" data-muse-temp-textcontainer-sizepolicy=\"true\" data-muse-temp-textcontainer-pinning=\"true\" data-muse-uid=\"U643453\" data-muse-type=\"txt_frame\" data-ibe-flags=\"txtStyleSrc\" data-content-guid=\"u643453-16_content\">\n<p id=\"u643453-4\" class=\"Body-14-Raleway-Light-justified-indented\">Built around the philosophical personal spiriual journey of the sceptic faced with the biblical text, Passage is a musical dialogue into which the listener is invited. A free discussion between a voice accompanied by 7 string guitar and a vocal quartet backed by piano, with a jazz vibe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body-14-Raleway-Light-justified-indented\">Every artistic work has its share of audacity \u2026 Daring to<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body-14-Raleway-Light-justified-indented\">Give voice to the Biblical text without backing away from the force of some of its content, counting on the interpretation to bring out its hidden gentleness&#8230; represent with lucidity a range of objections from a hardened sceptic&#8230; leave the oucome open, without a &#8216;happy ending&#8217; out of a desire for authenticity and to respect the freedom of the public<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lo0jw25f-0e11582cf1e96ba15c850d0209772114\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-lo0jw25f-0e11582cf1e96ba15c850d0209772114{\nheight:30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr 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450w, https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Quartet-3-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<div  class='flex_column av-12m81-9d91c6414a17818ae294beb52a48afe3 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_third  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lo0jbh7d-f85b0c348a36f492143e76c4df8b5896 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4 class=\"shared_content\" data-content-guid=\"u1286940-4_content\"><span class=\"Body-raleway-14-dark-grey\">In concert<\/span><\/h4>\n<p id=\"u643453-8\" class=\"Body-14-Raleway-Light-justified-indented\">Passage was created at the request of the Festival d\u2019Art Sacr\u00e9 in Orl\u00e9ans, and performed for the first time at the Cath\u00e9drale Ste Croix d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans with a vocal quartet, the pianist le pianiste Dave Leonard Cooke and Ruth Hughes, dancer from Springs Dance Company, GB. Also performed in le Mans and Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reactions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You come away having lived through a lot of emotion, with a huge sense of peace. Beautiful, very beautiful <em>Listener <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018This musical work offers content of rare pertinence on the contemporary perception of the sacred. Passage rapidly draws the audience in to a fascinating universe which speaks as much to the non-religious as to the believer.&#8217; <em>R\u00e9publique du Centre<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"u643453-16\" class=\"clearfix colelem shared_content\" data-muse-temp-textcontainer-sizepolicy=\"true\" data-muse-temp-textcontainer-pinning=\"true\" data-muse-uid=\"U643453\" data-muse-type=\"txt_frame\" data-ibe-flags=\"txtStyleSrc\" data-content-guid=\"u643453-16_content\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-lo0jc7ad-e89ab4b756ba6015c52264652f0aa042-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/2023\/10\/21\/press\/'  class='avia-button av-lo0jc7ad-e89ab4b756ba6015c52264652f0aa042 avia-icon_select-no avia-size-small avia-position-left avia-color-theme-color'  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >PRESS<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-8b3h-adc0ae6211793d549cd3429c1204644a av_one_third  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lo0jv85j-5c12d15a6d9e1cdde8aa6c0e9c5dcf54\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lo0jv85j-5c12d15a6d9e1cdde8aa6c0e9c5dcf54 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lo0jv85j-5c12d15a6d9e1cdde8aa6c0e9c5dcf54 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lo0jv85j-5c12d15a6d9e1cdde8aa6c0e9c5dcf54 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-12  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-335 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-335 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cupandscoreweb.jpg\" alt='' title='cupandscoreweb'  height=\"289\" width=\"514\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cupandscoreweb.jpg 514w, https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cupandscoreweb-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cupandscoreweb-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1jl0x-477ca73fdee85bfcbb63313ca1bfcb43 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lo0jtht4-8af5362b37182948a5e87e2f1c4486e3 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4><strong>Scores avaiable<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Passage was originally conceived as a performance show rather than a choral work. But the songs from the vocal quartet can be used by choirs : vocal and piano scores are available as well as individual part mp3s for rehearsal.<\/p>\n<p>To know more about performing the work, <a href=\"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/contact\/\">contact-us<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"u643453-16\" class=\"clearfix colelem shared_content\" data-muse-temp-textcontainer-sizepolicy=\"true\" data-muse-temp-textcontainer-pinning=\"true\" data-muse-uid=\"U643453\" data-muse-type=\"txt_frame\" data-ibe-flags=\"txtStyleSrc\" data-content-guid=\"u643453-16_content\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-obsl-b88289d452ce82efc5f0297cced645e5-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><a href='https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/2023\/10\/21\/press\/'  class='avia-button av-obsl-b88289d452ce82efc5f0297cced645e5 avia-icon_select-no avia-size-small avia-position-left avia-color-theme-color'  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >PRESS<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":875,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-918","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1271,"href":"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/918\/revisions\/1271"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnfeatherstone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}