Music For Lent, 2016 (Day 24)

This "Ecce Homo," from (un)fairly unknown composer Guillaume Bouzignac -- a Frenchman I personally discovered for the first time earlier this Lent -- is wonderful. So dynamic and descriptive. And the call/response approach to this particular text strikes unsettlingly close to home (much like the approach J. S. Bach takes in the similar section of his Matthew's Passion.)

V. Ecce homo!
          R. Crucifíge eum!
V. Regem vestrum crucifígam?

          R. Tolle, crucifíge eum!
V. Quid enim mali fecit?
          R. Crucifíge eum!
V. Ecce Rex vester!
          R. Non habémus Regem nisi Cæsarem!
V. Dimíttam illum in Pascha?
          R. Non hunc, sed Bárrabam!
V. Quid fáciam de Jesu?
          R. Tolle, crucifíge eum!
V. Quid enim mali fecit?
          R. Crucifíge eum!
Provided to YouTube by Believe SAS Ecce Homo (Jugement de Pilate) · Ensemble Vocal Contrepoint, Olivier Schneebeli, Véronique Dubois-Archambault, Véronique Dupuy, Malcolm Walker Bouzignac : Motets & scènes sacrées ℗ Arion Released on: 1985-11-15 Author: Guillaume Bouzignac Composer: Guillaume Bouzignac Music Publisher: Arion Auto-generated by YouTube.
Attribution(s): "Bell Tower" (source) via CC BY-SA 4.0.