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Visions of the Passion. Light

The titles of these 15 Stations of the Cross are not the traditional ones. Rihards Dubra presents us with a wider and deeper panorama of the Passion story -
The journey begins with Christ's sweat of blood in the garden of Gethsemane, followed by the rising of pure evil, and then its shocking agony at the Cross.
But this pilgrimage concludes not in the darkness of the tomb, but in the Resurrection light.

This is likely the first depiction of the Stations of the Cross for piano solo. Franz Liszt’s Via crucis is sometimes performed only on piano, however, it was intended for singers with accompaniment.

Visions of the Passion. Light is Dubra’s response to Reinis’s commissioning a work connected with Easter themes. It is a concert-length work which follows the traditional Via crucis in Dubra’s deeply personal take. Dubra has chosen moments from Christ’s last 24 hours that offer a wider and deeper regard on these events than what the traditional Stations offer.

These are the fifteen Stations’ titles:

I Gethsemane II Procession of Evil III Confusion IV Blind Hatred V Painfully Muted Patience VI Crowd VII Water of Innocence VIII Road IX Veronica X Steps XI Agony of Evil XII Mother XIII The Ninth Hour XIV Tears of Angels XV Morning

Concert planners interested in this work are welcome to watch its complete performance video. Please contact us for the unlisted link.

All photos on this page by Veronika Lokotko/GORS

The titles of these 15 Stations of the Cross are not the traditional ones. Rihards Dubra presents us with a wider and deeper panorama of the Passion story -

The journey begins with Christ's sweat of blood in the garden of Gethsemane, followed by the rising of pure evil, and then its shocking agony at the Cross.

But this pilgrimage concludes not in the darkness of the tomb, but in the Resurrection light.