July 2012 - The Bible as Music

Let mine eyes run down with tears (Jeremiah 14:17-22) – Henry Purcell

Posted on July 29, 2012 Posted in Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)

¹⁷Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

¹⁸If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

¹⁹Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

²⁰We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

²¹Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

²²Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

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Let mine eyes run down with tears (c. 1682), by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Purcell: Let Mine Eyes Run Down with Tears, Z. 24: I. Let Mine Eyes Run Down with Tears

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Performed by Choir of New College, The King’s Consort

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English Church Music, Volume 1: Anthems and Motets by Robert King. Arranged by John Rutter. For SATB choir with keyboard/unaccompanied/basso continuo. Oxford Choral Classics Collections. Sacred, Choral Collection. Vocal score. 384 pages. Published by Oxford University Press

I was glad (Psalm 122:1-3,6-7) – Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

Posted on July 22, 2012 Posted in Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings (1848-1918)

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Psalm 122:1-3,6-7

¹I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

²Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

³Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

⁶Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

⁷Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

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I was glad (1902) by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)

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The processional piece at the start of the marriage ceremony of Prince William and Kate Middleton in Westminster Abbey on Friday April 29, 2011

I Was Glad

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MP3: Parry: I was glad / Edward Higginbottom, The Choir of New College, Oxford / Heritage

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Exaudi orationem meam [Hear my prayer] from Symphony of Psalms (Psalm 39:12-13) – Igor Stravinsky

Posted on July 15, 2012 Posted in Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)

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Psalm 39:12-13 [Latin]

¹²Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

¹³O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

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Exaudi orationem meam, from Symphony of Psalms (1930) by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms (1/3): I. Exaudi orationem meam, Domine