Lamentations1 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Lamentations 1:12 [Latin]
12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
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O vos omnes, composed in 1932 by Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
Performed by Gondwana Chorale
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Johann Christoph Bach
15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
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Unsers Herzens Freude hat ein Ende composed by Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)
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English: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), german composer Deutsch: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), deutscher Komponist (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
From the first motet, “Warum ist das Licht gegeben den Mühseligen,” which includes Job 3:20-23; Lamentations 3:41; James 5:11 [German]
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
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Zwei Motetten, Op. 74 (1877 for the first motet, which uses Biblical texts), by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Performed by Sofia Vokalensemble
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George Frideric Handel's autograph manuscript of the title page of Messiah, 1741 (Photo via Wikipedia)
12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
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Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (recitative), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
[Behold, and see if there be any sorrow starts at approximately 1:17:58]
Performed by the Academy of Ancient Music and the Choir of Westminster Abbey, with conductor Christopher Hogwood
Soloist Paul Elliott
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Messiah, Edited by Watkins Shaw, Novello Handel Edition. 257 pages
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