Category: Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)

 

Genesis 11:1-9

¹ And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

² And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

³ And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

⁴ And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

⁵ And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

⁶ And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

⁷ Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.

⁸ So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

⁹ Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lordscatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

—

Babel, for narrator, choir and orchestra (composed in 1944) by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). Part of The Genesis Suite, which was commissioned by Nathaniel Shilkret and was premiered on Nov. 18, 1945.

Performed by David Wilson-Johnson, Simon Joly Chorale, Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Robert Craft

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MP3: Babel / Igor Stravinsky / Robert Craft / Naxos

SHEET MUSIC

Babel. (Kantate nach Moses I, 11, 1-9). For narrator, TTBB choir and orchestra. Text language: English – German. Composed 1944. 20 pages. Duration 7 minutes. Published by Schott Music

 

Psalm 150:1-6 [Latin]

¹ Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

² Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

³ Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

⁴ Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

⁵ Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

⁶ Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.

—

Alleluia, Laudate Dominum in sanctis Ejus, from Symphony of Psalms (1930) by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Performed by Yale Symphony Orchestra and Yale Glee Club conducted by Toshiyuki Shimada at Yale University, Woolsey Hall in New Haven CT

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MP3: Symphony of Psalms – Alleluia, Laudate Dominum / Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky / CBS Records Masterworks

SHEET MUSIC

Edited by Soulima Stravinsky. Vocal Score. BH Large Choral. 40 pages. Published by Boosey & Hawkes

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The Gift of Music: Great Composers and Their Influence (chapter on Stravinsky)

AUDIO: first recording of work, in 1931, with Stravinsky conducting Orchestre des Concerts Straram, Alexis Vlassoff Chorus

 

 

Psalm 40:1-4 [Latin]

¹ I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

² He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

³ And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

⁴ Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

—

Expectans expectavi Dominum, from Symphony of Psalms (1930) by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Performed by Yale Symphony Orchestra and Yale Glee Club conducted by Toshiyuki Shimada at Yale University, Woolsey Hall in New Haven CT

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MP3: Symphony of Psalms – Expectans expectavi Dominum / Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky / CBS Records Masterworks

SHEET MUSIC

Edited by Soulima Stravinsky. Vocal Score. BH Large Choral. 40 pages. Published by Boosey & Hawkes

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The Gift of Music: Great Composers and Their Influence (chapter on Stravinsky)

AUDIO: first recording of work, in 1931, with Stravinsky conducting Orchestre des Concerts Straram, Alexis Vlassoff Chorus

 

 

Psalm 39:12-13 [Latin]

¹² Hear 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.

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

—

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

Performed by Yale Symphony Orchestra and Yale Glee Club conducted by Toshiyuki Shimada at Yale University, Woolsey Hall in New Haven CT

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MP3: Symphony of Psalms / Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky / CBS Records Masterworks

SHEET MUSIC

Edited by Soulima Stravinsky. Vocal Score. BH Large Choral. 40 pages. Published by Boosey & Hawkes

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The Gift of Music: Great Composers and Their Influence (chapter on Stravinsky)

Audio of first recording of work, in 1931, with Stravinsky conducting Orchestre des Concerts Straram, Alexis Vlassoff Chorus