24 This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
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Haec dies (1591) by William Byrd (c.1540-1623)
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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.
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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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Psalm 31:5 [Latin: Psalmi 30:6]
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
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In manus tuas (I) by John Sheppard (1515-1558)
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Psalm 121:1-8 [anonymous metrical text version used for Byrd’s music]
1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
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Unto the hills mine eyes I lift (from Songs of Sundrie Natures, 1589) by William Byrd (1540-1623)
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2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
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Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile (motet for four voices, 1570) by Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
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30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just.
31 The law of his God is in his heart; and his feet do not falter. Alleluia
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Os justi meditabitur (Lydian motet, 1879) by Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
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1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
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Beati quorum via (1889) by Charles V. Stanford (1852-1924)
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1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
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Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget, No. 43, Choir, from Paulus, Op. 36 (1836) by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
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19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
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Stetit Iesus (from Opus Musicum III, 1587) by Jacobus Gallus Carniolus (a.k.a. Jacob(us) Handl, Jacob(us) Händl, Jacob(us) Gallus; Slovenian Jakob Petelin Kranjski) (1550-1591)
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1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.
4 The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,
6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.
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Laudate pueri, from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K.339 (1780) by W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
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