Ad te levavi animam meam (Psalm 25:1-3) – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Posted on July 8, 2022 Posted in Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525-1594) Verses 1 to 7a of Psalm 25 (Psalmus 24) in the 12th-century St. Albans Psalte Psalm 25:1-3a [Latin] 1 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. Ad te levavi animam meam, Deus meus, in te confido: non erubescam neque irrideant me inimici mei. Etenim universi qui te expectant non confundentur. Ad te levavi animam meam (1593), from Offertoria totius anni, no. 1; composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) Ad te levavi (Palestrina)Watch this video on YouTube Performed by The Gesualdo Six, directed by Owain Park FREE SHEET MUSIC: Choral Public Domain Library
Dirigatur oratio mea (Psalm 141:2) – Gregorian chant Posted on July 7, 2022 Posted in Chant Graduale – Dirigatur oratio mea Psalm 141:2 [Latin] 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Dirigatur oratio mea sicut incensum in conspectu tuo, Domine. Elevatio manuum mearum sacrificium vespertinum. Graduale – Dirigatur oratio mea Dirigatur oratio mea (GR) Choeur grégorien de ParisWatch this video on YouTube Performed by Choeur grégorien de Paris FREE SHEET MUSIC Liber Usualis (1962) – p. 1060 [pdf]
Si ambulem in medio umbrae mortis (Psalm 23:4) – Jean Richafort Posted on July 6, 2022 Posted in Richafort, Jean (c.1480-c.1547) Psalm 23, Dead Sea Scrolls Psalm 23:4 [Latin] 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Si ambulem in medio umbrae mortis, from Missa pro defunctis (1532) in Viginti missarum musicalium, composed by Jean Richafort (c. 1480 – c.1547) Requiem [in memoriam Josquin Desprez] à 6 voix: III. Graduale - Si ambulemWatch this video on YouTube Performed by Huelgas-Ensemble, Conductor: Paul Van Nevel FREE SHEET MUSIC Choral Public Domain Library
Os justi meditabitur [The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom] (Psalm 37:30-31,1) – Gregorian chant Posted on July 5, 2022 Posted in Chant Os justi meditabitur, Gregorian chant excerpt as it appears in Liber Usualis (1961) Psalm 37:30, 31a, 1 [Latin] 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. 1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. Os justi meditabitur, Gregorian chant from Liber Usualis (p. 1200) [pdf] – Introit for the Common of a Confessor not a Bishop. Os Justi Meditabitur (Confessor not a Bishop, Introit)Watch this video on YouTube Sung by the Coro Gregoriano De Lisboa FREE SHEET MUSIC Liber Usualis (p. 1200-1201) [pdf]