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Photoportrait of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Psalm 40:1-4 [Latin]

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

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.

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.

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)

Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms (2/3): II. Expectans expectavi Dominum

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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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

 

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Heinrich Schütz, c. 1650-1660 (Leipzig), by Christoph Spetner (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Titus 2:11-14 [German]

11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Es ist erschienen die heilsame Gnade Gottes (1648) from  Geistliche Chor-Music by Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

WCC - Kammerchor des KFG Heidelberg - Es ist erschienen die heilsame Gnade Gottes

Performed by Kammerchor des Kurfürst Friedrich Gymnasium Heidelberg, Conductor Werner Glöggler

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Motette Nr.3 aus “Geistliche Chormusik 1648.” Edited by Wilhelm Kamlah. For SATB choir/basso continuo ad lib.. This edition: Stapled, Urtext edition. Basso continuo-vocie see BA 500 67(Organ) und BA 500 86(Cello/Contrabass/Bassoon). Sacred. Level 3. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag. 

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English: English composer 1583 - 1625
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Colossians 3:1-4

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

 If ye be risen again with Christ (pre 1620), by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

[Hamoritai] If ye be risen again with Christ / O. Gibbons

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For SSA Choir, SATB (SSA). Music Sales America. Sacred. 12 pages. Published by Novello & Co Ltd.

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Henry Purcell (Image via Wikipedia)
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Jeremiah 14:17-22

17 Therefore 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.

18 If 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.

19 Hast 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!

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

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

22 Are 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.

 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

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

 

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Hubert Parry (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Psalm 122:1-3,6-7

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

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:

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

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

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


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


The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

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For Double SATB Choir, Organ Accompaniment (SSATTB). Music Sales America. Romantic, Sacred, 20th Century. 12 pages. Published by Novello & Co Ltd. 

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Photoportrait of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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)

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

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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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

 

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Dieric Bouts – Prophet Elijah in the Desert – WGA03015 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Matthew 24:13 [German – though oratorio premiered in English]

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Wer bis an das Ende beharrt [He that shall endure to the end] (chorus) from Elias [Elijah] (1846) by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Elijah: He that shall endure

Performed by Seattle Pro Musica under the direction of the Karen P. Thomas

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For SATB & double SATB quartet solos, SATB choir and piano (SATB). Choral Large Works. Oratorio. Classical Period. Difficulty: medium. Vocal score. Choral notation and piano reduction. 198 pages. G. Schirmer #ED43. Published by G. Schirmer

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Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers (chapter on Mendelssohn)

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

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Psalm 117:1-2 [Latin]

O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord.

Laudate Dominum from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 (1780) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)


Performed by Berliner Philharmoniker, conductor Claudio Abbado, soloist Rachel Harnisch

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Edited by Karl Gustav Fellerer; Felix Schroeder. Arranged by Martin Focke. For soprano voice solo/SATB choir/bassoon/strings/organ. This edition: Stapled, Urtext edition. From the Vesperae solennes de Confessore. Level 3. Piano reduction. K. 339. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

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Copy of a portrait of Claudio Monteverdi by Bernardo Strozzi, hanging in the Gallerie dall’Accademia in Venice (1640). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Psalm 112:1-10 [Latin]

Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in theLord.

His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

 Beatus vir, from Selva Morale e Spirituale (1641) by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)


Performed by New Trinity Baroque, directed from the chamber organ by Predrag Gosta

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European Sacred Music by John Rutter (1945-). Edited by John Rutter. For Mixed Choir. Mixed Voices. Oxford Choral Classics Collections. Sacred, Choral Collection. Choral collection. 384 pages. Published by Oxford University Press

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Gregorio Allegri
Gregorio Allegri (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Psalm 51:1-19 [Latin]

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Miserere mei, Deus (prob. from 1630s) by Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)

Gregorio Allegri: Miserere

Performed by The Choir of Claire College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown

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Arranged by John Rutter. For SSATB choir (unaccompanied), SSAB soloists and piano (for rehearsal only). Mixed Voices. Oxford Choral Classics Octavos. Baroque. Difficulty: medium. Vocal score. Choral notation, piano reduction and introductory text. 24 pages. Duration 12′. Published by Oxford University Press

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