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Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) – Orlando Gibbons

Posted on December 14, 2014 Posted in Gibbons, Orlando (1583-1625)

⁴⁶And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

⁴⁷And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

⁴⁸For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

⁴⁹For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

⁵⁰And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

⁵¹He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

⁵²He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.

⁵³He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

⁵⁴He hath helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;

⁵⁵As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

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Magnificat, from Orlando Gibbons’ (1583-1625) Short Service

Magnificat, from Orlando Gibbons' (1583 - 1625) Short Service

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Performed by St. Andrew’s Schola Cantorum, conducted by Peter Luley

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Magnificat (Short Service)

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Short Service composed by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625). Arranged by Edmund H. Fellowes. For SATB choir, a cappella. Mixed Voices. Tudor Church Music. Sacred, Choral Service. Vocal score. 32 pages. Duration 14′. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193520851).

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When Israel went out of Egypt (Psalm 114:1-8) – Zoltán Kodály

Posted on December 8, 2014 Posted in Kodály, Zoltán (1882-1967)

Psalm 114:1-8

¹ When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

²Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

³The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

⁴The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

⁵What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

⁶Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

⁷Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

⁸Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

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Psalm 114: When Israel went out of Egypt (1952), composed by Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

Kodály Zoltán: 114. genfi zsoltár / Psalm of Genf no. 114

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Performed by Vox Humana Choir of Vác (HUN) conducted by József Maklári; organ: Anasztázia Bednarik

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A 114. genfi zsoltar (Geneva Psalm 114)

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Peace I give to you (John 14:27, 16:33) – Craig Courtney

Posted on November 30, 2014 Posted in Courtney, Craig (b. 1965)

Statue of Jesus giving his blessing, Notre-Dame Cathedral

John 14:27, 16:33

²⁷Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

³³These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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Peace I give to you (2002), composed by Craig Courtney (b. 1965)

Courtney "Peace I leave you" Tess Hartis, Violin