Tag Archives: Psalm 39:12

Jul 15

Exaudi orationem meam [Hear my prayer] from Symphony of Psalms (Psalm 39:12-13) – Igor Stravinsky

Posted on by

 

Photoportrait of , Russian composer.

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)


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

BUY MP3/ALBUM

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

 

Enhanced by Zemanta
Apr 20

Lord, let me know mine end (Psalm 39:4-7,12-13) – Maurice Greene

Posted on by

 

Detail of Maurice Greene; John Hoadly, by Fran...

Detail of Maurice Greene; John Hoadly, by Francis Hayman. See source website for additional information. (Image via Wikipedia)

Psalm 39:4-7,12-13

4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

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.

—

 Lord, let me know mine end (year unknown) by Maurice Greene (1696-1755)


Performed by Bledlow Choir at Southwell Minster

BUY MP3/ALBUM

MP3: Lord let me know mine end; The Choir of Christ’s College

SHEET MUSIC

Arranged by Richard Lyne. For SS solo voices, SATB choir and organ/strings. Church Music Society publications. Published by Oxford University Press

FREE SHEET MUSIC

Choral Public Domain Library

Enhanced by Zemanta