A Symphony of Psalms at Holy Trinity Church, London on Wednesday 23rd October 2024

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A Symphony of Psalms

Add to my Calendar 23-10-2024 19:45 23-10-2024 21:45 36 A Symphony of Psalms We present a concert of contrasting psalm settings by composers from the 17th to the 20th Centuries, illustrating the wide variety of themes in the Book of Psalms, from praise and celebration to thanksgiving, prayer, despair and hope. Giovanni Gabrieli took verses from a number of psalms for his lively eight-part anthem Jubilate Deo (Be Joyful in the Lord). He probably wrote it for the Feast of the Ascension, celebrating the marriage of Venice to the sea. Mendelssohn’s Richte mich, Gott (Psalm 43: Judge me, O God) is also for eight parts, with the upper and lower voices often singing alternately. Like as the Hart Desireth the Waterbrooks, a ‘quietly intense’ arrangement by Herbert Howells of three verses from Psalm 42 expressing the psalmist’s longing for God, will be complemented by one of his Psalm Preludes for organ. Elgar’s grand ceremonial anthem Give unto the Lord (Psalm 29) evokes a series of vivid images of the voice of the Lord ruling the natural world. Kodály’s simple setting of Psalm 114 tells how the mountains and hills jumped for joy when the Israelites escaped from slavery in Egypt. Psalm 150, Praise ye the Lord, the very last in the Book of Psalms, is a fervent exhortation to praise God in music and dance. It was set by César Franck in bold, chromatic harmonies and also by Stravinsky in the final movement of his mystical and moving choral Symphony of Psalms. Holy Trinity Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Holy Trinity Church
Sloane Street
Sloane Square
London
SW1X 9BZ
England

Wednesday 23rd October 2024
7:45 PM

Programme

Cesar Franck – Psalm 150
Giovanni Gabrieli – Jubilate Deo
Herbert Howells – Like as the Hart
Felix Mendelssohn – Richte mich, Gott (Psalm 43), Op.78 no.2
Edward Elgar – Give unto the Lord, Op.74
Zoltán Kodály – Psalm 114
Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms

Performers

Mark Forkgen – Conductor
Ben Markovic – organ / piano
Dominika Mak – Piano

London Concert Choir

Programme Note

We present a concert of contrasting psalm settings by composers from the 17th to the 20th Centuries, illustrating the wide variety of themes in the Book of Psalms, from praise and celebration to thanksgiving, prayer, despair and hope.

Giovanni Gabrieli took verses from a number of psalms for his lively eight-part anthem Jubilate Deo (Be Joyful in the Lord). He probably wrote it for the Feast of the Ascension, celebrating the marriage of Venice to the sea. Mendelssohn’s Richte mich, Gott (Psalm 43: Judge me, O God) is also for eight parts, with the upper and lower voices often singing alternately. Like as the Hart Desireth the Waterbrooks, a ‘quietly intense’ arrangement by Herbert Howells of three verses from Psalm 42 expressing the psalmist’s longing for God, will be complemented by one of his Psalm Preludes for organ.

Elgar’s grand ceremonial anthem Give unto the Lord (Psalm 29) evokes a series of vivid images of the voice of the Lord ruling the natural world. Kodály’s simple setting of Psalm 114 tells how the mountains and hills jumped for joy when the Israelites escaped from slavery in Egypt. Psalm 150, Praise ye the Lord, the very last in the Book of Psalms, is a fervent exhortation to praise God in music and dance. It was set by César Franck in bold, chromatic harmonies and also by Stravinsky in the final movement of his mystical and moving choral Symphony of Psalms.

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