The Fourth Book of Psalms - in Tones and Sounds

The Fourth Book of Psalms - in Tones and Sounds

Programme of the Psalm Concert on Wednesday6 August 20L4
46thInternational fewish-Christian Bible Week, Haus Ohrbeck
The Fourth Book of Psalms- in Tonesand Sounds
Psalm90:12-74
Hem,Iehreuns bedenken
JohannHermannSchein[1586-1630J
No.25 from "lsraelsbrünnlein"
Schein
livedin thecentralGermanregion(Dresden,
Weissenfels,
Weimar)and wasactive
for 74 yearsas thecantor
(StThomas's
of theThomaskirche
Church)in Leipzig.The26 motetsof the"lsraelsbrünnleln"
aremarkedbya
distinctive
combination
of nuancedtextualinterpretation
andexpressive
relationship,
word-and-tone
andthey
represent
someof themostimportantsacredchoralmusicof theEarlyBaroque.
Psalm91
Der du im Schirm des Höchstenruhst
AlonWallach[born 1980)
Work commissioned
by the FrankurtTehillim-Psalms
Projectin November2013
AlonWallach
studiedguitar andcomposition
in HaifaandStuttgartHeleadsthe"Assamblea
Mediterranea"
andis
intensively
involvedwithSephardic
music.For hisarrangement
5/4 timein orderto express
of Psalm91hechose
theinsecurities
andvicissitudes
of humanlife.
Psalm92:t-B
Tovl'hodos I'Adonai
FranzSchubert(7797*7BZB)
D953
Commissioned
bySalomon
Sulzer,Schubert,
whowasdistinguished
by hisdogma-free
approachto religion,set
Psalm92to musicfor thecollectionSchirZion Sulzerwishedto reformliturgicalsynagogue
musicbymeansof the
intraduction
ofpolphonicchoralsingingandorganaccompanimenL
Psalm93
Adonoj moloch
DavidRubin(7837-t922)
from the F'rankfurt"FreimannCollection"
Rubinlivedin Pragueandwastheheadof thecantorialacademy
there.IIe wasalsathechoirdirectorat the"New
(theSpanish
Synagogue)
. ThisPsalmarrangement
comes
SchirejHejchal,
which
JewishTemple"
fram thecoil7Vtion
waswidelyusedthroughoutEuropeandAmerica,
sungbothtn Reformsynagogues
andin concerts.
Psalm94
Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis
Bach[1685-1750)
JohannSebastian
ChoralPreludeto CantataBWV 21
ThisearlyCantatabyJ SBachcameintobeingduringhistimeat theroyalcourtof Weimarandis markedby its
extraordinary
musicaldiversity.Thecontents
depicttheprogress
of a soulfrom mourningandstruggletofaith,
joy.
confidence
anda warld-embracing
Psalm96
CantateDominum canticum novum
VytautasMiSkinis[born 1954)
Bornin Lithuania,thecomposer
themalevoicesa pulsatinglayerof soundin sectians
allocates
of thecomposition
formingaframework,andabovethlsheallowsthefemalevoicesto developthetheme,partlyasa canan.The
meditative
centralsectionisarrangedfor Ouochoralensembles
andis mqrkedbya layeredandcalourfulharmony.
Psalm97:2-3[Vulgate)
Viderunt omnes
P6rotin[approx1150- approx1200J
P|rotinis considered
to bethemostimportantcamposer
of theNotreDameschool.
Hefurtherdeveloped
thetwovoicedstructureof hispredecessor
Löoninintoafour-parcpolyphony.
Therhythmicfreedomof platnchant
was
infavourof a modalrhythmderived
sacrificed
Antique
metrical
standards.
from
Psalm98
The Lord is king, Iet the earth reioice
DavidHurd [born 1950J
Chantin 5 voicesfrom the AnglicanChantPsalter,\987
In theAnglicantraditionthePsalms
polyphanic
aresungaccording
to seriesof repeating
chordsequences.
Mostly
thereisa structureoffour shortsections,
permits
whose
repetition
deepmeditative
a
immersion
in the
frequent
Psalmtext,
Psalm99:1-3
Or est maintenant I'Eternel regnant
JanPieterszoonSweelinck (7562-7621)
No.32 from the "Livre Quatriesiemeet Conclusionnal
desPsaumesde David"
Themulti-voice
arrangement
of aIIof the Psalms
onthebasisof theFrenchversionof thetextscontq.ined
in the
Psalteris withouta daubtSweelfnckb
Geneva
magnumopus.TheRefarmer
Calvinwasresponsible
for bringing
aboutthislyricalre-workingof all of thePsalmtexts.Accompanied
bymelodies,
the Psalms
Psalterin
of theGeneva
duecourse
Hymnal
formedtheReformed
Psalm100:1-5
Mizmor letoda: Hari'u I'Adonai, kol ha-aretz
Salomone
Rossi[approx1570- approx1630)
Rossi,
wllocame
to thecourtofMantua.
Besides
from anltalianJewish
family,wasthemasterof musicandcomposer
instramental
music,
healsowrotechoralmusic
(Haamongst,
otherthingsthe"Songs
ofSolomon"
for thesynagogue,
ShirimasherliShlomo).BaronEdmond
deRothschild
collected
all of Rossi's
20Ayearsafierthisdeath.
compositions
Psalm102
Domine,exaudi orationem meam
0rlandoLasso
from "PsalmiDavidisPoenitentiales"
Nextto Palestrina,
Lassowasoneof themostsignificantcomposers
of thre
High Renaissance,
andlivedin the
Netherlands,
Rome
andMunich.ThesevenPenitential
PsalmMotetswerecomposedfor
DukeAlbe*V of Bavaria.
Lasso
chosetheB traditionalliturgicalmodes
as hisoverarching
ideaandattachedan additionaltextto Psalm1"48.
Psalm105:1-4,6-12,47 -48
Alleluia! Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus
Clemens
Garbe[born t976)
Firstperformance
Clemens
Garbe
isa self-taught
years.His
musician
whohasbeensingingin various
choirsandensembles
for several
periods
encounter
wifhchoralmusicof themostvaried
andstylesinspired
thiscomposition.
TheAlleluialeitmotivrecurs
thraughoutthe
quotations
workandcombines
contemporary
choralmusicwith
Baroque
andelements
ofpapmusic.
Ensemblemembers
The EnsernbleQuintstärke [frorn Hamburg)is madeup of
NatalieKopp,soprano- DanielLager,alto - RüdigerBültmann,tenor UlrichBildstein,baritone- Clemens
Garbe,bass
Bettina Strübel [piapo,voice,programmeconception)