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Choral masterpieces
Choirs from Handel's coronation anthem to Ligeti's cloud of voices: masses, requiems and psalms, 1727 to 1966.
Handel → Mozart → Brahms → Verdi → Fauré → Orff → Messiaen → Bernstein → Ligeti
Chichester Psalms
This guide follows Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms (1965) in three parts: Maestoso ma energico – Allegro molto (Psalm 108:2 / Psalm 100), Andante con moto, ma tranquillo – Allegro feroce (Psalm 23 / Psalm 2) and Prelude. Sostenuto molto – Peacefully flowing (Psalm 131 / Psalm 133:1) (ternary form).
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- I ma – ( 108:2 / 100)
- II , ma – ( 23 / 2)
- IIIPrelude. – Peacefully flowing ( 131 / 133:1)
I ma – ( 108:2 / 100)0:07–3:37
The rings like clanging bells, with chords full of sevenths, as a call to awaken. The (A) sets 100 as a lively dance in 7/4, counted 2+2+3. Contrasting sections (B, B′ and C) follow, and the dance twice. Near the end, in the , strings, staccato brass and delicate percussion lead to a last choral . The closes on 'Ki tov Adonai', the seventh from the .
- A
II , ma – ( 23 / 2)3:45–9:18
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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