12 150 Celebration of Life Tue 3 Mar 2020, 8pm, Adelaide Town Hall

Netherlands Chamber Choir with The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir, The Tallis Scholars & The Song Company Peter Dijkstra, conductor Anthony Hunt, organ

Introduction by Kerry O’Brien

Andreas Hammerschmidt (ca.1611-1675) , Machet die Tore weit

Caroline Shaw (b. 1982) , and the swallow (Australian premiere)

Chiara Maria Cozzolani (1602-1678) , Dixit Dominus

Alessandro Costantini (ca.1581-1657) , Confitemini Domino

Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634) , Omnes gentes plaudite

Urmas Sisask (b. 1960) , Confitemini Domino

Zoltan Kodály (1882-1967) , Az erős Isten

Vic Nees (1936-2013) , Fundamenta ejus

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) , O give thanks

Jakob Gallus (1550-1591) , Laudate Dominum

Ruggiero Giovannelli (ca.1560-1625) , Cantate Domino

Jan Tollius (ca.1550-1620?) , Sicut fluit cera

Isidora Žebeljan (1967) (Australian premiere)

Aleksandr Gretchaninov (1864-1956) , Praise the Name of the Lord

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) , Exultate Deo

Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585) Spem in Alium

Presenting Partner Netherlands Chamber Choir is supported by the Performing Arts Fund NL The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir is supported by Music Norway and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Supported by Amnesty International Commissioned works supported by the Commissioning Circle death rate in the hundreds of thousands. 26 billionaires have the same wealth as the Kerry O’Brien, speaker poorest 3.8 billion. The slow drip erosion of press freedom and fundamental human rights under the One Australian study has found that Kerry O’Brien is one of Australia’s most respected brittle and secretive banner of national income inequalities are greater now than journalists, with six Walkley awards including the Gold security, with the prosecution of Julian at any other time in the past 70 years. Walkley and the Walkley for outstanding leadership in Assange as the latest manifestation of Examples are depressingly commonplace journalism. In a career spanning more than fifty years, that. of corporate power now hopelessly out Kerry has worked for newspapers, television, a wire of sync with any idea of fairness or equity service, and as a foreign correspondent. At the ABC he The wilful chopping down of prime and with declining corporate respect for cut his teeth on the trail-blazing current affairs programs ministers by both mainstream parties in the laws of the land. The extent of chronic This Day Tonight and Four Corners. He was the inaugural Australia, changing their leaders as they wage underpayment by some of this presenter of Lateline for six years, the editor and presenter would change their socks, mostly for their country’s biggest companies or worse, of 7.30 for fifteen years, and the presenter of Four Corners own self-interest rather than for the good wage fraud, is in the many hundreds of for five. His acclaimed four-part interview series with Paul of the nation. millions of dollars. Keating was broadcast on the ABC in 2013, followed by his best-selling book, Keating, published in 2015. The rise of Trump and the retreat of Australia is now in the grip of stagnating democracy. The drift into a pre-fascist wages for most workers as executive age. The accompanying decline of quality salaries continue to soar. Recent figures on journalism and the dangerous distortion salaries in Australia showed a rise of 12.4 Programme note by Alan John and manipulation of information in the percent for the top 100 chief executives age of social media and algorithms by while average weekly earnings for workers individuals, by political outliers, even by across Australia rose by an average of 2.4 I would like first to acknowledge that the another self-indulgent and ultimately futile nations, including serious interference in per cent. Two per cent of an average wage land we meet on today is the traditional leadership challenge while the country elections. The ever-growing power of the of $80,000 a year is $1600. Twelve per land of the Kaurna—Corna--people burned. Blatant pork barrelling on a grand Googles and Amazons and Apples and cent of a million dollar executive salary is and also acknowledge their spiritual scale of political corruption, using many Facebooks and their intrusions on our $120,000. So with each year the disparity relationship with this country. I would millions in public money to help win an privacy, seemingly beyond the control of is not addressed, the gap between the rich also like to pay my respects to Elders election. And now a wildly unpredictable sovereign democratic nations. and the rest will just widen. past, present and emerging. pandemic claiming 3,000 deaths from 90,000 cases so far, with the scope to The ossification and poisonous It’s a sobering fact to contemplate in When I mentioned to my wife the other day cause havoc and knock economies around polarisation of our two-party system and a society as prosperous as ours, that that I was struggling a bit with my thoughts the world for six. its repeated failure to produce real leaders. there are now three million people out for this final night of the remarkable 150 The increasing dominance of powerful of 25 million living below the poverty Psalms project, she asked what the theme Even the psalms tonight have their share vested interests distorting and corrupting line, including 730,000 children. And this was. of plague and pestilence and wars and the political process, and the great after 28 years without a job-destroying threats of the wrath of God. So forgive me failures of policy and broken promises that recession—defying economic gravity. A celebration of life, I said. Something in advance for what I have to say, before I have seen the most corrosive cynicism Common sense combined with a optimistic. She just looked at me and said: look for a hopeful note. and disillusionment embedded deep into knowledge of history tells us that this You are exactly the wrong person to do the grain of society. way lies the road to social dysfunction, that. I used to think of myself as naturally disharmony, political upheaval, and optimistic. The growing gap between rich and ultimately to authoritarianism. She was right as always, although she did poor is another failure with long term There is the shameful failure in this grudgingly concede that there hasn’t been But increasingly over the past 15 years or ramifications, despite a new and growing country over the past 20 years to achieve a lot to celebrate so far this year. The awful so I have gradually become less and less middle class in developing countries, in a meaningful reconciliation with First impact of the bushfires raging up and so. The criminal madness of the Iraq War, which the richest 85 people on the globe, Australians who were savagely colonised down the east coast of the continent with which Australia signed up to, not for any who between them could squeeze into and dispossessed 250 years ago and the double whammy of an absentee prime moral reason but to cuddle up to America. a double-decker bus, control as much whose ancient civilisation has been so minister. The junior party in government, The end result? Terrorisn flourishing rather wealth as the poorest half of the global disrespected and largely ignored. the Nationals, tearing itself apart in than terrorism defeated, and a long-term population put together. Oxfam now says And then of course there is what many In a world that has never stopped changing courage and the imagination as well as are not an innately criminal people. Our would regard as the biggest failure of the since the dawn of time, one thing has never the sadness. It’s a text I read, somewhat children are aliened from their families past 40 years: the failure to credibly and changed, and that is human nature. We self-consciously as a non-Indigenous at unprecedented rates. This cannot be effectively address climate change—not have to live with our follies and our failures, person, at every opportunity to as wide an because we have no love for them. And only the biggest moral issue of our lifetime and our meek submission to the global audience as possible, and would appeal to our youth languish in detention in obscene but the biggest challenge to our very marketing hucksters and carpetbaggers you all to do the same. numbers. They should be our hope for the existence. of the internet age, and shake our heads at future. our incapacity to learn from history. THE ULURU STATEMENT FROM THE We are also in the eye of a digital storm HEART These dimensions of our crisis tell plainly which, as we speak, is changing the But history also tells us something about the structural nature of our problem. This ground rules for the way we will live into the extraordinary courage and resilience of We, gathered at the 2017 National is the torment of our powerlessness. the future. It’s bringing massive benefits the human spirit we are capable of finding Constitutional Convention, coming from and advantages, but also throwing up great within us, about our capacity to seek and all points of the southern sky, make this We seek constitutional reforms to social, political and economic challenges find inspiration, to nurture each other and statement from the heart: empower our people and take a rightful at a rate and intensity of change like we’ve respond generously when some of us place in our own country. When we have never experienced before in human history. go down—the communities hit by those Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander power over our destiny our children will The future of work and the changing devastating bushfires, the latest example. tribes were the first sovereign Nations of flourish. They will walk in two worlds and nature of work are just one of those The capacity for human imagination to the Australian continent and its adjacent their culture will be a gift to their country. challenges, about which we hear very little soar, and out of all the complexity to find islands, and possessed it under our own We call for the establishment of a of substance from our political leaders. a way through. The only thing that makes laws and customs. This our ancestors First Nations Voice enshrined in the Is it any wonder that we are raising a sense to me in compiling my list of woes did, according to the reckoning of our Constitution. generation of the anxious? Anxiety that is tonight is not to drown in pessimism but culture, from the Creation, according to the just as infectious as any strain of influenza. to look for the way out. And the way out common law from ‘time immemorial’, and Makarrata is the culmination of our And that throws up another question. How ultimately lies with us. We don’t have to according to science more than 60,000 agenda: the coming together after a do we assess this nation’s mental health accept second best. years ago. struggle. It captures our aspirations for and government’s commitment to deal a fair and truthful relationship with the with that? This sovereignty is a spiritual notion: people of Australia and a better future for the ancestral tie between the land, or our children based on justice and self- People need hopefulness; a sound We’re here tonight to glory in the human ‘mother nature’, and the Aboriginal and determination. basis for hope, which is a very different voice raised in great harmony. Songs Torres Strait Islander peoples who were proposition to having faith. My parents reflecting the human condition, with its born therefrom, remain attached thereto, We seek a Makarrata Commission to lived through the great depression and fears and hopes 3,000 years ago. and must one day return thither to be supervise a process of agreement-making two world wars, one of which produced united with our ancestors. This link is between governments and First Nations the greatest genocide in human history, But there is one other great harmony the basis of the ownership of the soil, or and truth-telling about our history. but they and their generation still emerged that I want to leave you with, and it’s the better, of sovereignty. It has never been with a great deal of hope, and raised their accumulated voices of 250 Australians— ceded or extinguished, and co-exists with In 1967 we were counted, in 2017 we seek families to reflect that hope. First Australians—speaking on behalf of the sovereignty of the Crown. to be heard. We leave base camp and start the oldest surviving civilisation on the face our trek across this vast country. We invite Today, we also have a right to feel hope, of the earth, 20 times more ancient than How could it be otherwise? That peoples you to walk with us in a movement of the but like my parents’ generation, we those who wrote the psalms. Speaking possessed a land for sixty millennia and Australian people for a better future. have to earn that right. And earn it in on behalf of Indigenous communities this sacred link disappears from world the knowledge that humanity has now across Australia, they delivered perhaps history in merely the last two hundred Thank you, and enjoy the night. created—along with all the immense the most eloquent political statement years? benefits we enjoy, including the in this country’s history. The Uluru expectation of a longer life--the tools Statement from the Heart. After 50 years With substantive constitutional change by which we can destroy the whole of of journalism, bearing witness to the best and structural reform, we believe this civilisation. Nuclear weapons and human- and worst of humanity, this is the kind of ancient sovereignty can shine through as a caused carbon emissions. And there is the milestone moment that gives me cause fuller expression of Australia’s nationhood. great paradox of humanity. to celebrate life; to see the beauty and Proportionally, we are the most the hope and the inspiration and the incarcerated people on the planet. We Programme note by Alan John

And so we hit the final stretch of this Apt then that the program sandwiches huge undertaking. An inappropriate time young American composer Caroline Andreas Hammerschmidt (ca.1611-1675) Psalm 24, Machet die Tore weit to call into question the whole premise Shaw’s setting of the achingly beautiful of grouping these lyrics according to poem about refugees that is Psalm 84 themes, but nonetheless things are never between two compositions from the 7. Machet die Tore weit und die Türen in der Welt 7. You gates, lift your heads and be uplifted, you straightforward with the psalms. How opposing camps of the Thirty Years hoch, everlasting portals, uplifting to take you out on a blast of War - that 17th century bloodbath in daß der König der Ehren einziehe. so that the King of Glory may enter. unfettered jubilation for the miracle that the name of God that is often invoked 8. Wer ist der selbige König der Ehren? 8. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord, who is is life? But in reality, these texts are also to describe sectarian conflict today. Es ist der Herr, stark und mächtig im Streit. strong and mighty, peppered with celebrations of death and Hammerschmidt’s uncomplicated style 9. Machet die Tore weit und die Türen in der Welt the Lord who is a mighty warrior. destruction: “The Lord who is a mighty made him the darling of the Protestant hoch! 9. You gates, lift your heads and lift up, you warrior” invites the King of Israel to “sit at forces while Benedictine nun Chiara Gelobet sei, der da kommt im Namen des everlasting portals, my right hand until I make thine enemies Maria Cozzolani weathered the war Herren. so that the King of Glory may enter. And the King thy footstool”. He who “smote Egypt with in her convent, writing sophisticated Matthäus 21:9 Hosianna dem Sohne in of Glory shall come in. their first-born” will “fill the places with sacred works in the modish stile der Höhe. Mattthew 21:9 Hosanna to the Son of . dead bodies” and “wound the heads over concitato, the perceived excesses of many countries”. Even in the cheerful which caused Palestrina’s successor in sounding Omnes gentes plaudit (the only Rome, Giovannelli to give up composing Caroline Shaw (b. 1982) Psalm 84, and the swallow (Australian premiere) psalm that became a Gershwin hit made altogether. famous by Fred Astaire!) God promises the Kodály’s extraordinary Psalm 50 dates faithful that He’ll “subdue the people under from 1948, surely a year warranting an 2. how beloved is your dwelling place us and the nations under our feet.” unambiguous celebratory tone given that 3. my soul yearns, faints Europe had so recently emerged my heart and my flesh cry out 7. they pass through the valley of bakka they make it a place of springs selah the autumn rains also cover it with pools

4. the sparrow finds a house selah ABC Classic will record this concert for delayed broadcast on Wed 25 Mar at 8pm and the swallow her nest Or to stream it on-line visit abc.net.au/classic where she may hold her young Chiara Maria Cozzolani (1602-1678) Psalm 110, Dixit Dominus Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634) Psalm 47, Omnes gentes plaudite

2. Omnes gentes plaudite manibus: 2. O clap your hands, all ye people! 1. Dixit Dominus Domino meo: 1. The Lord said unto my Lord, jubilate Deo in voce exultationis. Shout unto God with the voice of triumph! sede a dextris meis, ‘Sit thou at my right hand, donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum until I make thine enemies thy footstool.’ 3. Quoniam Dominus rex magnus terribilis: 3. For the Lord Most High is to be feared; tuorum. rex magnus super omnem terram. He is a great king over all the earth. 4. Subjecit populos nobis 4. He shall subdue the people under us, doxology et gentes sub pedibus nostris. and the nations under our feet. Gloria Patri, gloria. Glory to the Father, 5. Elegit Deus haereditatem suam; 5. He shall choose our inheritance for us, Sicut erat in principio. as it was in the beginning. speciem quem dilexit. the excellency of Jacob whom He loved. 2. Virgam virtutis tuae emittet Dominus ex Sion: 2. The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out 6. Ascendit Deus in jubilo: 6. God has gone up with a shout, dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum. of . Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies! et Dominus in voce tubae. the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 3. Tecum principium in die virtutis tuae 3. Thy people shall be willing in splendoribus sanctorum: in the day of thy power; in the beauties of ex utero ante luciferum genui te. holiness, from the womb of the morning; thou hast the dew of thy youth. Urmas Sisask (1960) Psalm 105, Confitemini Domino doxology Gloria Filio, gloria. Glory to the Son, Et nunc et semper. both now and always. (Gloria Patri.) Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, 4. Iuravit Dominus, et non penitebit eum: 4. The Lord hath sworn and will not repent: quoniam in saeculum misericordia ejus. Tu es sacerdos in aeternum, “Thou art a priest for ever, (Gloria Patri.) secundum ordinem Melchisedech. after the order of Melchizedek.” doxology Zoltan Kodály (1882-1967) 50. genfi zsoltár, Az erős Isten Gloria Spiritui Sancto, gloria. Glory to the Holy Spirit, In saecula saeculorum. unto the ages of ages. 1. Az erős Isten uraknak ura 1. The mighty God, the Lord of lords 5. Dominus a dextris tuis confregit 5. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike Szólal s e földet mind előhívja Has spoken, and summoned all the earth, in die irae suae reges. through kings in the day of his wrath. Támadatról és napenyészetről, From the rising [of the sun] to its going down, 6. Iudicabit in nationibus, implebit ruinas: 6. He shall judge among the heathen, He shall fill Nagy szépséggel a Sion hegyéről From Mt. Zion, of great beauty, conquassabit capita in terra multorum. the places with dead bodies, Eljő az Isten ő fényességében, God will come, and will shine forth, He shall wound the heads over many countries. Semmit el nem hágy ő ítéletében. And He will not fail to bring judgement. 7. De torrente in via bibet, 7. He shall drink of the brook on the way; propterea exaltabit caput. therefore shall he lift up the head. 2. Mégyen előtte megemésztő tűz 2. A fire devours before Him, Nagy forgó szélvész lészen körűle And a tempest blows about Him. doxology Hívja a földet s a fényes eget, He calls the heavens and the earth Gloria Patri, gloria Filio, gloria Spiritui Sancto. Glory to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Hogy megítéljen minden népeket, To judge all the people, In saecula saeculorum. unto the ages of ages. Mondván a híveket ide gyűjtsétek. Saying „Gather here all the faithful ones, . Amen. Kik áldozattal vették kötésemet. Who by sacrifice struck a convenant with me.”

3. Ő igazságát hirdeti az ég, 3. The heavens proclaim His righteousness, Mert igaz bíró igazat itél. For God Himself is the true judge. Én népem hallgasd meg szólok néked, „Hear, my people, what I tell you, Izrael, ezt jól eszedben vegyed: O Israel, remember well: Én neked Urad és Istened vagyok, I am your Lord and God, Áldozatiddal keveset gondolok. Giving little thought to sacrifices. Alessandro Costantini (ca.1581-1657) Psalm 136 4. Égő áldozatid ím előttem, 4. Your burnt offerings are [always] before me. Ökridet házadból én nem kértem, The Ox from your house I do not ask for, Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, 1. Praise ye the Lord, for He is good, Aklodból bárányt én nem kívánok, Nor do I want your lamb. quoniam in saeculum misericordia ejus, for His mercy endureth for ever. Mert minden állatokkal én bírok, For all animals are mine to command; Alleluja. Alleluja. Hegyen, völgyön, erdőkön a vadakat The beast of the hills, valleys and forests Ismerem és bírom a madarakat. Obey me, and also the birds. 6. Szükségben tőlem segítséget kérj, 6. Call on me when you need help, Én megsegítlek, hogy engem dicsérj! I will be your aid, and you will praise me!” Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Psalm 106, O give thanks Mond a gonsoznak az örök Isten: [But] to the wicked the eternal God says: Nyelevedre vészed ugyan törvényem, “By what right do you declare my statues, Kötésem vallod képmutató szájjal, Or with a hypocritical mouth, confess my cove- 1. O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gra- O visit me with Thy salvation; Ám gyűlöld és megveted igémet. nant, For which you have only hatred and scorn? cious: 5. That I may see the felicity of Thy chosen: and His mercy endureth for ever. and rejoice in the gladness of Thy people, 7. És mikoron te látod a lopót, 7. And when you see a thief 2. Who can express the noble acts of the Lord: and give thanks with Thine inheritance. Egygyütt futsz véle, dolgát javallod, You run with him, taking his advice. or shew forth all His praise? 48. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel A paráznákkal örömest mulatsz, You associate with adulterers gladly, 4. Remember me, O Lord, according to the from everlasting and world without end: Rút társaságnak gyakran helyet adsz, And you frequent their hideous company. favour and let all the people say, Amen Nem nyugszi, váltig rágalmazó nyelved, Your tongue does not rest from slander, that Thou bearest unto Thy people: Szájaddal szerzesz sok háborúságot. And your mouth is the author of much hostility.

8. Öszszeülsz vélek rágalmazásra, 8. You sit together defaming Felebarátod gyalázására. And abusing your neighbors [brothers]. Jakob Gallus (1550-1591) Psalm 150, Laudate Dominum Ezt műveled, de én csak hallgatok. This you do, but I just listen. Azt véled, én is csak olyan vagyok, So you think I am even Mint szintén te, de téged előveszlek, Just as you are, but I will hold you 1. Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius; 1. Praise ye the Lord! Praise God in His sanctu- Számadás napján bűnödről megfeddlek. to account; on that day I will reproach you. laudate eum in firmamento virtutis eius. ary; 2. Laudate eum in virtutibus eius; praise Him in the firmament of His power! 9. Hallgassatok meg minden emberek, 9. Listen to me, everyone, laudate eum secundum multitudinem magnitu- 2. Praise Him for His mighty acts; Kik az Istenről elfeledkeztek. You who have forgotten God, dinis eius. praise Him according to His excellent greatness! Hogy el ne rántsalak mentség nélkül! Lest seize hold of you, leaving you without a 3. Laudate eum in sono tubae; 3. Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; Az ki hálát ad, engem az becsül! plea! laudate eum in psalterio et cithara. praise Him with the psaltery and harp! Mond az Úr Isten: Az ki jár ez úton The one who, out of gratitude, honors me,” 4. Laudate eum in tympano et choro; 4. Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Nincs semmi kétség, kíséri áldásom. Says the Lord God: “he will walk on the way, laudate eum in chordis et organo. praise Him with stringed instruments and There can be no doubt, the way of blessings.” 5. Laudate eum in cymbalis benesonantibus; organs! laudate eum in cymbalis jubilationis. 5. Praise Him upon the loud cymbals; 6. Omnis spiritus laudet Dominum. praise Him upon the high sounding cymbals! Hungarian versification by Albert Szenci Molnár (1607) based on the original French versification by 6. Let everything that hath breath praise the Clement Marot and the German version by Ambrosius Lobwasser, with emendations by Lord! Zoltán Kodály (1948). Translation by Timothy H. Steele. Exploring Christian Song, Lexington Books 2017 Ruggiero Giovannelli (ca.1560-1625) Psalm 149, Cantate Domino

Vic Nees (1936-2013) Psalm 87, Fundamenta ejus 1. Cantate Domino canticum novum; 1. Sing to the Lord a new song; laus ejus in ecclesia sanctorum. His praise is in the congregation of the pious. 2. Laetetur Israël in eo, qui fecit eum, 2. Israel will rejoice with its Maker; et filii Sion exsultent in rege suo. the children of Zion will exult with their King. 3. Laudent nomen ejus in choro; 3. They will praise His name in dance; 1. Fundamenta ejus in montibus sanctis; 1. His foundation is on the mountains of the in tympano, et psalterio psallant ei. with timbrel and harp they will play music to Him. Sanctuary. 4. Quia beneplacitum est Domino in populo suo, 4. For the Lord takes delight in His people; 2. diligit Dominus portas Sion 2. The Lord loves the gates of Zion et exaltabit mansuetos in salutem. He lauds the humble with salvation. super omnia tabernacula Jacob. more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3. Gloriosa dicta sunt de te, civitas Dei! 3. Glorious things are said about you, the city of God, forever. 4. Memor ero Rahab et Babylonis, scientium me; 4. I will remind Rahab and Babylon of My beloved ecce alienigenae, et Tyrus, et populus Aethio- ones. Jan Tollius (ca.1550-1620?) Psalm 68, Sicut fluit cera pum, hi fuerunt illic. Behold Philistia and Tyre with Cush, ‘This one was born there.’ 3. Sicut fluit cera a facie ignis, 3. As wax melteth before the fire, 6. Dominus narrabit in scripturis populorum et 6. When the Lord counts in the script of the sic pereant peccatores a facie Dei. so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. principum, peoples forever, 4. Et justi epulentur, et exsultent in conspectu 4. But let the righteous be glad, let them rejoice horum qui fuerunt in ea. He will say, ‘This one was born there.’ Dei, before God; et delectentur in laetitia. yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. Isidora Žebeljan (1967) Psalm 78 (Australian premiere)

37. O coração deles não era sincero; 37. Their hearts were not loyal to Him, não foram fiéis à sua aliança. they were not faithful to His covenant. 38. Contudo, ele foi misericordioso; 38. Yet He was merciful; He forgave their perdoou-lhes as maldade se não os destruiu. iniquities and did not destroy them. Vez após vez conteve a sua ira, Time after time He restrained his anger sem despertá-la totalmente. and did not stir up His full wrath. 39. Lembrou-se de que eram meros mortais, 39. He remembered that they were but flesh, brisa passageira que não retorna. a passing breeze that does not return.

Aleksandr Gretchaninov (1864-1956) Psalm 135, Praise the Name of the Lord

1. Хвалите имя Господне, 1. ! Praise the Name of the Lord; хвалите, рабы Господни. give praise, you servants of the Lord. 21. Благословен Господь от Сиона, 21. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, живущий в Иерусалиме! Аллилуия! who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah! (psalm 136:1) Славьте Господа, ибо Он благ, 136:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, ибо вовек милость Его for His mercy endures for ever. (psalm 136:26) Славьте Бога небес, 136:26 Give thanks to the God of heaven, ибо вовек милость Его for His mercy endures for ever.

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Psalm 81, Exultate Deo

2. Exultate Deo adjutori nostro; 2. Sing aloud unto God our strength; jubilate Deo Jacob. make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 3. Sumite psalmum, et date tympanum; 3. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, psalterium jucundum cum cithara. the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 4. Buccinate in neomenia tuba, 4. Blow the trumpet in the new moon, in insigni die solemnitatis nostræ: at the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505-1585) Spem in alium

The Netherlands Chamber Choir with The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir, The Tallis Scholars and The Song Company

Spem in alium, nunquam habui I have never placed my hope Praeter in te, Deus Israel, In any other than you, God of Israel, Qui irasceris, et propitius eris, Who can show both anger and graciousness Et omnia peccata hominum And absolve all the sins In tribulatione dimittis. of suffering man. Domine Deus, Creator caeli et terrae, Lord God, creator of Heaven and Earth Respice humilitatem nostram. Be mindful of our humiliation.