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Two Psalms, H117

First line:

Lord, Who hast made us for Thine own

composer

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

1912

Recordings

Holst: The Evening Watch & other choral works
Holst Singers, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor)

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CDH55170 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Details

No 1: Psalm 86 To my humble supplication

author of text
Joseph Bryan (d?1620)
metrical version of Psalm 86
author of text
Bible
Psalm 86: 1-6, 12 (Authorized Version)

Holst Singers, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor), Holst Orchestra

Track 1 on CDH55170 [7'14] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
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No 2: Psalm 148 Lord, Who hast made us for Thine own

author of text
Francis Ralph Gray (?-?)
paraphrase of Psalm 148

Holst Singers, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor), Holst Orchestra

Track 2 on CDH55170 [4'40] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
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Two Psalms, H117

Holst’s Two Psalms, for chorus, string orchestra and organ, H117, were written in 1912 at a time when the composer’s compositional style was undergoing a process of textural and structural refinement. He had recently completed the last of his Sanskrit works, The Cloud Messenger, which had been a complete failure, although his next major composition was to prove extremely successful—the symphonic picture ‘Mars’ for The Planets. Holst composed very little religious music as such, probably as a result of his somewhat ambivalent attitude towards the Church. He found the spiritual aspect enormously appealing, but felt stifled by regimented orthodoxy. Of the current two Psalm settings, that of Psalm 86 is the more striking with its greater textural variety and emotional range, though the beautiful setting of Psalm 148 has a compensating warmth of expression that is rarely found in Holst’s music.

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