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Turn our captivity, O Lord
composer
Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets … fit for Voyces or Viols, 1611, xxx; AATTBB
author of text
Psalm 126: 4-6; translated by ? Richard Verstegan in The Primer, or Office of the blessed Virgin Marie, 1599
Turn our captivity, O Lord (Psalm 126: 4–6) is a masterpiece, plangent and imploring but with a confident triplet section for the ‘jollity’ that the blessed will inherit.
from notes by Andrew Carwood © 2012
Turn our captivity, O Lord (psaume 126: 4–6) est un chef-d’œuvre plaintif et implorant, mais avec une confiante section en triolets pour la «jollity» que les bienheureux hériteront.
extrait des notes rédigées par Andrew Carwood © 2012
Français: Hypérion
Turn our captivity, O Lord (Psalm 126, 4–6) ist ein Meisterwerk, klagend und flehend, jedoch mit einer zuversichtlichen Triolenpassage versehen, die sich auf die „Freude“ („jollity“) bezieht, die den Seligen zuteil wird.
aus dem Begleittext von Andrew Carwood © 2012
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel
Recordings
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