I'm so glad someone mentioned "The Bird's Song" from Vaughan Williams' THE
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS (which I was lucky enough to find an unplayed recording
of at a local thrift shop recently) - it is one of my very favourite psalm
settings.
I'm interested to learn what are some other posters' favourites (not just
of Psalm 23 - but of all psalms). Here are some of mine:
Michael Head: Three Psalms (dedicated to Marilyn Horne)
Arthur Honegger: Psaume CXXXVIII, Psaume XXXIV, and Psaume CXL (and also
his "Le Roi David" - an symphonic psalm oratorio)
Alan Hovhaness: Out of the Depths; also his Psalm 23 setting in his
Symphony Number 12.
Leonard Bernstein: A Simple Song from MASS (not entirely a psalm setting -
the first part is more of a hymn, the second part is an amalgamation of
psalm texts, including the complete Psalm 121. (also his Chichester
Psalms)
Heinrich Schuetz: Symphonia Sacra (Psalm 40)
Stephen Schwartz: On the Willows from GODSPELL (Psalm 137) (I also love
the traditional folk setting of this Psalm, usually performed as a 3-part
round, and available online at:
http://www.numachi.com/cgi-bin/rickheit/dtrad/lookup?ti=BABYLN&tt=BABYLN)
Your favourites?
KM
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I sing hymns with my spirit,
but I also sing hymns with my mind.
- 1 Corinthians 14:15
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