Make
Haste To 2014 by Dan Senn for a cappella |
Deliver
Me KJV duration ci. 3'35" SATB Choir |
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Make Haste To Deliver Me is for a cappella choir and based on Psalm 70 as presented in the King James version of the Bible. The text is slightly altered by the composer. it is the third work in a set of four choral works called Four Psalms Modal. Make Haste To Deliver Me explores two contrasting contexts for prayer; one where the supplicant demands immediate intervention from God, and the other, more penetant, pleading and, perhaps, asking God to send help on another time line. One is rhythmic, staccato, petulant and almost martial, the other more lyrical and heart felt. |
Psalm
70 1 Make haste, O God to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul; let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. 3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. 4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. 5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarry. Buy this score only (see score portion) |
Make Haste To Deliver Me is a modal piece written in the aolian and harmonic minor. A piano reduction is included for rehearsals, but the piece should be sung a cappella. With the divisi, a eight voices are needed to perform this work. Make Haste To Deliver Me written for and dedicated to my wife Caroline. Again, it is the third choral work in a set of four written between 2013-16 called Four Psalms Modal including Bay Psalm 23, I Have No Haughty Looks and Bay Psalm 121. Press play beneath the lyrics (left) to hear a December 2016 recording by the Kuhn Choir of Prague, Lenka Navrátilová, choirmaster. |
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