Psalm 22 (Bruckner)

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Psalm 22
by Anton Bruckner
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The young Bruckner
Key E-flat major
Catalogue WAB 34
Form Psalm setting
Composedc.1852 (c.1852): St. Florian
Recorded1997 (1997)
Movements3
Vocal SATB choir and soloists
InstrumentalPiano

Bruckner's Psalm 22, WAB 34, is a setting of a German version of Psalm 23, which was psalm 22 in the Vulgata.

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History

Amongst the five psalm settings composed by Bruckner, Psalm 22 is the only one with piano accompaniment. The work was composed in circa 1852 in St. Florian, but it is unknown when it was performed at that time.

The manuscript is stored in the archive of the St. Florian monastery. The first known performance occurred on 11 October 1921 in St. Florian by Franz Xaver Müller. [1] It was first published in Band II/2, pp. 119–130 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. It was edited by Paul Hawkshaw in 1997 [2] in Band XX/2 of the Gesamtausgabe. [3] [1]

Text

Der Herr ist Hirt und Versorger (The Lord is shepherd and caregiver)

  1. [Ein Psalm Davids.] Der Herr regieret mich, und nichts wird mir mangeln:
  2. Auf einem Weideplatze, da hat er mich gelagert: am Wasser der Erquickung mich erzogen:
  3. Meine Seele bekehret: mich geführt auf die Wege der Gerechtigkeit, um seines Namens willen.
  4. Denn wenn ich auch wandle mitten im Todesschatten, so will ich nichts Übels fürchten, weil du bei mir bist. Deine Ruthe und dein Stab, die haben mich getröstet.
  5. Du hast einen Tisch vor meinem Angesichte bereitet wider die, so mich quälen. Du hast gesalbet mit Öl mein Haupt: und mein berauschender Becher wie herrlich ist er!
  6. Und deine Barmherzigkeit folget mir all' die Tage meines Lebens:
  7. Daß ich wohne im Hause des Herrn auf lange Zeit. [4]

Setting

The 131-bar work in E-flat major is scored for SATB choir and soloists, and piano.

The setting of the first part is in general homophone, with a few imitations on "So will ich nichts Übles fürchten", "Du has bereitet einen Tisch", "wie herrlich ist er!" and "Und deine Barmherzigkeit". [3] As in Bruckner's contemporaneous Magnificat the verses are sung as an Arioso alternatingly by the choir and the soloists. [5] From bar 43 onwards, the last verse is sung by the choir as a fugue, which evolves, on bar 115, in an ending a cappella Chorale. [6] [1]

Discography

There are three recordings of this work:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 C. van Zwol, p. 696
  2. Chronology of the Complete Bruckner Edition 19902001
  3. 1 2 U. Harten, p. 343
  4. Joseph Franz von Allioli, Die Heilige Schrift des alten und neuen Testamentes, Dritter Band (mit Approbation des apostolischen Stuhles), 4. Auflage, pp. 120121, Landshut, 1839
  5. Leaflet by C. van Zwol, CD LIVA 034
  6. J. Williamson, p. 47

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