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This work for choir or soloists with organ was composed in 1977, when after a long creative pause, Pärt created many of his most important tintinnabuli pieces, such as Tabula rasa, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, Fratres, etc. Cantate Domino, which is based on Psalm 96 (95), is the only one of them composed in major key, and one could easily say that it is one of the most joyful works in Pärt’s tintinnabuli-music. Two pairs of voices, soprano/alto and tenor/bass, move throughout almost the entire composition step by step in opposite directions, while the organ plays the notes of triads, creating various combinations with vocal parts.
Cantate Domino premiered on 28 October 1977 at the student club of the Riga …
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Composer's recital: Hortus Musicus
Hortus Musicus , Andres Mustonen (conductor)
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Cantate Domino canticum novum;
Cantate Domino omnis terra.
Cantate Domino, et benedicite nomini eius;
annuntiate de die in diem salutare eius.
Annuntiate inter gentes gloriam eius;
in omnibus populis mirabilia eius.
Quoniam magnus Dominus, et laudibilis nimis;
terribilis est super omnes deos.
Quoniam omnes dii gentium daemonia;
Dominus autem caelos fecit.
Confessio et pulchritudo in conspectu eius;
sanctimonia et magnificentia in sanctificatione eius.
Afferte Domino patriae gentium,
afferte Domino gloriam et honorem;
Afferte Domino gloriam nomine eius.
Tollite hostias, et introite in atria eius;
adorate Dominum in atrio sancto eius.
Commoveatur a facie eius universa terra;
dicite in gentibus quia Dominus regnavit.
Eternim correxit orbem terrae qui non commovebitur…