Gratitude

Gratitude description

Songs of thanksgiving to the Lord who “sets the prisoners free/ cares for the stranger/ sustains the orphan and widow".
Including a new song by celebrated American classical composer Nico Muhly, and works by Jewish high renaissance composer Salamone Rossi, late 15th century masters de la Rue and Mouton, Gibbons, Haydn and a stunning setting of Psalm 92 in the original Hebrew written by Schubert in his final year.

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Claudio Merulo (1533–1604), psalm 18, In tribulatione mea

Tomás Luis de Victoria  (c. 1548–1611), psalm 116, Credidi

Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), psalm 41, Maker of all! Be Thou my guard

Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625), psalm 30, Sing unto the Lord

Philippe de Monte (1521–1603), psalm 107, Donnez au Seigneur gloire

Mogens Pedersøn (1583–1623), psalm 103, Min Siel nu loffue herren

Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876), psalm 32, Blest is the man

Jean Mouton (c. 1459–1522), psalm 34, Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore

Francisco Guerrero (1528–1599), psalm 138, In conspectu angelorum 

Salamone Rossi (c. 1570–1630), psalm 118, Odecha ki anitani

Franz Schubert (1797–1828), psalm 92

Nico Muhly (b. 1981), psalm 63 (Australian premiere)

Pierre de la Rue (c.1452 or later–1518), psalm 146, Lauda anima mea Dominum

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Petty Officer Kristin Powell kneels with her son Oscar amongst the display of 62,000 hand-crafted poppy flowers at the Australian War Memorial's Sculpture Garden in Canberra. This display marks the centenary of the end of World War One and honours the Australians lost in service to our nation.

Image Kym Smith, The Australian

 

Supported by Amnesty International.
Commissioned work supported by the Commissioning Circle.

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