Choir
SKU:
CA.3912705
Psalm
121. Composed by
Georg Philipp Telemann.
Edited by Klaus Hofmann.
This edition: urtext.
Stuttgart Urtext Edition:
Telemann-Archiv. Ich Hebe
Meine Augen Auf (Psalm
121). Sacred vocal music,
Psalms, German, Psalms.
Choral Score. TVWV 7:16.
8 pages. Duration 12
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
39.127/05. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3912705).
ISBN
9790007164485. Language:
German.
Telemann's
setting of Psalm 121 I
lift up mine eyes to the
hills reveals him to be
an admirer of French
music. Constructed on the
example of a grand motet,
each of the movements is
patterned after the
French model: the model
of an overture for the
first movement, the
echoes of a chaconne in
the second, the dotted
gigue rhythms of the
Canarie in the third. In
addition there is the
lively exchange between
choir and solo ensemble,
and much more. The music
is full of poetic
imagery, whenever the
occasion arises, as at
the very beginning with
the words Ich hebe meine
Augen auf, or in a later
passage with the text
Siehe, der Hüter
Israel schläft noch
schlummert nicht (Behold,
he that keepeth Israel
shall neither slumber nor
sleep). Score available
separately - see item
CA.3912700.
