Chichester Psalms

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choral composition

Chichester Psalms is a choral composition by Leonard Bernstein that sets Hebrew psalm texts to music in a vibrant, rhythmic, and tonally accessible style.

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf choral composition →
catalogNumber Bernstein catalog: BB 51 →
commissionedBy Walter Hussey →
commissionedFor Chichester Cathedral →
Southern Cathedrals Festival →
composer Leonard Bernstein →
dedicatedTo The Very Reverend Walter Hussey →
firstUSPerformanceConductor Leonard Bernstein →
firstUSPerformanceDate 1965-07-08 →
firstUSPerformanceEnsemble New York Philharmonic →
firstUSPerformanceLocation New York City →
genre choral music →
sacred music →
hasVersion orchestral version →
reduced chamber version →
includesFeature Hebrew text setting →
mixed meters →
syncopated rhythms →
language Hebrew →
movement Movement I →
Movement II →
Movement III →
notableFor fusion of Jewish liturgical tradition with symphonic style →
use of original Hebrew psalm texts →
numberOfMovements 3 →
period 20th-century music →
premiereConductor John Birch →
premiereDate 1965-07-15 →
premiereLocation Chichester Cathedral →
publisher Boosey & Hawkes →
scoredFor alto solo →
boy soprano or countertenor solo →
harp →
mixed choir →
percussion →
strings →
tenor solo →
style neo-tonal →
rhythmic →
tonal →
textAuthor Psalms →
surface form: Book of Psalms
usesTextFrom Psalm 100 →
Psalm 108 →
Psalm 131 →
Psalm 133 →
Psalm 2 →
Psalm 23 (The Lord Is My Shepherd) →
surface form: Psalm 23
yearComposed 1965 →

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leonard Bernstein → notableWork → Chichester Psalms →
Louis Bernstein → notableWork → Chichester Psalms →