Op. 172 PSALMS, BOOK I (
March 15, 2009)
For Voices and Orchestra
Psalm 1
"Ashrey-Haiysh"
(Beatus Vir / Blessed Is) [Schutz]
Psalm 2
"Why Do Nations Rage?"
[Saul! Saul!]
Psalm 3
(A Psalm of David,
When He Fled From Absalom His Son)
"Lord, How My Enemies Have Increased" [Crumb]
Psalm 4
(To the Choirmaster,
with Stringed Instruments -
A Psalm of David)
[Waiting for Godot]
Psalm 5
(To the Choirmaster,
for the Flutes -
A Psalm of David)
[The Gospel According to St. Matthew]
Psalm 6
(To the Choirmaster:
with Stringed Instruments;
According to the Sheminith -
A Psalm of David)
1-5
6-10
Psalm 7
(A Shiggaion of David,
which He Sang to the Lord Concerning Cush a Benjaminite)
[Daniel / He Digged a Pit]
Psalm 8
(To the Choirmaster:
According to the Gittith -
A Psalm of David)
[Marcello - O Lord How Excellent]]
Psalm 9
(To the Choirmaster:
According to Muth-labben -
A Psalm of David)
[Holst / Trouble] [G9]
Psalm 10
"Why Standst Thou There?"
[Stravinsky - The Flood - Comedy] [G9]
Psalm 11
(To the Choirmaster. Of David.)
"Flee to the Mountains" [King David] [G10]
Psalm 12
"Help!"
[Beatles] [G11]
Psalm 13
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David) -
"How Long?"
[Brahms] [G12]
Psalm 14
(To the Choirmaster -
Of David) -
"The Fool Has Said"
[Berg - Wozzeck] [G13]
Psalm 15
(A Psalm of David) -
"Who Shall Abide?"
[Handel - Messiah / Marcello] [G14]
Psalm 16
(A Miktam of David) -
"Preserve Me"
[Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique] [G15]
Psalm 17
(A Prayer of David) -
"Here My Cry"
[Jobn IV] [G16]
Psalm 18
(To the Choirmaster.
A Psalm of David the Servant of the Lord,
Who Addressed the Words of this Song to the Lord on the Day
When the Lord Delivered Him from the Hand of All His Enemies,
and from the Hand of Saul -
He said:) - "
The Lord's My Rock and Strength"
[King David] [G17]
Psalm 19
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David) -
"The Heavens Declare
[Haydn / Reich - I] [G18]
Psalm 20
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David) -
"May the Lord Answer You
[Reich - I] [G19]
Psalm 21
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David) -
"The King Shall Rejoice"
[Handel - Coronation Anthem II] [G20]
Psalm 22
(To the Choirmaster:
According to the Hind of the Dawn -
A Psalm of David) -
Ia. "My God! My God!" [The Passion According to St. Matthew]
Ib.-VII. "Why Art Thou So Far from Me" [Handel - Messiah]
VIII. "He Trusted in God" [Handel - Messiah] [G21]
Psalm 23
(A Psalm of David) -
"The Lord Is My Shepherd"
([An] Evil Spirit [Came Over Saul]) [G22]
Psalm 24
(A Psalm of David) -
"Earth's the Lord's / Lift Up Your Heads"
[Handel - Messiah] [G23]
Psalm 25
(A Psalm of David) -
"Unto Thee, O Lord I Lift My Soul"
[HAM Japanese] [G24]
Psalm 26
(A Psalm of David) -
"Judica Me Domine / Judge Me O Lord"
[HAM Siamese] [G25]
Psalm 27
(A Psalm of David) -
"When the Wicked Came" [King David] [G26]
Psalm 28
(A Psalm of David) -
"Unto Thee I Cry"
[HAM Chinese Modern] [G27]
Psalm 29
(A Psalm of David) -
"Give the Lord, Ye Mighty"
[HAM Hindu] [G28]
Psalm 30
(A Psalm of David -
A Song at the Dedication of the Temple)
" I Will Extoll Thee"
HAM Arabic] [G29]
Psalm 31
(Two the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David) -
"In Te Domine Speravi"
[Josquin] [G30]
Psalm 32
(A Psalm of David -
A Maskil) -
"Blessed Is One"
[Satie - Gymnopedie II] [G31]
Psalm 33 -
"Exultate Justi"
[Purcell - Bell Symphony] [G32]
Psalm 34
(A Psalm of David,
When He Feigned Madness Before Abimelich,
So That He Drove Him Out,
and He Went Away) -
"Oh Bless the Lord"
[Stravinsky - Rake / Schwartz - Godspell / Reich - II] [G33]
Psalm 35
(A Psalm of David) -
"Plead My Cause"
[Job - II. We Were Plowing] [G34]
Psalm 36
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David, the Servant of the Lord)
"Sin Speaks" [Berg - Wozzeck] [G35]
Psalm 37
(A Psalm of David) -
"O Rest in the Lord"
[Mendelssohn - Elijah] [G36]
Psalm 38
(A Psalm of David,
for the Memorial Offering) -
"Domine, ne in furore"
[Josquin - 3 Psalms: III]
[Lasso - Penitential Psalm - HAM 1444] [G37]
Psalm 39
(To the Choirmaster: to Jeduthun -
A Psalm of David) -
"I Will Take Heed"
[Lasso - Penitential Psalm - HAM 144]
[Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms: I] [G38]
Psalm 40
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David)
[Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms: I-II] [G39]
Psalm 41
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David) -
"Blessed"
[Beatitudes] [G40]
[Troping source] [Greek / Catholic Numbering]
Score:
Performances:
February 12, 19, 2005
Mark Alburger, Oboe and High Hat Cymbals
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
April 20, 2007
Half-Way Mark
Philip Freihofner, Oboe
Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA
June 13, 2009
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Church, San Francisco, CA
November 6, 2010
Student-Alumni Composition Concert
Mark Alburger, Oboe
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
January 26, 2013
The Opus Project presents Opus 1
Mark Alburger, Oboe
Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA
September 29, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 69: Moondance
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA
October 19, 2019
The Opus Project presents 81-82: Imaginary Soundscapes
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA
Recordings / Videos:
PSALMS, BOOK I
(Complete Works, Volume 81)
Psalm 6
(To the Choirmaster:
with Stringed Instruments;
According to the Sheminith -
A Psalm of David)
***
Book II
Psalm 42
(To the Choirmaster -
A Maskil of the Sons of Korah)
Psalm 43
Psalm 44
(To the Choirmaster -
A Maskil of the Sons of Korah)
Psalm 45
(To the Choirmaster:
According to Lilies -
A Maskil of the Sons of Korah;
a Love Song)
Psalm 46
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah -
According to Alamoth -
A Song)
Psalm 47
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah)
Psalm 48
(A Song -
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah)
Psalm 49
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah)
Psalm 50
(A Psalm of Asaph)
Psalm 51
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David,
When Nathan the Prophet Came to Him,
After He Had Gone in to Bathsheba)
"Miserere"
1-4
("Mercy Upon Me")
[A Song of Repentence]
5-19
("Born in Iniquity")
[Passacaglia of Sex and Death]
Psalm 52
(To the Choirmaster -
A Maskil of David,
when Doeg,
the Edomite,
Came and Told Saul,
"David Has Come to the House of Ahimelech")
Psalm 53
(To the Choirmaster:
According to Mahalath -
A Maskil of David)
Psalm 54
Psalm 55
(To the Choirmaster:
With Stringed Instruments -
A Maskil of David) -
"
Oh For the Wings of a Dove"
Psalm 56
(To the Choirmaster:
According to the Dove on Far-Off Terebinths -
A Miktam of David,
When the Philistines Seized Him in Gath)
Psalm 57
(To the Choirmaster:
According to Do Not Destroy -
A Miktam of David,
When He Fled from Saul, in a Cave)
"Pity"
Psalm 58
(To the Choirmaster:
According to Do Not Destroy -
A Miktam of David)
Psalm 59
(To the Choirmaster:
Accrodng to Do Not Destroy -
A Miktam of David,
When Saul Sent Men to
Watch His House in Order to Kill Him)
Psalm 60
(To the Choirmaster:
Accrodng to Shushan Eduth -
A Miktam of David;
For Instructions;
When He Strove with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobath,
and When Joab on His Return Killed Twelve Thousand of Edom
in the Valley of Salt)
Psalm 61
(To the Choirmaster:
with Stringed Instruments -
A Psalm of David)
Psalm 62
Psalm 63
(A Psalm of David,
When He Was in the Wilderness of Judah)
Psalm 64
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David)
Psalm 65
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David -
A Song)
Psalm 66
(To the Choirmaster -
A Song -
A Psalm)
Psalm 67
(To the Choirmaster:
With Stringed Instruments -
A Psalm -
A Song)
Psalm 68
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David -
A Song)
Psalm 69
(To the Choirmaster:
According to Lilies -
A Psalm of David)
Psalm 70
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David,
for the Memorial Offering)
Psalm 71
Psalm 72
(A Psalm to Solomon)
Book III
Psalm 73
(A Psalm of Asaph)
Psalm 74
(A Maskil of Asaph)
Psalm 75
(To the Choirmaster:
According to Do Not Destroy -
A Psalm of Asaph -
A Song)
Psalm 76
(To the Choirmaster:
With Stringed Instrments -
A Psalm of Asaph -
A Song)
Psalm 77
(To the Choirmaster:
According to Jeduthun -
A Psalm of Asaph)
Psalm 78
(A Maskil of Asaph)
Psalm 79
(A Psalm of Asaph)
Psalm 80
Psalm 81
(To the Choirmaster:
According to the Gittith -
A Psalm of Asaph)
Psalm 82
(A Psalm of Asaph)
Psalm 83
(A Song -
A Psalm of Asaph)
Psalm 84
(To the Choirmaster:
According to the Gittith -
A Psalm of the Songs of Korah)
Psalm 85
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah)
Psalm 86
(A Prayer of David)
Psalm 87
(A Psalm of the Sons of Korah -
A Song)
Psalm 88
(A Song -
A Psalm of the Sons of Korah -
To the Choirmaster: According to Mahalath Leannoth -
A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite)
Psalm 89
(A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite)
Book IV
Psalm 90
(A Prayer of Moses,
the Man of God)
Psalm 91
Psalm 92
(A Psalm -
A Psalm for the Sabbath [Day])
1-4 ...psaltery...
5-11...unicorn...
12-15...palm trees...
Psalm 93
Psalm 94
Psalm 95
Psalm 96
Psalm 97
Psalm 98
(A Psalm)
Psalm 99
Psalm 100
(A Psalm for the Thank Offering)
Psalm 101
(A Psalm of David)
Psalm 102
(A Prayer of One Afflicted,
When He Is Faint and
Pours Out His Complaint Before the Lord)
Psalm 103
(A Psalm of David)
Psalm 104
Psalm 105
Psalm 106
Book V
Psalm 107
Psalm 108
(A Song -
A Psalm of David)
Psalm 109
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David)
Psalm 110
(A Psalm of David)
Psalm 111
Psalm 112
Psalm 113
Psalm 114
Psalm 115
Psalm 116
Psalm 117
Psalm 118
Psalm 119
Psalm 120
(A Song of Ascents)
Psalm 121
(A Song of Ascents)
"I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes"
Psalm 122
(A Song of Ascents -
Of David)
"I Was Glad /
Pray for the Peace"
Psalm 123
(A Song of Ascents)
Psalm 124
(A Song of Ascents -
Of David)
Psalm 125
(A Song of Ascents)
Psalm 126
(A Song of Ascents)
Psalm 127
(A Song of Ascents -
Of Solomon)
Psalm 128
(A Song of Ascents)
Psalm 129
(A Song of Ascents)
Psalm 130
(A Song of Ascents)
"De Profundis"
Psalm 131
(A Song of Ascents -
Of David)
Psalm 132
(A Song of Ascents)
Psalm 133
(A Song of Ascents)
Psalm 134
(A Song of Ascents)
Psalm 135
Psalm 136
Psalm 137
"By the Waters of Babylon"
Psalm 138
(A Psalm of David)
Psalm 139
(To the Choirmaster -
A Psalm of David)
Psalm 140
Psalm 141
(A Psalm of David)
Psalm 142
(A Maskil of David,
When He Was in the Cave -
A Prayer)
Psalm 143
(A Psalm of David)
Psalm 144
(A Psalm of David)
["You Deserve to Die"]
Psalm 145
(A Psalm of Praise -
Of David)
Psalm 146
Psalm 147
"Lauda Jerusalem"
Psalm 148
Psalm 149
Psalm 150]
I. Death 
II. Defeat 
I. Death: "I have a riddle for you"
[Brown, Mikheyenko, Alburger, McGuiness]
[II. Defeat: "So they burned the woman to death"
Brown, Mikheyenko, McGuiness]
