Sixteen years ago, I met my great friend Pam while singing in a choir in Waterloo. Since then, we've heard a lot of choirs (some of the best were in England during a trip we took to celebrate our 30th birthdays) and enjoyed much music together. In honor of her visit and our musical friendship, I asked her to choose the music for today. She's chosen Gabrielli's Omnes Gentes, which starts with the text "All nations, clap your hands, shout unto God with the voice of joy. " Having her here has certainly made me clap my hands and sing for joy so the text seems especially fitting.
Here is the Cambridge University Musical Society Bach Choir under the direction of Sir David Wilcox, with full translation below.
"All nations, clap your hands, shout unto God with the voice of joy.
For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.
Subdued the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
He shall choose out an heritage for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved.
God is gone up with a merry and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet.
Hallelujah! "
1 comment:
Ah, what a great piece. Thanks for posting it!
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