Shushan the Palace (Hymns of Earth)

'Track 1 from 'Messiah', Part 2, NO. 38, Air. 1741. Text based on Romans 10:15.
Track 2 from 'The Haunting Cantata' BWV 208, No. 9, Aria, 1713.
Track 3 lyrics based on (originally based on Numbers 24:17) for 'Es Wird Ein Stern Aus Jacob' from 'Christus', Op 97, (a623293), 1847. Phillip Nicholai wrote text and music to a song, 'Wie Schon Leuchtetder Morgenstern' published posthumously in 1647. It is possible that the tune was harmonized by J.S. Bach some years later, and that was what Mendellsohn used in his oratorio. Siberry used a small section and expanded it.
Track 4 from 'Messiah', Part 3, no. 45, Air, 1742. Lyrics based on Job 19:25-26 and I Corinthians 15:20.
Track 5 music 'Es Ist Ein Ros', from 'Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesäng', 1599, harmony added in 1609.
Track 7 from 'Divine Hymns Or Spiritual Songs', compiled by Joshua Smith
Track 9 from 'Messiah', Part 2, no. 52, Air, 1742. Lyrics based on Romans 8:31 and Romans 8:33-34.

All lyrics and music public domain, except:
Tracks 1, 4, 7 and 8: arrangements © 2003 Wing-It Music (SOCAN) / Peter Kiesewalter (SOCAN).
Tracks 2, 3, 5, 6 and 9: arrangements © 2003 Wing-It Music (SOCAN).
Track 3: additional lyrics © 2003 Wing-It Music (SOCAN).
Track 9: additional lyrics verse 2 © 2003 Peter Kiesewalter (SOCAN)

Recorded at Zolis Audio, Toronto, 2003. Woodwinds recorded at Wild Boar Studio, New York. Strings and brass (and recorder) recorded at Raven Street Studios. Mastering at Sterling Sound, NYC.

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