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Double Chant 004 in B Minor
Staff Notation • Sacred, Anglican chants
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Double Chant 004 in B Minor by Christopher Upton — Lyrics
Psalmus David, Jeremiae. Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus, dum recordaremur Sion.
In salicibus in medio ejus suspendimus organa nostra:
quia illic interrogaverunt nos, qui captivos duxerunt nos, verba cantionum; et qui abduxerunt nos: Hymnum cantate nobis de canticis Sion.
Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra aliena?
Si oblitus fuero tui, Jerusalem, oblivioni detur dextera mea.
Adhaereat lingua mea faucibus meis, si non meminero tui; si non proposuero Jerusalem in principio laetitiae meae.
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About Double Chant 004 in B Minor
Christopher Upton's Double Chant 004 is written for SATB choir and sets a Latin text drawn from the Psalms and Jeremiah, describing the sorrow of the exiles in Babylon and their longing for Jerusalem. The music's character is sombre, with the two SATB choirs alternating and sometimes weaving together to create a rich, resonant texture. It functions as a setting of psalmody, a form closely associated with Anglican tradition. The composer's treatment of the text reflects its poignant themes of displacement, memory, and a yearning for home, with the interplay of voices building a sense of collective lament.
